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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
doaj   +1 more source

Conspiracy Beliefs, Institutional Mistrust, and Health‐Related Behaviours During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso: A Mediation Analysis

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background No study has yet examined the conjoint role of institutional trust and COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs on compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviours among populations of African countries. This study aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between institutional mistrust, conspiracy beliefs, and health‐related behaviours
Gabin F. Morillon, Marlène Guillon, Jacky Mathonnat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desertification Risk: Bibliometric Analysis and Future Research Directions

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Desertification, driven by climatic and anthropogenic factors, is one of the most pressing global environmental challenges, causing significant economic, ecological, and social consequences. A bibliometric analysis was performed to identify research trends and gaps in the desertification risk topic.
Fatima‐Ezzahrae Imam, Daniela Smiraglia, Antonio Pulina, Francesca Assennato, Elisabetta Raparelli, Giovanna Seddaiu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN): Evaluating Nigeria's Legislative Framework for Achieving Gender‐Equitable LDN Outcomes

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Legislative frameworks that support gender equality are crucial for addressing structural inequalities, protecting women's rights, and achieving gender‐equitable land degradation neutrality (LDN) outcomes. This study examines the extent to which national‐level policies and legislation governing LDN and related sectors incorporate gender ...
Cynthia Nneka Olumba, Chukwudi Charles Olumba   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tribes and Trafficking: Trans-Saharan Illegal Trade Routes as a Conflict Factor in the Sahara-Sahel Region

Международная аналитика
The conflict in the Sahel that began in 2012 is closely linked to the phenomenon of trans-Saharan illicit trade routes through Mali, Niger and Libya.
G. V. Lukyanov, A. M. Nadzharov
doaj   +1 more source

Forty years of fertility changes in the Sahel

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: Despite much discussion on the fertility changes in sub-Saharan Africa, the countries of the Sahel have received only limited attention. Their comparatively high and stable fertility levels contributed them being labeled as an exception in ...
Thomas Spoorenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Making decisions about agroecological innovations: perspectives from members of farmers’ organizations in Burkina Faso

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023
There is a growing promotion of agroecological techniques in many Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to the current climatic variability challenges.
Aboubakar Iyabano, Cees Leeuwis, Rico Lie, Aurélie Toillier, Ann Waters-Bayer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi, Fatima Mahmoud, Hope Harriet, Jessie Weber, Alina Potts   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of supplementation of Pennisetum purpureum to high protein concentrate on growth of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) females in western Cameroon

Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, 2018
The effect of supplementation of Pennisetum purpureum (Pp) to protein concentrate (PB) on the growth performance Cavia porcellus (L. 1758) was evaluated for 2 months at the application and Research of the University of Dschang (West-Cameroon).
R. Tchoumi Yimga, C. Touwang, L. Vondou, E. Ngansop, A. Goudoum   +4 more
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A case study of temperature tendency mechanisms operating over northern Africa during and following midlatitude winter troughs

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
An Iberia‐Central Mediterranean trough sequence (7–10 February 2018) delivers anomalous low‐level temperature tendencies attributable to dynamics across most of northern Africa, with warming over northeastern Africa, especially 10–12 February into the eastern Sahel. An ECMWF product attributes the tendencies (see Figure).
Neil Ward, Andreas H. Fink, Richard J. Keane, Douglas J. Parker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source