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  1. Invasion of the Fall Armyworm

    2018-04-27 Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a common pest in the Western Hemisphere affecting many commercial crops, most importantly maize. This voracious Lepidoptera (grouping of insects that includes butterflies and moths) was first detected in Central and Western Africa in 2016 and has quickly...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management Pest Control Armyworm Crop Pests East Africa West Africa
     

  2. Baobab Gardens for Leaf Production

    2009-04-01 Indigenous (naturally occurring) and traditional (introduced in the past and incorporated into the culture) leafy vegetables are often greatly under-utilized. In many areas, the knowledge and use of indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) has declined as vegetables such as cabbage, tomatoes and...
    Baobab Edible Leaves Underutilized Crops Agroforestry Adansonia digitata Dark Green Leafy V... West Africa
     

  3. Nutritious products: Fighting food insecurity with indigenous plants

    In Niger, a social enterprise is using local plants that are resistant to the arid climate of the Sahel to produce nutritious food. The result is better incomes for farmers and a preserved environment. The nutritional value of the leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of some 15 wild plants are being...
    NUS Underutilized Crops Nutritional Value Nutrition West Africa
     

  4. Success stories from Sanekui, Mali

    2016-11-15 Sanekui is a village in Mali where, a few days after its opening, ECHO's West African Regional Impact Center conducted its first training in 2014. During this training, the FFF and Moringa were The themes given to the church member. Two and a half years after this training, a follow-up team...
    Mali West Africa
     

  5. Technical Sheet for the Intensive Rice Cultivation System (IRS) in Timbuktu, Mali

    2020-10-20 French only
    Mali West Africa
     

  6. Ignored Crops that Can Change Sahelian Agriculture

    Sahel Underutilized Crops West Africa
     

  7. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Producing more rice with less inputs - 3 years of experience from Mali

    2010-09-21
    Mali West Africa
     

  8. Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture

    The Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) is a household survey project established with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by the LSMS team. Recognizing that existing agricultural data in the region suffers from...
    Economics Agriculture Develo... Economic Development East Africa West Africa
     

  9. African Insect Science for Food and Health

    icipeis a tropical organisation with a tropical agenda. But why study insects? Because in the tropics, insects are a fact of life to be reckoned with. Insects pose a great risk to food production, often causing the loss of entire crops and destroying about half of all harvested food in storage....
    Entomology IPM Pest Control Pest Management Insects Striga Armyworm East Africa West Africa
     

  10. Fall Armyworm in Africa: A GUIDE FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

    2018-01-20 This FAW IPM Guide is designed for use by professionals in plant protection organizations, extension agencies, research institutions, and Governments, whose primary focus is smallholder farmers and the seed systems that support them. The FAW IPM Guide is meant to provide an important foundation...
    Armyworm Integrated Pest Ma... East Africa West Africa