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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Choosing and Using the Progesterone Vaginal Ring: Women’s Lived Experiences in Three African Cities
Patient Preference and Adherence, 2020 Chi-Chi Undie,1 Saumya RamaRao,2 Fatou Bintou Mbow3 1Reproductive Health Program, Population Council, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Reproductive Health Program, Population Council, New York, NY, USA; 3Reproductive Health Program, Population Council, Dakar ...
Undie CC, RamaRao S, Mbow FB
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Population structure and genetic diversity in Acacia senegal complex of species as revealed by SSR markers [PDF]
, 2010 Acacia senegal is a multipurpose African tree mainly exploited for gum Arabic production. It also played a capital role in soil fertilization and as fodder for animals.
Assoumane, Aichatou +5 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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International Journal of the CommonsSince the 2000s, the renewed interest in housing cooperatives in the Global South has ascribed to them a number of virtues: a successful mechanism for mutual aid and escape from poverty, a “third way” in the face of the failures of public production and ...
Claire Simonneau +2 more
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Silicone wristbands detect individuals' pesticide exposures in West Africa [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 We detected between 2 and 10 pesticides per person with novel sampling devices worn by 35 participants who were actively engaged in farming in Diender, Senegal.
Carey E. Donald +6 more
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Transhumance and nomadism in the sylvo-pastoral region (Ferlo) of Senegal : Perspectives for pastoral development [PDF]
, 2003 In Senegal, pastoral mobility has developed greatly over the last years as an adaptation to new environmental conditions. Competition for access to resources has increased (greater need for farms and btùldings, need to get new pasturing zones available ...
Ancey, Véronique +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION: This study analyzed the trends of trauma cases that presented to the Emergency Department (ED) in the Grand M'Bour Hospital. We examined demographics of patients, mechanisms of trauma and types of injuries that result and times from injury ...
Kenneth John, Farba Faye, Rhonda Belue
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Variations in agronomic and grain quality traits of rice grown under irrigated lowland conditions in West Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Rice breeding in West Africa has been largely skewed toward yield enhancement and stress tolerance. This has led to the variable grain quality of locally produced rice in the region.
Alognon, A. +7 more
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