• Factors driving Climate-Smart Agriculture adoption: a study of smallholder farmers in Koumpentum, Senegal 

  Ewulo, Taiwo A.; Akinseye, Folorunso M.; Teme, Niaba; Agele, Samuel O.; Yessoufou, Nouroudine; Kumar, Shalander (WASCAL, 2025-03-14)

  Climate change significantly threatens agriculture and food systems in developing countries, especially in Senegal, where agriculture is vital for livelihoods and economic advancement. A study investigated the ...
• Influence of Organic and Mineral Fertilizer on Soil Proprieties and Performance of Rice (Oryza sativa) in Casamance, Senegal 

  Diedhiou, Pierre Claver Cesar; Sokhna, Pape Samba; Sambou, Antoine; Sissoko, Sory (WASCAL, 2025-02-25)

  Chemical fertilizers are a source of soil degradation. In order to mitigate soil degradation and to face the negative impacts of climate change, the use of organic fertilizers, accessible to small farmers can maintain ...
• Testing Used Tyres as Soil and Water Conservation Control Measures toFavour Circular Economy in Mali 

  Katile, Mahamadou Lamine; Bengaly, Aboubakar; Traore, Souleymane Sidi; Rodrigo-Comino, Jesúús; Kasse, Hama (WASCAL, 2025-01-03)

  Microplastics are an emerging global threat in all ecosystems and have potential negative effects through multiple exposurepathways. In Mali, innovations such as the manufacture of chairs, sandals, decorative objects, etc. ...
• Effectiveness of climate information services: an evaluation of the accuracy and socio-economic benefits for smallholder farmers in Niger and Mali 

  Bizo, Issiaka M.; Traore, Bouba; Sidibé, Amadou; Soulé, Moussa (WASCAL, 2024-04-17)

  Climate information services are foundational means of building the farmer’s resilience. However, studies are scarce about the accuracy of climate information services in dryland regions such as the West Africa Sahel, ...
• Simulating pearl millet growth and yield with DSSAT-CERES-millet model: Evaluating climate-smart practices for uptake across diverse environments in Senegal 

  Zagre, Inoussa; Worou, Omonlola N.; Akinseye, Folorunso M.; Joseph, Jacob E.; Faye, Aliou; Kone, Mama; Whitbread, Anthony M. (WASCAL, 2025-02-18)

  Evaluating crop suitability across diverse agro-climatic zones is crucial for mitigating risks to agricultural yield under climate change, particularly for pearl millet production in Senegal. To facilitate informed tactical ...
• Climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in Senegal’s semi-arid zone: role of socio-economic factors and institutional supports 

  Zagre, Inoussa; Akinseye, Folorunso Mathew; Worou, Omonlola Nadine; Kone, Mama; Faye, Aliou (WASCAL, 2024-05-02)

  In dryland agricultural systems, developing appropriate climate-smart technology (CST) options is important to adapt agriculture to climate change and transition toward sustainability, as well as increasing productivity ...
• Impact of Climate Variability on Maize Yields in Southern Togo (Tabligbo) 

  Aziandeke, Dodji Komlan; Bouka, Chantal Ekpetsi; Vianna4, Murilo dos Santos; Mawussi, Gbénonchi; Gaiser, Thomas; Coulibaly, Alou (WASCAL, 2023-10-10)

  Climate variability continues to threaten agricultural productivity worldwide, especially in Togo where crop production is mostly rainfed-based. This study aims to investigate the impact of climate variables on maize yields ...
• Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate-Induced Saltwater Intrusion of Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in The Gambia 

  Saidy, Alieu; Diallo, Yacouba; Jaiteh, Malanding; Yessoufou, Adjani Nourou-Dine; Kargbo, Alpha; Jaiteh, Bubacarr (WASCAL, 2025-02-03)

  Saltwater intrusion represents an increasingly significant challenge for smallholder vegetable farmers in The Gambia, particularly in the Lower River Region (LRR) and North Bank Region (NBR). This study therefore examines ...
• Impact of fertilizer applications on grain and vegetable crops in smallholder Mixed Crop-Livestock (MCL) systems in West Africa 

  Berdjour, Albert; Srivastava, Amit Kumar; Sanfo, Safi´etou; Ahamadou, Bocar; Ewert, Frank; Gaiser, Thomas (WASCAL, 2025-01-24)

  Mixed crop-livestock (MCL) systems can enhance crop yield, and improve nutrient cycling while reducing chemical fertilizer use. However, only a limited number of studies that reported this assumption were conducted under ...
• Farmers’ perception on the impact of climate change in rubber tree production and their knowledge of rubber‑based agroforestry: case study of Côte d’Ivoire 

  Konan, Akissi Elise; Karembe, Moussa; Tonessia, Dolou Charlotte; Soumahin, Eric Francis (WASCAL, 2025-03-07)

  Native to rainforests in the Amazon region Hevea brasiliensis is generally found in low-altitude moist forests, forest gaps, and disturbed areas providing economic, social and ecological benefits for people. But climate ...
• Soil fertility restoration and sustainable land management using agroforestry in the Bougouni region: The case of the village of Mafele. 

  Traore, Adama Tama; Traore, Kalifa; Diallo, Hady; Diallo, Souleymane (WASCAL, 2025-05-25)

  Leuceana leucocephala, Gliricidia. sepium trees planted in alley cropping influence different soil properties. The objective of this study was to investigate, the effects of L. leucocephala (Lam.) and G. sepium on soil ...
• Climate situation and measure of sustainable land management with agroforestry system, adoption and benefits perceived by farmers: Case of the Mafele village, Bougouni region in Mali 

  Traore, Adama Tama; Traore, Kalifa; Diallo, Hady; Diallo, Souleymane (WASCAL, 2023-06-06)

  The climate of the Bougouni region is tropical dry with a rainfall greater than 1100 mm / year. The climate has been characterized since the 71s by a great interannual variability of rainfall. Over the period 1984-2022, ...
• Assessment of Smallholder Farmers’ Mitigation Strategies to Climatic Hazards in the Inland Valleys of Central Benin: The Case of Drought and Flood 

  Akodekou, David Abiola; Dossou-Yovo, Elliot Ronald; Salaka, Kolawolé Valère; Diarra, Sabaké; Nehren, Udo; Glele, Kakai (WASCAL, 2025-04-13)

  Floods and droughts pose significant climatic threats to the stability of Benin’s agro-economic systems, particularly affecting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in inland valleys. In the Sudano-Guinean zone, where ...
• Impact of organo-mineral fertilization, sowing dates and climate variability on yields and water productivity of three improved sorghum cultivars in the Sudanian agroecological zone of Mali 

  Bolozogola, Youssouf; Worou, Omonlola Nadine; Akinseye, Folorunso Mathew; Riyazaddin, Mohammed; Dembele, Joseph Sékou B.; Toure, Bocar; Jumbo, Macdonald Bright; Diallo, Yacouba (WASCAL, 2024-10-24)

  Sorghum production in Mali faces challenges, including low soil fertility and climate variability. To assess the effects of management practices (fertilizer types, sowing dates) on biomass and grain yields, as well as water ...
• Trends and research features on greenhouse gas emissions from rice production: review based on bibliometric analysis 

  Sossa, Coffi Leonce Geoffroy; Sanogo, Souleymane; Naab, Jesse B.; Sintondji, Luc O. (WASCAL, 2022-09-03)

  Greenhouse gas from rice production has become a great concern and the focus of a lot of research in recent years. The main aim of the study was to explore the research trend of GHG emissions from rice production by ...
• The Biochar Amendment Improves Tomato Growth and Yield under Deficit Irrigation in Sandy Loam Soil in Senegal 

  Diedhiou, Simeon; Maiga, Alassane; Himbane, Philippe B.; Iboko, Maduabuchi P.; Ndiaye, Lat Grand; Diedhiou, Ibrahima (WASCAL, 2024-07-03)

  Poor agricultural soil management practices and water use optimisation in irrigation are major challenges facing crop production in Senegal. To address these problems, a factorial experiment was conducted in 2021 and 2022 ...
• Paddy rice yield and greenhouse gas emissions: Any trade-off due to co-application of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer? A systematic review 

  Iboko, Maduabuchi Paul; Dossou-Yovo, Elliot R.; Obalum, Sunday E.; Oraegbunam, Chidozie J.; Diedhiou, Simeon; Brümmer, Christian; Teme, Niaba (WASCAL, 2023-11-05)

  Combined application of biochar and nitrogen (N) fertilizer could offer opportunities to increase rice yield and reduce methane emissions from paddy fields. However, this strategy may increase nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, ...
• Beyond Famers' Willingness to Adopt the System of Rice Intensification: Role of Management Institutions and Physical Conditions in Mali 

  Mohamed, Sidibé; Mohamed, Dicko; Amadou, Sidibé (WASCAL, 2025-10)

  Upon SRI’s successes and expansion globally, the system was introduced in West Africa in recent years. It was simultaneously introduced in both Baguinéda and Sélingué irrigated schemes, in 2018, by the German Society for ...
• Validation and field application of a low-cost device to measure CO2 and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes 

  Macagga, Reena; Asante, Michael; Sossa, Geoffroy; Antonijevi´c, Danica; Dubbert, Maren; Hoffmann, Mathias (WASCAL, 2024-02-23)

  Mitigating the global climate crisis and its consequences, such as more frequent and severe droughts, is one of the major challenges for future agriculture. Therefore, identifying land use systems and management practices ...
• Biodemographic parameters of spodoptera frugiperda smith, 1797 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a pest of maize crop, zea mays linnaeus, 1753 in sub-sudanese zone of Côte d'Ivoire 

  Konan, Stephanie Manuela Klamansoni Akissi (WASCAL, 2023-02-01)

  Spodoptera frugiperda is one of the main pests of maize (Zea mays L.) in Côte d'Ivoire. The control of this insect requires knowledge of biological and demographic parameters. The need to know the effect of seasons on the ...

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