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Implications of the introduction of forage chopper machines africa-rising
Poster prepared by Gundula Fischer, Jacqueline Rugalabam, Gabriel Malima, Simon Wittich, Ben Lukuyu, David Ngunga, Leonard Marwa and Gregory Sikumba for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Potential impact of groundnut production technology on welfare of smallholder...africa-rising
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Calling for mechanization: farmers’ willingness to pay for small-scale maize ...africa-rising
Poster prepared by Bekele Kotu, Adebayo Abass, Audifas Gaspar, Gundula Fischer, Christopher Mutungi, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon and Mateete Bekunda for the Tropentag 2019: Filling Gaps and Removing Traps for Sustainable Resource Management, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany, 18–20 September 2019
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Poster prepared by Bekele Hundie, A. Kimaro, M. Swamila, S. Lyimo, Yangole, P. Lukuman, V. Afari-Sefa, F. Ngulu, J. Kihara, A. Abass, B. Bachwenkizi, M. Bekunda, I. Hoeschle-Zeledon for the Tropentag 2015 Conference on Management of land use systems for enhanced food security—Conflicts, controversies and resolutions, Berlin, 16-18 September 2015
Indicative results from cost-benefit-analysis of Africa RISING technologies in Tanzania show that almost all of the technologies being tested by the project are better than the base technologies (farmers’ traditional practices).
The analysis was done by looking at three economic indicators; the gross margin (Tanzania Shillings/ha) (GM), benefit-cost–ratio (BCR) and returns to labor (TZS/person day) (RL).
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Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices and small-scale commercial feed ...ILRI
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Aflatoxin M1-related health risk for milk consumers in dairy farms in rural a...ILRI
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Poster prepared by Kotu, B., Abdul Rahman, N., Larbi, A., Akakpo, D.B., Asante, M., Mellon, S.B. and Hoeschle-Zeledon, I. for the AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March-1 April 2016
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Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
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Poster by Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Apollinaire Nombre, Amos Miningou, SyAppolinaireTraore, Johanna Lindahl, Augustine Ayantunde, Javier Sanchez and Silvia Alonso presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
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Gahakwa - Overview of agricultural research in Rwanda for the past 10 yearsCIALCA
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APR 7, 2020 - 12:15 PM TO 01:15 PM EDT
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Poster prepared by Aberra Adie, Melkamu Bezabih, Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne for the Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands Project Review and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 21–22 May 2019
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Presented by Nils Teufel, Jim Hammond, Simon Fraval, Mark van Wijk (ILRI) at the Strengthening Food And Nutrition Security Conference, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 11-12 July 2018
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Science Forum 2013 (www.scienceforum13.org)
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Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable develop...ILRI
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Presented by Jimmy Smith, Director General, With Fiona Flintan, Jason Sircely, Cesar Patino, Mireille Ferrari and Susan MacMillan (ILRI) at the Joint XI International Rangeland Congress and XXIV International Grassland Congress, Nairobi (virtual), 24–30 October 2021
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Presentation at workshop: Reducing the costs of GHG estimates in agriculture to inform low emissions development
November 10-12, 2014
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The future of sustainable livestock systems in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
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Africa RISING project implementation and contribution in Ethiopia. Presented at Africa RISING close-out event.
24-25 January 2023
ILRI campus- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Poster prepared by Moumini Guindo, Bouba Traoré, Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu, and Alou Coulibaly for the 13th Symposium of the Malian Society of Applied Sciences (MSAS), 01 July – 05 August 2022.
Flux des nutriments (N, P, K) des resources organiques dans les exploitations...africa-rising
Poster prepared by Moumini Guindo, Bouba Traoré, Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu, and Alou Coulibaly for the 13th Symposium of the Malian Society of Applied Sciences (MSAS), 01 July 1 – 05 August 2022.
Eliciting willingness to pay for quality maize and beans: Evidence from exper...africa-rising
Poster prepared by Julius Manda, Adane Tufa, Christopher Mutungi, Arega Alene, Victor Manyong and Tahirou Abdoulaye for the IITA Social Science Group Virtual Meeting, 7 December 2021.
The woman has no right to sell livestock: The role of gender norms in Norther...africa-rising
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The use of Nauplii and metanauplii artemia in aquaculture (brine shrimp).pptxMAGOTI ERNEST
Although Artemia has been known to man for centuries, its use as a food for the culture of larval organisms apparently began only in the 1930s, when several investigators found that it made an excellent food for newly hatched fish larvae (Litvinenko et al., 2023). As aquaculture developed in the 1960s and ‘70s, the use of Artemia also became more widespread, due both to its convenience and to its nutritional value for larval organisms (Arenas-Pardo et al., 2024). The fact that Artemia dormant cysts can be stored for long periods in cans, and then used as an off-the-shelf food requiring only 24 h of incubation makes them the most convenient, least labor-intensive, live food available for aquaculture (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021). The nutritional value of Artemia, especially for marine organisms, is not constant, but varies both geographically and temporally. During the last decade, however, both the causes of Artemia nutritional variability and methods to improve poorquality Artemia have been identified (Loufi et al., 2024).
Brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) are used in marine aquaculture worldwide. Annually, more than 2,000 metric tons of dry cysts are used for cultivation of fish, crustacean, and shellfish larva. Brine shrimp are important to aquaculture because newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii (larvae) provide a food source for many fish fry (Mozanzadeh et al., 2021). Culture and harvesting of brine shrimp eggs represents another aspect of the aquaculture industry. Nauplii and metanauplii of Artemia, commonly known as brine shrimp, play a crucial role in aquaculture due to their nutritional value and suitability as live feed for many aquatic species, particularly in larval stages (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021).
Travis Hills' Endeavors in Minnesota: Fostering Environmental and Economic Pr...Travis Hills MN
Travis Hills of Minnesota developed a method to convert waste into high-value dry fertilizer, significantly enriching soil quality. By providing farmers with a valuable resource derived from waste, Travis Hills helps enhance farm profitability while promoting environmental stewardship. Travis Hills' sustainable practices lead to cost savings and increased revenue for farmers by improving resource efficiency and reducing waste.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
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Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
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on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
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optics at visible wavelengths.
What is greenhouse gasses and how many gasses are there to affect the Earth.moosaasad1975
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Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
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Toxic effects of heavy metals : Lead and Arsenicsanjana502982
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Monitor common gases, weather parameters, particulates.
Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouni
1. Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouni
Mary Ollenburger1,2, Katrien Descheemaeker1, Todd Crane3, Ken Giller1
1Wageningen University, Plant Production Systems Group
2International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
3International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Corresponding author email: mary.ollenburger@wur.nl
Key research activities
• We used data from multiple sources to generate a range of simple
production scenarios that allow us to quickly explore options for sustainable
intensification.
• Three yield scenarios: 50th and 90th percentile yields for the region, and
experimental potential yields (from ICRISAT trials and other literature).
• These were evaluated for current crop allocation and with crop area
optimized for maximizing profit.
• Constraints on optimization are: meeting household calorie needs from
grain production and no more than 2 ha of maize for each 1 ha of cotton,
because of policies which limit fertilizer availability.
Implications of the research for
generating development outcomes
Results and main findings
• Crop area is closely tied to household size, (Figure 1, inset) and crop
allocation is relatively diverse (Figure 1).
• In optimization scenarios crop allocation produces enough maize to meet
family food needs, enough cotton to procure the inputs for maize, and the
rest of the land allocated to the most profitable crop (groundnut or cotton).
• In 50th percentile scenarios 21% of households are not food self-sufficient.
This declines to <1% in all intensification scenarios.
• The percentage of households above the $1.25/worker/day poverty line
increases from 1% in the 50th percentile scenario to 86% in the optimized
potential yield scenario, but less than half of households earn over
$2/worker/day, and only 12% make more than the average yearly income
from gold mining (Figure 2).
• Farm size is labor-constrained, and land is available for expansion.
• Farm incomes are generally low, and improved yields can only reduce levels
of extreme poverty and food insecurity, and cannot compete with off-farm
income sources.
• Interventions on staple crops should thus focus on food-insecure
households, while more profitable options should be developed to meet
poverty reduction goals.
• If options for testing and dissemination are presented along with their
potential benefits with regards to improving food self-sufficiency and/or
profitability, targeting of options can be done through farmers’ voluntary
selection.
• This analysis does not account for nutrition security or dietary diversity,
both of which are important to consider when aiming for impact in health
outcomes.
• A further analysis would also consider storage losses, impacts of warrantage
systems or changes in subsidies or market prices.
How this work would continue in
Africa RISING phase 2
The Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-for-
development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the
Future initiative.
Through action research and development partnerships, Africa RISING will create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out
of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for
women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base.
The three projects are led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (in West Africa and East and Southern Africa) and the
International Livestock Research Institute (in the Ethiopian Highlands). The International Food Policy Research Institute leads an
associated project on monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment.
www.africa-rising.net
Yield data from the IFRPI Mali AfricaRISING Baseline Survey. Market prices
collected by the Institut d’Economie Rurale. Other data collected in
collaboration with the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile
(CMDT), Association Malienne d’Eveil au Développement Durable (AMEDD),
Mouvement Biologique du Mali (MoBioM), Wageningen University and
ICRISAT.
This information will be shared with project partners in order to better plan
and target dissemination activities. It will also be important to share insights
with policymakers, as this analysis has implications for agricultural policy.
Current partnerships and future
engagements for out scaling
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Figure 1: Current crop area allocation and household size in Flola,
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Figure 2: Income from crop production in six intensification scenarios.
Farms are ordered by total area as in Figure 1