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Improvement in cassava yield per area by fertilizer application
(IntechOpen Limited, 2021)Cassava is a source of carbohydrates to more than 200 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though its production is 6–8 t ha−1, which is below the highest world production of 36.4 t ha−1 in India. To address this yield gap and increase cassava’s availability, affordability, and adequacy, intensive but sustainable production is important. Additionally, being an emerging raw material in the animal feeds, pharmaceutical, beer industries etc., only increases its demand, however the current ... -
Promise and contradiction: value chain participation and women's empowerment
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AgMIP regional integrated asssessments: high-level findings, methods, tools, and studies (2012-2017)*
(World Scientific, 2021) -
Tools to assess gender inequalities in access to and benefits derived from the cassava seed system
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2021) -
Environment-friendly microbial inoculants improve resource efficiency and resilience of agricultural systems
(Agropolis International, 2021-09) -
Agroecological practices that benefit society and farmers: an example in Itasy region, Madagascar
(Agropolis International, 2021-09) -
Redesigning agroecosystems on the basis of a new set of ecological processes from farm and landscape
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Substituting intensive external input use by biodiversity-derived ecosystem functions
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Agroecological transformation for sustainable food systems: insight on France-CGIAR research
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Managing a transboundary pest: the fall armyworm on maize in Africa
(IntechOpen Limited, 2021)The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) invaded Africa in 2016, and has since spread to all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, causing devastating effects on mainly maize and sorghum. The rapid spread of this pest is aided by its high reproductive rate, high migration ability, wide host range and adaptability to different environments, among others. Since its introduction, many governments purchased and distributed pesticides for emergency control, with minimal ... -
Priority interventions for transformational change in the Sahel
(Wageningen University and Research Center, 2021)The Sahel region holds both challenges and opportunities for smallholder agriculture/agropastoralism. Market opportunities for food producers in the region have improved due to population growth, urbanization, income growth, dietary diversification and higher output prices. However, alongside land degradation and climate change, an increased dependence on dynamic food (and feed) value chains and on volatile markets indicates the need to address structural constraints such as limited access to ... -
A case to de-register and prohibit the use of Paraquat in Nigeria
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Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Aflasafe Commercialization (ATTC): investor selection
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Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Aflasafe Commercialization (ATTC): implementation of the business development strategy
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Aflasafe Technology Transfer and Aflasafe Commercialization (ATTC): market assessment and strategy development.
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The INI African regional nitrogen centre: challenges and opportunities in Africa
(Springer, 2020)The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) aims at optimizing nitrogen (N) use in food and energy production, while minimizing environmental risks. In Africa, nitrogen management must address the ‘too little’ and ‘too much’ paradox. Too little nitrogen is used in food production, which has led to chronic food insecurity and malnutrition. Conversely, too much nitrogen load in water bodies due mainly to excessive soil erosion, leaching, limited nitrogen recovery from wastewater, and from atmospheric ... -
Better-off women boosting groundnut business in Ghana
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)Groundnut was one of the biggest breeding programs in Ghana in the mid-nineties, but the production declined because of many factors including the rosette disease and the fact that there was no dedicated breeder of groundnut for over 10 years. According to Dr. Roger Kanton, Deputy Director of CSIR-SARI (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute), it was then, in 2015, with the support of the Tropical Legumes Projects that the groundnut breeding program ...