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| Weatherspoon, Dave D.; Ross, Anthony. |
| The recent interest in the expansion of retail food chains and the perceived problems resulting from competition between these new, sophisticated supply chains and the most basic of food distribution networks in emerging economies have been greatly debated in the literature. This paper is a seminal approach to examining South-South food firm (grocer) foreign direct investment by incorporating data on the informal market into a facility location decision model. There are unique environmental complexities that developing/transitioning economies present. The unique finding of this model is that informal employment patterns, in both Agricultural and non-Agricultural sectors, influence the firm’s location. Given the absence of data, South-South foreign direct... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Supply Chain; Africa; Informal Markets; Facility Location Model; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q10. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53625 |
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| Hassan, Rashid M.; Nhemachena, Charles. |
| This study analyzed determinants of farm-level climate adaptation measures in Africa using a multinomial choice model fitted to data from a cross-sectional survey of over 8000 farms from 11 African countries. The results indicate that specialized crop cultivation (mono-cropping) is the agricultural practice most vulnerable to climate change in Africa. Warming, especially in summer, poses the highest risk. It encourages irrigation, multiple cropping and integration of livestock. Increased precipitation reduces the probability of irrigation and will benefit most African farms, especially in drier areas. Better access to markets, extension and credit services, technology and farm assets (labor, land and capital) are critical for helping African farmers adapt... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Impacts; Adaptation; Agriculture; Africa; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56969 |
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| Ewusie, E. A.; Kwapong, P. K.; Ofosu-Budu, G.; Sandrock, C.; Akumah, A.; Nartey, E.; Teye-Gaga, C.; Agyarkwah, S. K.; Adamtey, N.. |
| Aims: To assess the effect of organic waste and their formulations on the development of the black soldier fly larvae. Study Design: The experiment used one time feeding (lump feeding) of feedstocks obtained from organic market waste fractions and their combinations. The arrangement of composting containers followed a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), replicated three times. Place and Duration of Study: The study took 3 months and was conducted at the BSF laboratory of the Soil and Environmental Science Research Centre, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Methodology: Two hundred and forty (240) hand counted 5 day old BSF larvae were inoculated onto 2 kg each... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring; Feeding and growth; Produce chain management; Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34699/1/Ewusie-etal-2018-AJB2T-Vol4-Isuue1-p1-16-Articleno-AJB2T42371.pdf |
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| Burgt, X.M. van der. |
| Two new tree species, Didelotia korupensis and Tessmannia korupensis (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae), are described and illustrated. Didelotia korupensis is the 12th species in the genus. It is an understory tree to 15 m tall with an often leaning stem to 30(–53) cm diam. Didelotia korupensis is only known from an area of c. 4 km2 in and near the permanent plots along the P transect in the southern part of Korup National Park in Cameroon, where 51 trees have been recorded so far. Didelotia korupensis is assessed according to IUCN criteria as Endangered. Tessmannia korupensis is the 13th species in the genus. It is a canopy tree to 39 m tall with a stem to 105 cm diam. Tessmannia korupensis is known from seven groups of trees of 9 to 43 trees each, in and... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Africa; Detarieae; Endangered; Fabaceae; IUCN; Rain forest; Taxonomy; 42.48. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/606363 |
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| Feijen, H.R.; Feijen, C.. |
| Diopsis malawiensis spec. nov. and D. vanbruggeni spec. nov. are described from Malawi. Subgeneric grouping of Diopsis Linnaeus, 1775, is briefly discussed, but the genus awaits revision. A redescription is given of Diopsis micronotata Brunett i, 1926, from the D.R. of Congo, as this species might be confused with D. vanbruggeni. The two new species and D. micronotata are closely related and are tentatively placed in the absens Brunett i group. Diopsis surcoufi Séguy, 1955, from Mozambique and Tanzania, is redescribed because of its superficial resemblance to D. malawiensis. All four species are characterised by tiny, but distinct, apical or subapical wing spots. In D. malawiensis, D. micronotata and D. vanbruggeni, eye span is, in absolute and relative... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Diopsidae; Diptera; Diopsis; New species; Redescriptions; Africa; Sexual dimorphism; 42.75. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/311948 |
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| Gradstein, S.R.; Pócs, T.; Váňa, J.. |
| An increasingly large number of macrodisjunct species is emerging from recent literature dealing with taxonomy and floristics of tropical bryophytes. This paper reviews present knowledge concerning Afro-American disjunctions in Hepaticae and seeks to interprete the data in the light of current phytogeographical theory. Numerous new floristic records and range extensions are given and some taxonomic novelties are proposed. For 35 Afro-American species known three main distribution types are recognized, each further subdivided: Tropical Afro-American (lowland, montane and the alpine element), Subtropical-Mediterranean (southern, wide element) and Temperate-Subantarctic (southern, wide element). Most species belong to Jungermanniales except for the... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Africa; America; Disjunction; Dispersal; Hepaticae; Plate tectonics; Phytogeography.; Taxonomy; Vicariants. |
| Ano: 1983 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/535250 |
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| Ranis, Gustav. |
| This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized societies are less likely to agree on the provision of public goods and more likely to engage in rent seeking activities providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions are important determinants of adverse development outcomes. The role of decentralization, democracy and markets as potential remedies are discussed. The paper then presents a number of preliminary hypotheses on the relationship between diversity and instability in order to stimulate future research. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Africa; Diversity; Economic Growth; Instability; International Development; O11; O40; O43; O55. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54531 |
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| Fernandez-Triana, J.; Beaudin, M.; Achterberg, K. van; Agbodzavu, M.K.; Othim, S.T.O.; Nyamu, F.W.; Fiaboe, K.K.M.. |
| The microgastrine parasitoid wasp Apanteles hemara Nixon, 1965, is currently being considered as a potential biocontrol agent of amaranth leaf-webber pests in Africa. To facilitate future research and identification of the species, we characterize it from an integrative taxonomy perspective by providing a comprehensive morphological redescription, extensive illustrations (including the first images of the holotype), DNA barcodes, wasp biology, host data (Choreutidae and Crambidae caterpillars), and updated geographical distribution of the species (including eight new country records). Despite a wide distribution across four major biogeographical regions (mostly within the Old World tropics), the species seems to be relatively uniform from a molecular and... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Microgastrinae; Amaranthus; Biocontrol; DNA barcode; Geographical distribution; Africa. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/643636 |
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| Fenske, James. |
| I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I present a model in which exogenous suitability of the land for agriculture and endogenously evolving population determine the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny. I then use cross-sectional data on pre-colonial African societies to demonstrate that, consistent with the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most suitable for agriculture, and in which population density was greatest. Next, I use the model to explain institutions among the Egba of southwestern Nigeria from 1830 to 1914. While many Egba institutions were typical of a land-abundant environment, they sold land and had... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Africa; Institutions; Land rights; Slavery; Polygyny; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; N57; O10. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55707 |
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| Saidia, Paul Sabas; Chilagane, Emmanuel Amos; Maro, Janet Fares; Wostry, Alexander. |
| A research was carried out to identify research works done from 2002 to 2012 on ecological organic agriculture in Tanzania. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved. Ecological organic agriculture draws on agro-ecology that is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to design and manage ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions. There was a problem of identifying various researches done in organic agriculture, hence difficult to know the gap on research works related to ecological organic agriculture. Therefore, this work aimed at identifying research works done on ecological... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Africa. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24694/1/REPORT%20ON%20EOA%20RESEARCHES.rtf |
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| Musyoka, Martha W.; Adamty, Noah; Muriuki, Anne W.; Cadisch, Georg. |
| Increased per capita food production in the tropics is closely tied to soil organic matter and water management, timely nitrogen (N) supply and crop N use efficiency (NUE) which are influenced by farmingsystems. However, there is lack of data on the effect of organic farming systems on NUE and how thiscompares to conventional farming systems under tropical conditions. Therefore, the objectives of thisstudy were to determine the effect of conventional and organic farming systems at low and high management intensities on N uptake and N use efficiency of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), maize (Zea mays L.),cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. Capitata), kale (Brassica oleracea var. Acephala) and Swiss chard (Beta vul-garis sub sp. Cicla). The organic high input... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring; Vegetables; Africa; Root crops. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31473/1/musyoka-etal-2017-EuropeanJourAgri-Vol86-p24-36.pdf |
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