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Cultivation of Cowpea Challenges in West Africa for Food Security: Analysis of Factors Driving Yield Gap in Benin

Agronomy, 2021
Feeding the world in 2050 requires us to find ways to boost yields of the main local crops. Among those crops, cowpea is one of the grain legumes that is playing an important role in the livelihood of millions of people in West Africa, especially in ...
Firmin N Anago, E. C. Agbangba, Brice Oussou, G. Dagbénonbakin, L. G. Amadji   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traitement préventif intermittent à la sulfadoxine-pyriméthamine chez la femme enceinte et effet sur le poids de naissance du bébé: application de la politique à 3 doses en zone urbaine au Sud Bénin en 2017

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: le paludisme est un problème de santé publique majeur, responsable de nombreuses complications durant la grossesse parmi lesquelles le retard de croissance intra utérin et les hypotrophies.
Chabi Olaniran Alphonse Biaou, Alphonse Kpozehouen, Yolaine Glèlè-Ahanhanzo, Gloria Ayivi-Vinz, Abdou-Rahim Ouro-Koura, Colette Azandjèmé   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting population structure and fruit production of Strychnos innocua Delile and Strychnos spinosa Lam. in Benin, West Africa

All Life
Local practices in West Africa, including in Benin, critically affect fruit production of some key wild plant species. This study aims to assess how land use types, dbh, tree height, and fire, affect the fruit production of Strychnos innocua and ...
Donald Djidohokpin, Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice Dassou, Achille Hounkpèvi, Jéronime Marie-Ange Sènami Ouachinou, Gnimansou Abraham Favi, Gbenato Laurent Houessou, Hounnankpon Yédomonhan, Aristide Cossi Adomou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular prevalence, genetic characterization and patterns of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic small mammals from Cotonou, Benin

Parasite, 2022
Toxoplasmosis, one of the most prevalent parasitic infections in humans and animals, is caused by the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Small mammals play a key role as intermediate reservoir hosts in the maintenance of the T.
Etougbétché Jonas R., Hamidović Azra, Dossou Henri-Joël, Coan-Grosso Maeva, Roques Roxane, Plault Nicolas, Houéménou Gualbert, Badou Sylvestre, Missihoun Antoine A., Abdou Karim Issaka Youssao, Galal Lokman, Diagne Christophe, Dardé Marie-Laure, Dobigny Gauthier, Mercier Aurélien   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Costing the supply chain for delivery of ACT and RDTs in the public sector in Benin and Kenya [PDF]

, 2015
Studies have shown that supply chain costs are a significant proportion of total programme costs. Nevertheless, the costs of delivering specific products are poorly understood and ballpark estimates are often used to inadequately plan for the budgetary ...
Anupindi, Ravi, de Savigny, Don, Doumbia, Seydou, Johnson, Brittany, Shretta, Rima, Smith, Lisa, Yadav, Prashant   +6 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source