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The Effects of Drought on Crop Yields and Yield Variability in Sahel [PDF]
Drought is widespread in Sahel, and its persistent occurrence has caused substantial damages to the agricultural sector. The severity of drought and the related damages to the agricultural sector are expected to increase due to global warming.
Boubacar, Inoussa
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The 2008 rice crisis: shock and new challenges [PDF]
, 2011 West Africa currently imports 5.2 million tonnes of rice, compared with 1.7 million tonnes in the early 1990s, and is only able to cover 60% of its needs despite possessing considerable rice-growing potential.
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Modelling monsoons: understanding and predicting current and future behaviour [PDF]
, 2011 The global monsoon system is so varied and complex that understanding and predicting its diverse behaviour remains a challenge that will occupy modellers for many years to come.
Giannini, Alessandra +6 more
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Intricacies of French engagement in Sahel with peace prospects
Social Development & SecurityThe Sahel region faces an extreme human security crisis with complex security challenges rooted in historical, ethnic, and geopolitical ties. Decades of armed violence and unstable socio-political systems have led to deteriorating security conditions ...
Shubhdayini Rajyalaxmi Jandev
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Organic food and farming in West Africa: A systematic review
Landbauforschung, 2021 Organic agriculture can play a pivotal role in addressing different challenges (e.g. poverty, biodiversity loss, climate change). However, organic agriculture is ‘knowledge intensive’ and its development requires investments in research and innovation ...
El Bilali, Hamid
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Sahara or Sahel? The fuzzy geography of terrorism in West Africa [PDF]
Since the mid-2000s, terrorism has pushed the peripheries of West Africa into the news and the public eye. While the political implications of this phenomenon have been extensively documented, most commentators have adopted a zonal approach to terrorism ...
RETAILLE Denis, WALTHER Olivier
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The EU as a security actor in Africa [PDF]
, 2015 Instability and conflict in Africa create a range of security problems for Europe. Rapidly increasing migration via the Mediterranean Sea, extremism and terrorism, as well as cross-border crime, all have implications for security in Europe, but are spill-
Hoebeke, Hans +3 more
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Analysis of the sensitivity to discrete dividends : A new approach for pricing vanillas [PDF]
The incorporation of a dividend yield in the classical option pricing model of Black- Scholes results in a minor modification of the Black-Scholes formula, since the lognormal dynamic of the underlying asset is preserved. However, market makers prefer to
Arnaud Gocsei, Fouad Sahel
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http://sahel.info: An online hybrid forum and a probe for public interests and opinions [PDF]
, 2004 Nous introduisons les concepts de forums hybrides (ou socio-technique), et décrivons la philosophie sous jacente et la mise en oeuvre d'une des composantes, c.a.d. une plateforme internet pour le partage de connaissances avec la société civile.
Leclerc, Grégoire
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Discover OncologyAcross the globe, breast cancer remains the most common malignancy in women. Although novel therapies introduced during the last years have helped reducing its mortality, nevertheless it remains a major public health problem associated with considerable ...
Wassim Hamadeh +5 more
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