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Analysis of the factors that influences pastoral resources dynamic in the Zou waterdhed at dome Outlet (Benin) [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesLivestock the main economic sector in West Africa is threatened in the Zou Watershed at the Domé outlet (BVZD) by climatic changes, land degradation and agricultural's growing pressure expansion due to demographic growth.
Adetona Luc +6 more
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The practices of yam domestication in Benin and Nigeria [PDF]
, 2008 Guinea yams (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. D. rotundata Poir) have been described several times as resulting from a process of domestication of wild yams of the Enantiophyllum section, initially by Burkill (1939) and by Miege (1952) and later, on a more ...
Dossou, A.R. +2 more
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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British Colonial Post-War Fiscal Policies in Benin, Nigeria: 1945–1960
The Thinker, 2023 This paper focuses on post-war fiscal and economic policies in colonial Benin between 1945 and 1960. It was the period of British economic reconstruction occasioned by the effect of the Second World War.
Frank Ikponmwosa, Collins Osayuki Edigin
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Superconductivity and Electric Fields: A Relativistic Extension of BCS Superconductivity
, 2006 The effects of static electric fields on the superconducting state are studied within a relativistic extension of the BCS theory of superconductivity.Comment: To appear in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Contemporary Problems in
Bertrand, Damien, Govaerts, Jan
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND This study assessed the starch content of ten yam varieties commonly consumed in West Africa to clarify their structural, thermal, physicochemical, and rheological properties and to support their potential food and industrial applications.
Patrick Olusanmi Adebola +9 more
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Health Security, 2020 Long-standing cultural, economic, and political relationships among Benin, Nigeria, and Togo contribute to the complexity of their cross-border connectivity. The associated human movement increases the risk of international spread of communicable disease.
C. G. Kakaı +17 more
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Pathogenicity of indigenous entomopathogenic nematodes from Benin against mango fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) under laboratory conditions [PDF]
, 2018 Bactrocera dorsalis fruit fly is the economically most significant tephritid pest species on Mango, Mangifera indica L., in Benin, and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) represent good candidates for its control in the soil.
Afouda, Leonard +4 more
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Religion and Regulatory Variance: Halal Regimes as Islamic Public Administration
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT One quarter of humanity are Muslims, for whom halal food is an everyday consideration. The global food system has made assessing food products nearly impossible for consumers, requiring elaborate regulatory regimes. This article analyzes halal regulation as a notable example of Islamic public administration (IPA), as an application of ...
Logan Cochrane +2 more
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MycoKeys, 2020 Trametes is a globally distributed genus of white-rot polypores and well sampled in temperate and boreal areas. However, the diversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic positions of Trametes spp. are poorly known in tropical Africa.
B. A. Olou +4 more
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