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Effects of local institutions on the adoption of agroforestry innovations: evidence of farmer managed natural regeneration and its implications for rural livelihoods in the Sahel

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December 2017
Western Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Mali
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Niger
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems

Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December 2017
Mali
Western Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
agriculture

Studies on the enabling factors for household food security (HFS) most often used simplified econometric models looking into the links with a selected set of variables. In this research, a livelihood approach of HFS was used and aimed at determining the most significant livelihood assets for HFS in dryland agricultural systems.

Limitations of contract farming as a pro-poor strategy: The case of maize outgrower schemes in upper West Ghana

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2017
Western Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Ghana
farming systems
contract farming
agricultural and rural legislation
agriculture
research

The focus in this paper is on two relatively large maize-based contract farming (CF) schemes with fixed input packages (Masara and Akate) and a number of smaller and more flexible CF schemes in a remote region in Ghana (Upper West). Results show that these schemes led to improved technology adoption and yield increases.

Nutrition incentives in dairy contract farming in northern Senegal

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2017
Western Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Senegal
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
contract farming
women
farming systems
rural areas

Health-related incentives to reward effort or commitment are commonplace in many professional contracts throughout the world. Typically absent from small-scale agriculture in poor countries, such incentives may help overcome both health issues for remote rural families and supply issues for firms.

Natural Resource Management Schemes as Entry Points for Integrated Landscape Approaches: Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso

Journal Articles & Books
December 2017
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Western Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
land use
land degradation

Generation mean analysis of phosphorus-use efficiency in freely nodulating soybean crosses grown in low-phosphorus soil

Journal Articles & Books
December 2017
Nigeria
Africa
Western Africa

Freely nodulating soybean genotypes vary in their phosphorus (P) uptake and P-use efficiency (PUE) in low-P soils. Understanding the genetic basis of these genotypes’ performance is essential for effective breeding.

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