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Value chain development for mango (Mangifera indica) around Outamba Kilimi National Park in Sierra Leone: constraints and opportunities for smallholders

Agriculture & Food Security, 2017
Background Mango is an important tree fruit in Sierra Leone since it participates to food and nutritional security mainly in rural areas. However, the economic potential of this tree fruit is still untapped to a large extent.
Ademonla Djalalou Dine Arinloye, Ann Degrande, Vodjo Nicodème Fassinou Hotegni, Ebenezar Asaah, Rebecca Bockarie, Joachim Binam Nyemeck, Jules Bayala, Antoine Kalinganire   +7 more
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The Role of G5 Sahel States in German Political-Military Strategy in Africa

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2020
The article raises the question of whether German participation in resolving the armed conflict in Mali is a special case or, on the contrary, is a transition to a new political‑military strategy in Africa.
Ph. O. Trunov
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Geomorphology and (palaeo-)hydrography of the Southern Atbai plain and western Eritrean Highlands (Eastern Sudan/Western Eritrea)

Journal of Maps, 2021
We present the geomorphology of the Southern Atbai Plain (Eastern Sudan) and the western edge of the Eritrean Highlands (Western Eritrea), in the eastern Sahel.
Stefano Costanzo, Andrea Zerboni, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Manzo   +3 more
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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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“Françafrique” Systemic Crisis [PDF]

Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук
. Recent global geopolitical shifts have deformed the postwar world order. These tectonic shifts mark the beginning of the end of French dominance in West and Central Africa, changing dramatically the layout of international relations in the region that ...
Filippov Vasily Rudolfovich
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
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Toward achieving smart cities in Africa: challenges to data use and the way forward

Data & Policy
The advent of smart and digital cities is bringing data to the forefront as a critical resource for addressing the multifaceted transitions faced by African cities from rapid urbanization to the climate crisis.
Ernest Agyemang, Brilé Anderson, Jorge Patiño, Marie Tremolieres   +3 more
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Influence Mechanisms of Spatial Optimization of the “Terraced Fields‐Gully Land Reclamation Project (GLRP)” Cascades on Erosion‐Transportation Processes in Watershed in the Loess Hilly‐Gully Region of China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terraced fields and the Gully Land Reclamation Project (GLRP) are important soil and water conservation measures, widely constructed in China's Loess Plateau and other ecologically fragile areas in the world. However, under large‐scale governance scenarios, the impacts of the “terraced fields‐GLRP” cascade system on water and sediment ...
Zhe Gao, Xiaoqian Xu, Gen'guang Zhang, Hongke Hao, Shaobo Long, Wenzheng Li, Chuan Yang, Xinhua Zhang, Lei Liu, Jian'en Gao   +9 more
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Subseasonal forecasts of the MJO and convectively coupled equatorial waves in ACCESS‐S2 and GraphCast: A multi‐year analysis

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
ACCESS‐S2 performs better in predicting longer time‐scale and slower moving waves (MJO and equatorial Rossby waves), while GraphCast performs better in predicting shorter and faster moving waves (Kelvin and mixed Rossby–gravity waves). However, both models systematically underestimate precipitation amplitude across all wave types, especially over the ...
Beata Latos, Hanh Nguyen, Matthew C. Wheeler, Chen Li, Catherine de Burgh‐Day, Muhammad E. Hassim, Sandeep Sahany, Aurel Moise   +7 more
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What is the association between iron deficiency anemia and the frequency or severity of febrile seizures in children under the age of 5?

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research
Background and Aim Febrile seizures (FS) are a common type of convulsion in young children and are frequently associated with fever in the absence of a central nervous system infection.
Rehab Fawzy Abdel Mohsen Soliman, Samar Mahmoud Ahmed, Yasmen Ahmed Said, Shaimaa Mohamed Hassan, Dalia Hassanin Hussin, Dina Gaber Soliman, Zeinab Abdalla Ali, Eman Farouk Osman   +7 more
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