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Understanding farm trajectories and development pathways Two decades of change in southern Mali
Institutional support for smallholders has been themotor for the expanding cotton production sector in southern
Mali since the 1970s. Smallholder farms exhibit diverse resource endowments and little is known on how ...
Climate, soil and land-use based land suitability evaluation for oilpalm production in Ghana
tIn the past decade, oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has become the world’s most important oil crop.The large demand for palm oil has resulted in a rapid expansion of oil palm cultivation across the globe.Because of the ...
Addressing dry season feeding challenges in Mali by Mobile Choppers
Key research activities: Mechanized power and its role in feeding both humans and animals more efficiently have long been neglected
in West African agriculture. ICRISAT along with its partners are taking corrective action. ...
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. ...
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Mapping Pest and Disease Risks in Agriculture
Mapping Pest and Disease Risks in Agriculture
Price-quality relationships in fodder trading in Niger with special regards to comaprison of cowpea and groundnut haulms with concentrates,collected shrubs and grasses
Poster presented in the Pan-African Grain legume and World Cowpea Conference. 27-Feb-4 March 2016. Livingstone, Zambia.
Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa
In the Sahelian zone of West Africa, crops grown under a
discontinuous cover of scattered trees dominate many
landscapes and constitute the so-called parklands. These
systems reflect the ecological knowledge of the farmers ...
Maximizing Rainwater and Nutrient Use in the Volta Basin
Outcome story: Maximizing Rainwater and Nutrient Use in the Volta Basin
Are millet and sorghum good alternatives to maize in layer’s feeds in Niger, West Africa?
Niger is one of the West African country producing pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum, Setaria italica) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).
While pearl millet and sorghum are for human consumption, corn is imported and its high ...