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Ecosystem management can mitigate vegetation shifts induced byclimate change in West Africa
tThe welfare of people in the tropics and sub-tropics strongly depends on goods and services that savannaecosystems supply, such as food and livestock production, fuel wood, and climate regulation. Flows ofthese services ...
Restoration of Degraded Lands in West Africa Sahel: Review of experiences in Burkina Faso and Niger
This is a comprehensive literature review of land restoration activities in West Africa Sahel.
Water constraints and the inherent soil poverty are the major factors that limit crop yields and productivity of cropping systems ...
Relationships between soil seed banks and above-ground vegetation along a disturbance gradient in the W National Park trans-boundary biosphere reserve, West Africa
Aims
Vegetation succession depends on the availability of suitable propagules
in the soils, thus knowledge of soil seed banks is essential
for formulating effective strategies for restoring the vegetation of
degraded sites. ...
Régénération des arbres et amélioration des moyens de subsistance des petites exploitations agricoles en zone semi-aride dans l’Ouest du Burkina Faso
Dans un contexte marqué par les changements climatiques et une forte croissance démographique, les petites exploitations agricoles en Afrique subsaharienne restent confrontées au défi d’une production alimentaire suffisante ...
Perspectives in restoration: storage and pretreatments of seeds for better germination of Sudanian savanna-woodland species
Insufficient knowledge of the germination
ecology of local species is one of the main constraints to
restoration of degraded rural lands. We tested seeds from
fourteen Sudanian savanna species targeted for restoration
for ...
Gender in decision making, access to and control over labor and extension services: A Perception survey in Niger
For decades, agricultural policies have focused on promoting rural areas where more than 80%
of the populations of Niger live. To this end, new knowledge, technologies, practices and
policies have been developed through ...
Gender in decision making, access to and control over labor and extension services: A Perception survey in Burkina-Faso
The new knowledge, technologies, practices, institutions and policies developed by the CGIAR and partners change the social and economic returns to key productive resources for agriculture (e.g. biodiversity, land, water, ...
Gender in decision making, access to and control over labor and extension services: A Perception survey in Mali
Mali, a country located at the heart of the West African region, has embarked on extension programs supported by research institutions and foreign mining companies since the years of independence. As part of the structural ...