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Senegal
Khouma, Mamadou; Jalloh, Abdulai; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
Senegal is the most westerly state of West Africa. The country is relatively flat, with low relief. Its total land area … is 196,192 square kilometers. Its northern border, which is shared with Mauritania, is defined by the Senegal River. The … Falémé River delineates part of the eastern border with Mali; Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are Senegal’s southern neighbors, and …
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Soil conservation and sustainable development in the Sahel: a study of two Senegalese villages.
EH, Golan - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1992
Using a Social Accounting Matrix analyses five policy options for land conservation such as reduction of peanut monoculture, internal and international migration, regional development, reforestation and land tenure reform.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966116
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Reversing Urban Bias in African Rice Markets: Evidence from Senegal
Demont, Matty; Rutsaert, Pieter; Ndour, Maimouna; … - In: World Development 45 (2013) C, pp. 63-74
food markets. We conduct framed field experiments in two major urban markets in Senegal and find that the majority of urban …
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Program on Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems and Support Services. Phase II. Vol.7 - Lift irrigation in West Africa: challenges for sustainable local management. Final report
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); … - 1994
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The Structure of Government Intervention in African Agriculture
Lopez, R.; Hathie, I. - In: Journal of Development Studies 37 (2000) 1, pp. 57-72
This article examines the determinants of various rates of agricultural subsidies (output, input, exchange rate distortions, and aggregate) using commodity-level data from eight African countries in the 1980s. Econometric results indicate that structural adjustment policies were more effective...
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Souveraineté alimentaire. Mobilisations collectives agricoles et instrumentalisations multiples d'un concept transnational
Hrabanski, Marie - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n°207 (2011) 3, pp. 151-168
This article analyzes the transnational agricultural collective action which has emerged in the name of food sovereignty, in Western Africa, since 2000. It proposes some thoughts about the role of transnational action in a multi-level governance context. The article begins by analyzing the...
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A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program: Evidence from Senegal
Cadot, Olivier; Jaud, Mélise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Senegal's horticulture industry. We apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-difference and matching …
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo — and explores how climate … editors and contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine …
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Besoins en informations des grossistes pour une augmentation du volume des échanges en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Mali
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Recensement des besoins d’information des opérateurs économiques pour une augmentation du volume des échanges entre la Guinée, le Mali, le Niger et le Sénégal
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Guinea
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530548