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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

Three hundred thousand years of multi-millennial hydroclimate variability in Northern Africa based on speleothem records from Tunisia

Communications Earth & Environment
Hydroclimate changes in Northern Africa reflect the interplay between mid-latitude westerlies and the West African monsoon, along with their intensity variations.
Yun-Chuan Chung, Hatem Dhaouadi, Gianluca Marino, Emna Sbei, Heikki Seppä, Anu Kaakinen, Mahjoor Ahmad Lone, Hédi Ben Ouezdou, Silvia Frisia, Chuan-Chou Shen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct mtDNA lineages in free-ranging Ammotragus(aoudad) from the United States indicate multiple introductions from northern Africa. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Wright EA, Wiedmeier RC, Roberts EK, Pipkin DR, Hernández F, Bayouth JP, Conway WC, Bradley RD.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aksum and the Northern Horn of Africa

Archaeology International, 2012
Rich and varied sources are now available for reconstructing the past in Africa’s northern Horn. Results of archaeological investigation are supplemented from inscriptions, coinage, and from accounts by Graeco-Roman historians and visitors (including Byzantine ambassadors), while historical linguistics and studies of oral tradition (some of which was ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Exploring the Impact of Meat Alternative Labeling Regulations on the U.S. Meat Consumption Patterns

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global demand for conventional meat continues to rise, but it is also associated with substantial environmental and health challenges. In response, meat alternatives have gained popularity, sparking debates over meat alternative labeling regulations. This study investigates the effects of meat alternative labeling regulations in the United
Jeong Hun Ji, Sang Hyeon Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Northern Africa and the Middle East. [PDF]

Antibiotics (Basel), 2021
Higgins PG, Hagen RM, Kreikemeyer B, Warnke P, Podbielski A, Frickmann H, Loderstädt U.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

West Africa Magazine no. 2712, 24th May, 1969

, 1969
Issue 2712 of West Africa Magazine (May 24, 1969) dissects war finances, France's post-de Gaulle weirdness, and Nigeria's reforms. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it probes Nigeria's oil-funded war budget, Northern States' NA shakeup, and books
West Africa magazine
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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