The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) was developed as an attempt to confront and begin to reverse the rising CO2
concentrations. But in order to set emission reduction ...
Vitellaria paradoxa is an indigenous tree species endemic to the African savannas. This species plays an important role in farmer’s mitigation and adaptation to climate change through its ecosystem services. Unfortunately, ...
Conservation measures such as creation of buffer zones are used to protect riparian forests (RF) under the Freshwater Buffer Zone Policy of Ghana. Nevertheless, scientific information on the impact of climate change and ...
Climate-induced ecosystem changes were studied in Tanbi Wetland National Park (TWNP) in conjunction with the major land use types i.e. agriculture, settlement, tourism, oyster processing, completely fragmented and partially ...
Vanié, Linda Louyounan Paricia épouse Léabo(WASCAL, 2016-12-17)
The key role of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi in ecosystems functioning has been demonstrated worldwide. However, their diversity, spatial distribution, fruiting phenology and production as influenced by climatic parameters ...
To have a compendium of responses from coastal water systems along the east Ivorian coast under different seasons, samples of rainwater (n= 30), groundwater (wells and boreholes, n= 81 and surface water (Ébrié lagoon and ...
Climate change is projected to highly impact biodiversity components such as ecosystems and organisms. Through this work, Vitex doniana Sweet, one of the top ten priority species for domestication programs in West Africa ...
Endemic to West Africa, the Western Derby Eland (WDE) (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus
Gray, 1847) the biggest antelope worldwide is critically endangered and close to extinction. This
study aims to characterize the ...
The complex of protected areas Oti-Keran-Mandouri (OKM) is a key biodiversity area in Togo. It is listed as Ramsar site, as International Bird Area and considered as conservation corridor for the African savanna elephant. ...
As the climate of the West African Sahel changes due to global warming, agricultural systems are facing stress due to the excess water induced by extreme rain events. Our first experiment, implemented in the suburbs of ...
Cassava growth in Côte d’Ivoire is affected by the variation of climatic parameters and Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB). CBB is a destructive disease influenced by climatic conditions which can lead to 100 % yield loss. For ...
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), the world’s sixth most important cereal crop is known as a climate smart crop due to its tolerance to drought, heat, soil salinity, low soil fertility, high nutritive and high capacity ...
Deficit Irrigation (DI) consists to provide the crop with water below its daily need (ETc) according to the sensitivity of its growth stages. The objective of this study was : (i) to assess the factors explaining maize ...
Agricultural production particularly rice production is one of the priority areas for vision 2020 agricultural and natural resources policy document for the Gambia. An agronomic trial was conducted in 2017 and 2018 at the ...
Several maize breeding programs use open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) as a source of genetic variability and favourable alleles of target traits. Drought tolerant and provitamin A (PVA) maize hybrids are needed to address ...
As the climate of the West African Sahel changes due to global warming, agricultural systems are facing stress due to the excess water induced by extreme rain events. Our first experiment, implemented in the suburbs of ...
Climate change and/or climate variability has heightened the frequency and re-occurrence of climate related disasters, particularly floods in the past two decades globally. This is likely to increase vulnerabilities in ...
The principal objective of this research is to investigate in the context of climate change, the impact of the Drought Tolerant Maize (DTM) innovations on economic performance and welfare in Be ninnin. In this study, we ...
African farmers need to better adapt to climate variability. Many of them underwent a terrible famine in the seventies and still face food insecurity. In this study we aim to investigate the situation of Malian farmers of ...
This thesis analyses the transition towards green energy and its implication on the
wellbeing of households and on sustainable development targets of the Gambia.
Three specific objectives were analysed from secondary ...