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Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: Will the green shoots blossom? [PDF]

This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies two main ‘models’ of social protection in the region: the Southern Africa and Middle Africa models.
Barrientos, Armando, Hickey, Sam, Hulme, David, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel   +3 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of Maize and Bean Production: Why Farmers need to Shift to Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Production

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2019
Maize and dry bean are the most important food crops that feed over 85% of Kenyan households. However, the productivity of these crops is low due to the high costs of land preparation and weed control, soil infertility and limited soil moisture under the
Hillary Moses Omondi Otieno, George N. Chemining’wa, Charles K. Gachene, Shamie Zingore   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting a strong seed sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: [PDF]

"Given that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of poverty and malnutrition in the world, the stagnation in per capita grain production there is worrisome.
Minot,Nicholas
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Delivering a family‐based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a hybrid type II implementation‐effectiveness randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Resettled refugee families face elevated mental health risks, compounded by structural and cultural barriers. The Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettlement (FSIR), co‐developed with resettled refugee communities, aims to improve family functioning and child mental health.
Euijin Jung, Candace Black, Matias Placencio‐Castro, Lila Chamlagai, Rilwan Osman, Morgan Hoffman, William Beardslee, Theresa S. Betancourt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the treatment guidelines, practices and outcomes of complicated severe acute malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a study protocol for the SAMAC study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: In hospitals across Africa, the case fatality rates of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have remained consistently high (over 20%), despite the existence of the WHO treatment guideline.
Janet Adede Carboo, Martani Lombard, Cornelia Conradie, Robin Claire Dolman, Cristian Ricci   +4 more
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Globalization, Financial Depth, and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

This paper examines the relationship between globalization, financial deepening, and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa between 1980 and 2002. We provide the first detailed econometric analysis in this regard covering the entire sub-Saharan African region;
Hisako KAI, Shigeyuki HAMORI
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Management Outcome of Adult Thyroglossal Duct Cyst in a General Surgery Tertiary Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2022
Adefemi Afolabi, Adegbolahan Fakoya, Oluwasanmi Ajagbe, Adegoke Ishola   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Impact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the near East and North Africa: [PDF]

Trade liberalization Africa, Agricultural trade., Economic development Africa, Sub-Saharan., Sustainable agriculture Africa, Sub-Saharan, Agricultural marketing, Agricultural policy Africa, Sub-Saharan, Agriculture Economic aspects Africa,
Chemingui, Mohamed, Dewina, Reno, Minot, Nicholas, Orden, David, Thomas, Marcelle   +4 more
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HIV/AIDS mitigation strategies and the State in sub-Saharan Africa – the missing link? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognised as a development disaster threatening poverty reduction, economic growth and not merely a health issue.
Johnston, Deborah, Mohiddin, A.
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