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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Early food production in the Sahel of Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2006
This paper is concerned with the transition from hunting and gathering to food production in West Africa, based on evidence from the Sahel Zone of Burkina Faso compiled by field research during the last years.
Breunig, Peter (Prof. Dr.), Kahlheber, Stefanie, Neumann, Katharina   +2 more
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Knowledge, attitude, practice and entomological risk of dengue in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2024

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Burkina Faso has experienced recurrent dengue outbreaks, including a major epidemic in 2023. This study assessed community knowledge, attitudes, preventive practices (KAP), and household-level entomological risk in Bobo-Dioulasso. Methods:
Saïdou-Mady Bagaya, Christian Manuel Zett, Denis Yelbeogo, Hamadou Seogo, Roland Lamoussa Abga, Bérenger Kabore, Toussaint Compaore, Pananou Daourou, Dahourou Sou, Kiswendsida Ousséni Ouedraogo, Wendlassida-Aboubacar Mahamane Nacro, Evariste Pikbougoum, Ousseni Barry, Alphonse Traore, Hamed Ouedraogo   +14 more
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Enquêtes entomologiques préparatoires à une lutte à grande échelle contre les glossines, assistées par un système d’information géographique : cas de la Pattec au Burkina Faso

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2016
Le système d’information géographique constitue une aide considérable lors de la définition d’un plan de lutte contre les glossines. Son application pratique pour la collecte de données entomologiques servant de base à la planification de la lutte et à ...
Lassané Percoma, Zowindé Koudougou, Oumarou Serdebeogo, Issa Tamboura, Mamadou Ouedraogo, Jérémy Bouyer, Adrien M.G. Belem, Issa Sidibé   +7 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle- and high-income countries—A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2018
Background Most of the evidence on antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASP) to help sustain the effectiveness of antimicrobials is generated in high income countries. We report a study investigating implementation of ASP in secondary care across low-,
Ahmad, R., Birgand, G., Charani, E., Holmes, A. H., Lescure, F-X., Lucet, J-C., Perozziello, A., Poda, A., Singh, S., Skodvin, B., Smith, I.   +10 more
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Mobilizing stakeholders for implant removals in Burkina Faso using landscape assessment data

BMC Women's Health
Background Successful efforts to encourage uptake of subdermal contraceptive implants, with a lifespan of three to five years, necessitate planning to ensure that quality removal services are available when desired.
Justin Tiendrebeogo, Bethany Arnold, Yacouba Ouedraogo, Rachel Haws, Lea Pepin Garane, Virginie Ouedraogo, Maria Gouem, Alimata Coulibaly, Mathieu Bougma   +8 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TOM2024: Datasets of tomato, onion, and maize images for developing pests and diseases AI-based classification modelsMendeley Data

Data in Brief
The advancement of digital technologies has significantly impacted plant pest and disease management, yet gaps remain, especially in developing regions.
Obed Appiah, Kwame Oppong Hackman, Son Diakalia, Audrey Kantz Dossou Codjia, Momo Bêbê, Valentin Ouedraogo, Belko Abdoul Aziz Diallo, Kisito Gandji, Damoue Abdoul-Karim, Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi, Gaston Dabire, Charles Lamoussa Sanou, David Anaafo, Emmanuel Ramde   +13 more
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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
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