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Drought tolerant cowpea can improve crop yield in arid West Africa
GCP funded research on cowpea, developing drought resistant varieties
DEVELOPMENT: High-Protein Pea Ideal for Drought-Hit Farmers
article on pigeon pea, ICRISAT
Nigeria: Nimet Predicts Low Rainfall
Good piece about expected rains for 2009 in Nigeria. This could potentially be used for a paper on drought in West Africa.
Mapping indicators of poverty in West Africa - Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Generally shows how poverty increases from south to north, from wet to dry in West Africa.
Sahel Drought Trends, including climate chagne
shows drought trends in West Africa, including climate predictions to 2100....nice animations too.
The biotechnology option of the President’s Special Initiative on cassava : Ghana Business News
Promotes genetic engineering for cassava improvement in Ghana
In Vanuatu, food self-sufficiency is founded on crop diversity - CIRAD
This is perhaps the kind of success story that trial site catalogues could help foster....
GhanaDot.com Ghana’s Irrigation Potentials Untapped
I doubt they could do something like what India did during the Green Revolution....Interesting stats on the potential of irrigation in Ghana.
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The total potential of irrigable land in Ghana is put at 500,000 hectares with the current area developed for irrigation estimated at 11,000 hectares. This means that as a country, after 50 years of independence, Ghana has been able to develop only 0.02% of its irrigable land.
It is therefore no surprise that irrigation has not as yet impacted significantly on Ghana’s food production. Ghana needs to pay more attention to irrigationif the country is to develop and expand its agro-industries for the country’s economic growth and development at this stage, experts have warned.
Banana: black cross leaf spot
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Black cross leaf spot: an emerging threat to banana industry
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Black crosses on banana leaves are signs that the crop is suffering
from black cross leaf spot, a fungal disease caused by _Phyllachora
musicola_, which usually attacks cooking-type banana like cardaba or
saba. It causes fast deterioration of leaves, and significant
reduction of leaves affects photosynthetic efficiency, leading to
reduced fruit yield of up to 50 percent or more. It can also induce
premature maturation and ripening, resulting in production of poor
quality fruits.
For the past 5 years, occurrence of black cross leaf spot on cardaba
bananas was observed in banana farms in Davao del Norte. And now the
prevalence of the disease poses a threat to the province's banana
chips industry at a time when the demand for cardaba, the main
material for banana chips production, continues to increase. Black
cross leaf spot must be controlled to prevent it from affecting
banana production, otherwise the black cross could turn out to be an
indication of the banana industry's doomed state.
THISDAY ONLINE / Nigeria news / African views on global news
We often hear that one of the biggest constraints to cassava farmers is marketing and post harvest processing. This project in Nigeria is trying to address that.
Farmers get better yields from new drought-tolerant cassava
Article on a cassava variety that IITA is promoting in West Africa - with multiple characteristics.
The Food Chain - Drought Resistance Is the Goal, but Methods Differ - Series - NYTimes.com
Good article about what's going on with drought resistant agricultural tech....
Ghana News :: Farmers select 10 top ranking commodities for Upper West ::: Breaking News | News in Ghana | news
What farmers want R+D on in Ghana....
Cassava Development in Asia
Country-by-country assessment of the cassava situation in Asia.
Cassava chapter
Lots of good stuff on cassava trends in Asia. This will be useful for the work for GCP on focusing efforts.
Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB)
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