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Tradeoffs between the use of improved varieties and agrobiodiversity conservation in the Sahel
npj Sustainable AgricultureThe issue of sustainable agrifood systems, especially the existence of possible tradeoffs between agricultural intensification (through the use of improved varieties) and agrobiodiversity conservation is of high policy relevance in Sub-Saharan Africa. We
Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Tahirou Abdoulaye
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Lista comentada de los reptiles de Mauritania (oeste de África)
Graellsia, 2006 Esta es la primera lista de reptiles comentada con datos de distribución para la República Islámica de Mauritania. La fauna de reptiles de Mauritania se compone de 86 especies pertenecientes a 21 familias.
J. M. Padial
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Quand la route de la méditerranée transite par Dori, une ville du Sahel Burkina
Akofena, 2022 Dori est la capitale de la région du sahel du Burkina Faso, pays n’ayant aucun débouché sur la mer. Cette localité vit au rythme du passage des migrants à destination de la Lybie ou de l’Algérie via le Niger.
Moumini OUEDRAOGO
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.October 2019 was characterized by three main multiday wet spells in Bafoussam and Dschang. Our results indicated that wet spells were influenced by a vortex pair near the Gulf of Guinea, a strong Sahara Heat Low located anomalously far east and north, a northward shift of the intertropical discontinuity, an enhancement of the inland penetration of the ...
Derbetini A. Vondou +3 more
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Dynamics and model representation of two contrasting extreme precipitation events in the Sahel
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.Hovmöller diagrams of the two investigated extreme precipitation events in Mali are shown for (i) IMERG observations, and ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic model (ICON) runs with parameterization of explicit convection (ii) enabled and (iii) disabled. This work highlights that the commonly perceived benefit of using explicit convection in a state‐of‐the‐art ...
Souleymane Sanogo +4 more
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Development Studies Research, 2021 This paper shares findings from a detailed empirical analysis of seven development projects in Kenya that supported remote pastoral communities facing food insecurity and other difficulties linked to environmental degradation and climate change.
Jules Siedenburg
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Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2023 In the early 2020s, the challenges of maintaining a Western presence in the zones of armed conflicts in Asia and Africa increased dramatically. This was most evident in Afghanistan, while notable difficulties were also observed in the Sahara-Sahel region.
Philipp O. Trunov
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The role of soil moisture in the inland penetration of Indian monsoon low‐pressure systems
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.We use the Advanced Weather Research and Forecasting model to examine the role of soil moisture in the inland penetration of Indian monsoon low‐pressure systems (LPSs). We find that LPSs penetrate deeply into India despite a dry land surface; however, their inland penetration is adversely affected when there is a reduction in the total surface heat ...
Akshay Deoras +2 more
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Metagenomics-based detection of viruses infecting cowpea in Burkina-Faso. [P.30] [PDF]
, 2015 Viral geometagenomics studies, which combine next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods with new possibilities to trace individual sequences to geo-referenced locations and/or hosts are currently providing high resolution qualitative data on plant viral ...
Bouma Neya, James +8 more
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Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) parkland mycorrhizal potential within three agro-ecological zones of Senegal [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction. Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) belongs to the Fabaceae family; it is a multipurpose tree with slow growth. In order to help improve its growth and development, we assessed mycorrhizal diversity of tamarind parklands in Senegal.
Bourou, Sali +4 more
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