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Existing Sustainability Interventions are Insufficient to Scale Up Cocoa Agroforestry in West Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions in agri‐food systems are required to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequities. In the West African cocoa sector, supply chain sustainability initiatives (SSIs) have emerged as key environmental governance tools to address these challenges and promote agroforestry.
Keessy Maria‐Prisca Kouakou, Joss Lyons‐White, William J. Thompson, Thomas Addoah, Federico Cammelli, Wilma J. Blaser‐Hart, Victoria Maguire‐Rajpaul, Evans Dawoe, Rachael D. Garrett   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trapping and killing performance of a PermaNet 2.0 hybrid mosquito trapping bednet: an experimental hut evaluation [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research
Background Despite the huge global effort , there has been an increase in malaria morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa since 2015, from 212 million cases and 429,000 deaths in 2015 to 241 million cases and 627,000 deaths in 2020 mainly because ...
France-Paraudie A. Kouadio, Fodjo K. Behi, Christabelle G. Sadia, Chouaibou Seidou Mouhamadou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Detector Sensitivity Calibration and the Calculation of the Interaction Force between Particles Using an Optical Tweezer

Micromachines, 2018
We propose a new approach to calculate the sensitivity factor of the detector in optical tweezers. In this work, we used a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera and a quadrant photodiode (QPD) for the extraction of the various positions occupied by the ...
Pavel Yale, Jean-Michel Edoukoua Konin, Michel Abaka Kouacou, Jérémie Thouakesseh Zoueu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How policy changes affected cocoa sectors in sub-Saharan African countries [PDF]

Structural adjustment programs in sub-Saharan African countries in the 1980s removed trade restrictions, price controls, and export taxes and abolished state-owned commodity marketing bodies. The authors studied the effects of these policy changes on the
Akiyama, Takamasa, Coleman, Jonathan R., Varangis, Panos N.   +2 more
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Do Donors Provide Foreign Aid Based on Needs? An Analysis of Funding Flows to Higher Education During the Implementation of the SDGs

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to leave no one behind and support least developed and other fragile countries first. The same is an objective of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) group of bilateral donors.
Savo Heleta, Logan Cochrane
wiley   +1 more source

Bilateral Ovarian Fibrothecoma Associated with Ascites, Bilateral Pleural Effusion, and Marked Elevated Serum CA-125

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013
Background. The risk of ovarian cancer is increased in the association of ovarian tumor, ascites, and hydrothorax with the significant elevated tumor marker CA-125.
Védi André Serges Loué, Eléonore Gbary, Sylvanus Koui, Bédi Akpa, Adélaide Kouassi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal Case of Lassa Fever, Bangolo District, Côte d’Ivoire, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Lassa fever has not been reported in Côte d’Ivoire. We performed a retrospective analysis of human serum samples collected in Côte d’Ivoire in the dry seasons (January–April) during 2015–2018.
Mathieu Mateo, Caroline Picard, Yahaya Sylla, Emilie Kamo, Danielle Odegue, Alexandra Journeaux, Stéphane Kouassi Kan, Marcelle Money, David N’Golo Coulibaly, Eugène Koffi, Souleymane Meite, Véronique Akran, Hervé Kadjo, Edgard Adjogoua, Solange N’Gazoa Kakou, Sylvain Baize, Mireille Dosso   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pest risk analysis for Bactrocera invadens : Guidelines on Pest Risk Analysis [PDF]

, 2010
Stripping related moisture damage has been recognized as one of the major pavement distresses since the early 1990s. The main objective of this study is to establish an effective test protocol to quantify moisture susceptibility of asphalt pavements.
Guitian Castrillon, José Maria, Catalan Ruescas, Diana, De Meyer, Marc, Zulma, Denis Félicité, Guichard, Catherine, MacLeod, Alan, Plumelle, Frédéric, Quilici, Serge, Üstün, Nursen, Vayssières, Jean-François   +9 more
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Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Significance of Structural Transformation for Poverty Alleviation in Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How important is structural transformation for poverty reduction in the region of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development? The novelty of the study lies in examining the relationship between structural transformation and poverty in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region using a sectoral analysis with a focus on ...
Freeman Munisi Mateko, Taffere Tesfachew, Christina Wolf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source