African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year▲	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84945538270	Consistency of performance of early-maturing maize cultivars in striga-infested and striga-free e...	Badu-Apraku B., Yallou C., Oyekunle M., Akinwale R., Aweke G., Kamara A.	2015	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	95	6	10.4141/CJPS-2015-056	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), IITA (UK) Ltd, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall...	Badu-Apraku, B., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), IITA (UK) Ltd, Carolyn H...	Despite the immense potential of maize (Zea mays L.) in savannas of West and Central Africa (WCA)...	Early-maturing cultivar; Genotype × environment interaction; Host plant resistance; Savanna; Stab...	crop yield; cultivar; dicotyledon; disease resistance; genotype-environment interaction; host pla...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84964826206	Evaluating testcross performance and genetic divergence of lines derived from reciprocal tropical...	Menkir A., Kling J.G., Anjorin B., Ladejobi F., Gedil M.	2015	Maydica	60	2	None	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Oyo Road, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria; Oreg...	Menkir, A., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Oyo Road, PMB 5320, Ibadan, N...	The development of hybrids with enhanced expression of heterosis depends on the genetic backgroun...	Agronomic performance; Maize; Reciprocal composites; S4 lines; SNP; SSR; Testcrosses	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84914665086	Exploitation of beneficial alleles from maize (Zea mays L.) landraces to enhance performance of a...	Meseka S., Menkir A., Obeng-Antwi K.	2015	Euphytica	201	1	10.1007/s10681-014-1214-1	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, PMB 5320 Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria; Crops Resear...	Meseka, S., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, PMB 5320 Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria; ...	Yield losses of maize due to drought stress (DS) in environments with limited rains can reach 100...	Backcross; Beneficial alleles; Drought stress; Introgression; Maize landrace	Zea mays	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947867679	Impact of the productive safety net program on farmers' investments in sustainable land managemen...	Adimassu Z., Kessler A.	2015	Environmental Development	16	None	10.1016/j.envdev.2015.06.015	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), PO Box: 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Wageningen ...	Adimassu, Z., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), PO Box: 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopi...	This study assesses the impact of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on farmers' investment...	Central Rift Valley; Food security; Productive Safety Net; Propensity score matching; Sustainable...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938602560	Maize systems under climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: Potential impacts on production and foo...	Tesfaye K., Gbegbelegbe S., Cairns J.E., Shiferaw B., Prasanna B.M., Sonder K., Boote K., Makumbi...	2015	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	7	3	10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2014-0005	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; International M...	Tesfaye, K., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Gb...	Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the biophysical and socioeconomic impacts of cl...	Bioeconomic modeling; Climate change; Climate change impact; Food security; Maize production; Sub...	agricultural intensification; climate change; crop yield; economic analysis; food production; foo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84946220074	Impact of gender participation in non-farming activities on household income and poverty levels i...	Ali A., Erenstein O., Rahut D.B.	2015	Work	52	2	10.3233/WOR-152103	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), NARC, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan; ...	Ali, A., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), NARC, Park Road, Islamabad, P...	BACKGROUND: In the rural areas of Pakistan, the majority of farm households have small landholdin...	Non-farming opportunities; propensity score matching; rural areas	None	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of pooled ocular and vaginal swabs by the Cepheid GeneXpert CT/NG assay for the detect...	Dize L., West S.K., Mkocha H., Quinn T.C., Gaydos C.A.	2015	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	81	2	10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.010	International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases,...	Dize, L., International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious...	Ocular swabs from Tanzania were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and self-collected vaginal...	Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pooling; Trachoma	Aptima Combo 2 Assay; Article; bacterium detection; Chlamydia trachomatis; controlled study; cost...	None	View
None	None	Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventiv...	Sicuri E., Fernandes S., Macete E., González R., Mombo-Ngoma G., Massougbodgi A., Abdulla S., Kuw...	2015	PLoS ONE	10	4	10.1371/journal.pone.0125072	ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, B...	Sicuri, E., ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de ...	Background: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine ...	None	cotrimoxazole; mefloquine; pyrimethamine plus sulfadoxine; adult; anemia; Article; Benin; control...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947556170	Performance of small reservoir irrigated schemes in the Upper Volta basin: Case studies in Burkin...	Poussin J.-C., Renaudin L., Adogoba D., Sanon A., Tazen F., Dogbe W., Fusillier J.-L., Barbier B....	2015	Water Resources and Rural Development	6	None	10.1016/j.wrr.2015.05.001	IRD, UMR G-EAU, 361, rue J.F. Breton, B.P. 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France; CIRAD, UMR G-EAU, 3...	Poussin, J.-C., IRD, UMR G-EAU, 361, rue J.F. Breton, B.P. 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France; Ren...	A major direct use of water from West African small reservoirs is irrigation. Analyzing the perfo...	Irrigated crops; IWRM; Participatory approach; Sub Saharan Africa	None	None	View
None	None	The Glasgow consensus on the delineation between pesticide emission inventory and impact assessme...	Rosenbaum R.K., Anton A., Bengoa X., Bjørn A., Brain R., Bulle C., Cosme N., Dijkman T.J., Fantke...	2015	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	20	6	10.1007/s11367-015-0871-1	IRSTEA, UMR ITAP, ELSA LCA research group and ELSA-PACT Industrial Chair for Environmental and So...	Rosenbaum, R.K., IRSTEA, UMR ITAP, ELSA LCA research group and ELSA-PACT Industrial Chair for Env...	Purpose: Pesticides are applied to agricultural fields to optimise crop yield and their global us...	Consensus; Ecosphere; Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Life cycle inventory (LCI); Pesticides...	pesticide; agricultural pest; air pollution; Article; consensus; controlled study; data base; eco...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924097095	Evaluation of elite hot pepper varieties (Capsicum spp.) for growth, dry pod yield and quality un...	Delelegne S., Belew D., Mohammed A., Getachew Y.	2015	International Journal of Agricultural Research	9	7	10.3923/ijar.2014.364.374	Jimma Zone Agriculture Office, P.O. Box 194, Jimma, Ethiopia; College of Agriculture and Veterina...	Delelegne, S., Jimma Zone Agriculture Office, P.O. Box 194, Jimma, Ethiopia; Belew, D., College o...	A field experiment was conducted at two locations under Jimma condition with the aim of investiga...	Capsicum; Dry pod yield; Hot pepper; Jimma SW ethicpia; Quality parameters	Capsicum; Capsicum frutescens	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926687213	Galactic production of 138La: Impact of 138,139La statistical properties	Kheswa B.V., Wiedeking M., Giacoppo F., Goriely S., Guttormsen M., Larsen A.C., Bello Garrote F.L...	2015	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics	744	None	10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.065	IThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West, South Africa; Physics Department, University of Stelle...	Kheswa, B.V., IThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West, South Africa, Physics Department, Univer...	The γ-ray strength functions and nuclear level densities of 138La and 139La have been measured be...	Maxwellian averaged cross-sections; Nuclear level densities; γ-ray strength functions	None	None	View
None	None	Performance of Four Rice Cultivars Transplanted Monthly over Full Year under Irrigated Conditions...	Sekiya N., Shayo A.C., Jacob M.K., Oizumi N., Tomitaka M., Araki H.	2015	Rice Science	22	2	10.1016/j.rsci.2015.05.008	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), JICA Tanzania Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kil...	Sekiya, N., Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), JICA Tanzania Office, Dar es Salaam, T...	In Tanzania, the phenology and seasonal variations of the yields of different rice cultivars have...	Irrigated rice; Local variety; Phenological response; Temperature; Yield component; Yield perform...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84933053394	Impact of Availability and Use of ART/PMTCT Services on Fertility Desires of Previously Pregnant ...	Litwin L.E., Makumbi F.E., Gray R., Wawer M., Kigozi G., Kagaayi J., Nakigozi G., Lutalo T., Serw...	2015	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	69	3	10.1097/QAI.0000000000000612	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, E4010, Baltimore, MD, Un...	Litwin, L.E., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, E4010, Bal...	Objective: To assess fertility desires by availability and use of antiretroviral therapy and prev...	fertility; HIV; pregnancy intentions; prevention of mother-to-child transmission; Uganda	adolescent; adult; antiretroviral therapy and prevention of mother to child transmission; antivir...	1UO1AI075115-O1A1, National Institutes of Health; 22006.03, National Institutes of Health; NINR: ...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84945447390	Evaluation of micro- and nano-carbon-based adsorbents for the removal of phenol from aqueous solu...	Asmaly H.A., Abussaud B., Ihsaah, Saleh T.A., Bukhari A.A., Laoui T., Shemsi A.M., Gupta V.K., At...	2015	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	97	9	10.1080/02772248.2015.1092543	KACST – Technology Innovation Centre on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (KACST-TIC on CCS), King...	Asmaly, H.A., KACST – Technology Innovation Centre on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (KACST-TIC...	This work reports on the adsorption efficiency of two classes of adsorbents: nano-adsorbents incl...	activated carbon; carbon nanofibers; carbon nanotubes; fly ash; phenol	Activated carbon; Adsorbents; Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Chemicals removal (water treat...	KACST, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; AR-30-92, KFUPM, King Abdulaziz City for S...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949516955	Evaluation of factors affecting labour productivity in construction industry: A case study	Muhammad N.Z., Sani A., Muhammad A., Balubaid S., Ernest Ituma E., Suleiman J.H.	2015	Jurnal Teknologi	77	12	10.11113/jt.v77.6314	Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudli, Nigeria; Hadhramout University of Science and T...	Muhammad, N.Z., Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudli, Nigeria; Sani, A., Kano Univers...	Construction labor productivity is critical to the success of the industry. It is thus, important...	Construction industry; Labour; Productivity	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937440535	The introduced species fishery of Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Ecological impact vs socio-economic benefits	Hickley P., Britton J.R., Macharia S., Muchiri S.M., Boar R.R.	2015	Fisheries Management and Ecology	22	4	10.1111/fme.12130	Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of S...	Hickley, P., Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya; Britton, J.R., Department of Life and Environm...	Lake Naivasha is a shallow, freshwater lake in the eastern Rift Valley of Kenya. Its fish communi...	Introduced species; Invasive carp; Non-native fish; Social and economic benefits; Species extirpa...	catch composition; cichlid; comanagement; cyprinid; developing world; ecological impact; fishery ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949199757	Impact of heat and cold on total and cause-specific mortality in Vadu HDSS—A rural setting in Wes...	Ingole V., Rocklöv J., Juvekar S., Schumann B.	2015	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	12	12	10.3390/ijerph121214980	KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India; Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public H...	Ingole, V., KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India, Epidemiology and Global Health, Department...	Many diseases are affected by changes in weather. There have been limited studies, however, which...	Cause-specific mortality; Cold; Heat; India; Mortality; Temperature	extreme event; mortality risk; public health; rural population; temperature effect; weather; acut...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930083290	Minjingu phosphate rock applications increase the population of phosphate solubilising microorgan...	Ndungu-Magiroi K.W., Waswa B., Bationo A., Okalebo J.R., Othieno C., Herrmann L., Lesueur D.	2015	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	102	1	10.1007/s10705-014-9661-6	Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI-Kitale), P.O. Box 450, Kitale, Kenya; International C...	Ndungu-Magiroi, K.W., Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI-Kitale), P.O. Box 450, Kitale, ...	Soil microbes such as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria play significant roles in the solubili...	Fungal and bacterial diversity; Minjingu phosphate rock; PCR–DGGE; Phosphate solubilising bacteria	crop rotation; crop yield; Ferralsol; microbial activity; phosphate rock; soil microorganism; sol...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947030845	Spatial variability of the rate of organic carbon mineralization in a sewage-impacted mangrove fo...	Kamau J.N., Ngila J.C., Kirui B., Mwangi S., Kosore C.M., Wanjeri V., Okumu S.	2015	Journal of Soils and Sediments	15	12	10.1007/s11368-015-1271-7	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya; University o...	Kamau, J.N., Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya;...	Purpose: Extensive amounts of untreated sewage are discharged in creeks lined by mangrove forests...	Carbon dioxide production; Fe(II) production; Fe(III) reduction; Sewage; Sulfate reduction; Tudor...	anoxic conditions; carbon dioxide; coastal zone; developing world; iron; mangrove; mineralization...	None	View

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