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Carbon Sequestration Potential and Marketable Carbon Value of Smallholder Agroforestry Parklands Across Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso: Current Status and Way Forward for REDD+ Implementation

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Tiga Neya, Akwasi. A. Abunyewa, Oble Neya, Benewende J-B Zoungrana, Kangbeni Dimobe, Hypolite Tiendrebeogo & John Magistro

Land Use Land Cover Dynamics and Farmland Intensity Analysis at Ouahigouya Municipality of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Oble Neya1*, Tiga Neya2,3, Akwasi. A. Abunyewa4, Benewinde J.-B. Zoungrana1, Hypolite Tiendrebeogo5, Kangbeni Dimobe1, Joël Awouhidia Korahire6
Earth & Environmental Sciences
9
No1
22 - 33
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Sustainable Hydroelectric Dam Management in the Context of Climate Change: Case of the Taabo Dam in Côte D’Ivoire, West Africa

Journal Articles
Côte d'Ivoire
Mortey, Eric Mensah
Kouakou Lazare Kouassi, Arona Diedhiou, Sandrine Anquetin , , Mathieu Genoud . Didier Guy Marcel Kouame Benoit Hingray,

Floral and reproductive biology of Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
J. Krieg , D. Goetze , S. Porembski , P. Arnold , K.E. Linsenmair and K. Stein
Article
63-69
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Sustainability Assessment of the Bui Hydropower System

Journal Articles Master Theses
Ghana
Mortey, Eric Mensah
Eric A. Ofosu, Dmitri V. Kolodko, and Amos T. Kabobah
Article
4
2
2-25
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Future productivity of fallow systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is the effect of demographic pressure and fallow reduction more significant than climate change?

Journal Articles
Bénin
Gaiser, Thomas
Michael Judex, Attanda Mouinou Igué, Heiko Paeth and Claudia Hiepe
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
151
8
1120-1130
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$Changes in soil organic matter fractions in a tropical Acrisol as influenced by the addition of different residue materials$

Changes in soil organic matter fractions in a tropical Acrisol as influenced by the addition of different residue materials

Journal Articles
Gaiser, Thomas
Karl Stahr, Marc Bernard, and Biau T. Kang
Agroforestry Systems
86
2
185-195
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Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation in climate adaptation

Journal Articles
Mali Sénégal
Scheffran, Jürgen
Elina Marmer and Papa Sow
Applied Geography
33
119-127
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Evaluation of water quality in the Ouémé river (Bénin)

Journal Articles
Bénin
Hounsou, Mathieu
Bernard Ahamidé, Euloge K. Agbossou and Thomas Gaiser
Environmentalist
31
4
407-415
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Characterization of the rainy season in Burkina Faso and it’s representation by regional climate models

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Ibrahim, Boubacar
Jan Polcher, Harouna Karambiri and Burkhardt Rockel
Climate Dynamics
39
6
1287-1302
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Joint climate-hydrology modeling: An impact study for the data-sparse environment of the Volta Basin in West Africa

Journal Articles
Jung, Gerlinde
Sven Wagner, and Harald Kunstmann
Hydrology Research
43
3
231-248
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Accuracy of the Land Use/Cover classification in the Oueme Basin of Benin (West Africa)

Journal Articles
Bénin
Igué, Attanda Mouinou
C.J. Houndagba, Thomas Gaiser and Karl Stahr
International Journal of Agricultural Science
2
2
174-184
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Analyzing the effects of different soil databases on modeling of hydrological processes and sediment yield in Benin (West Africa)

Journal Articles
Bénin
Bossa, Aymar Yaovi
Bernd Diekkrüger, Attanda Mouinou Igué and Thomas Gaiser
Geoderma
174
61-74
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Regionalization of a large-scale crop growth model for sub-Saharan Africa: Model setup, evaluation, and estimation of maize yields

Journal Articles
Folberth, Christian
Thomas Gaiser, Karim C. Abbaspour, Rainer Schulin and Hong Yang
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
151
21-33
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Estimation of effective fallow availability for the prediction of yam productivity at the regional scale using multiple scenario analysis

Journal Articles
Srivastava, Amit Kumar
Thomas Gaiser, Frank Ewert and Denis Cornet
Field Crops Research
131
32-39
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Sanfo, Safiétou
Françoise Gérard
Agricultural Systems
110
1-9
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Intercomparison of Leaf Area Index Products for a Gradient of Sub-Humid to Arid Environments in West Africa

Journal Articles
Gessner, Ursula
Markus Niklaus, Claudia Kuenzer and Stefan Dech
Remote Sensing
5
3
1235-1257
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$Estimating the fractional cover of growth forms and bare surface in savannas. A multi-resolution approach based on regression tree ensembles$

Estimating the fractional cover of growth forms and bare surface in savannas. A multi-resolution approach based on regression tree ensembles

Journal Articles
Gessner, Ursula
Miriam Machwitz, Christopher Conrad, and Stefan Dech
Remote Sensing of Environment
129
90-102
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The perception of and adaptation to climate variability/ change in Ghana by small-scale and commercial farmers

Journal Articles
Yaro, Joseph Awetori
Reg Environ Change
13
6
1259–1272
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Energy Reforms as Adaptation and Mitigation Measures to Climate Change: A Case of Ghana

Journal Articles
Ghana
Bessah, Enoch
Ahmad Addo
International Journal of Development and Sustainability
2
2
1052-1066
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Climate Change Impact on Togo’s Agricultural Performance: A ricardian analysis based on time series data

Journal Articles
Togo
Mikémina, Pilo
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management
6
4
390-397
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Flood Impacts on Household’s Welfare and Maximal Acceptable Flood Risk in Cotonou

Journal Articles
Lokonoon, Bok
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management
6
4
381-389
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Field and simulation experiments for investigating regional land-atmosphere interactions in West Africa: Experimental set-up and first results

Journal Articles
Bliefernlich, Jan
Harald Kunstmann, Luitpold Hingerl, Thomas Rummler, Sabrine Andersen, Matthias Mauder, Rainer Steinbrecher, René Frieß, David Gochis, Ursula Gessner, Emmanuel Quensah, Ayoola Awotuse, Frank Neidl, Carsten Jahn, Boubacar Barry
IAHS-AISH
359
226-232
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West African Monsoon in State-of-the-Science Regional Climate Models, Climate Variability

Journal Articles
Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba
Ismaila Diallo and S. Pal
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Climate change and trajectories of blame in Northern Ghana

Journal Articles
Ghana
Eguavoen, Irit
Anthropological Notebooks
19
1
5-24
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Farming in the West African Sudan Savanna: Insights in the context of climate change

Journal Articles
Callo-Concha, Daniel
Thomas Gaiser, Heidi Webber, Bernhard Tischbein, Marc Müller and Frank Ewert
African Journal of Agricultural Research
8
38
4693-4705
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Climatology, annual cycle and interannual variability of precipitation and temperature in CORDEX simulations over West Africa

Journal Articles
Gbobaniyi, Emiola
Abdoulaye Sarr, Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, Ismaila Diallo, Chris Lennard, Alessandro Dosio, Arona Dhiédiou, Andre Kamga, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Bruce Hewitson, Grigory Nikulin and Benjamin Lamptey
International Journal of Climatology
34
7
2241–2257
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Far from basic rules. Social dynamics, legal regulations and access to household water in Northern Ghana 1965-2012

Journal Articles
Ghana
Eguavoen, Irit
Canadian Journal of African Studies
47
3
483-500
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Tracking atmospheric water pathways by direct evaporation tagging: A case study for West Africa

Journal Articles
Knoche, Hans Richard
Harald Kunstmann
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
118
22
1-14
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Migration, Social Demands and Environmental Change amongst the Frafra of Northern Ghana and the Biali in Northern Benin

Journal Articles
Bénin Ghana
Sow, Papa
Stephen A. Adaawen and Jürgen Scheffran
Sustainability
6
1
375-398
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Convergence between ANPP estimation methods in grasslands — A practical solution to the comparability dilemma

Journal Articles
Ruppert, Jan Christian
Anja Linstädter
Ecological Indicators
36
524–531
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How much climate change can pastoral livelihoods tolerate? Modelling rangeland use and evaluating risk

Journal Articles
Martin, Romina
Birgit Müller, Anja Linstädter, and Karin Frank
Global Environmental Change
24
183-192
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Assessing hydrological and pro-visioning ecosystem services in a case study in Western Central Brazil

Journal Articles
Koschke, Lars
Carsten Lorz, Christine Fürst, Tobias Lehman, Frank Makeschin
Ecological Processes
3
2
Website

Gender differences in land-use decisions: shaping multifunctional landscapes?

Journal Articles
Villamor, Grace B.
Meine van Noordwijk, Utkur Djanibekov, Ma Elena Chiong-Javier and Delia Catacutan
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
6
128-133
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Making use of the ecosystem ser-vices concept in regional planning—trade-offs from reducing water erosion

Journal Articles
Frank, Susanne
Christine Fürst, Anke Witt, Lars Koschke, and Franz Makeschin
Landscape Ecology
29
8
1377-1391
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Social actors and unsustainability of agriculture

Journal Articles
Bernard, Florence
Meine van Noordwijk, Eike Luedeling, Grace B. Villamor, Gudeta W. Sileshi and Sara Namirembe
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
6
155-161
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A Crop Model and Fuzzy Rule Based Approach for Optimizing Maize Planting Dates in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Journal Articles
Waongo, Moussa
Patrick Laux, Seydou B. Traore, Moussa Sanon and Harald Kunstmann
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
53
598-623
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Integration of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery for Improving Crop Mapping in Northwestern Benin, West Africa

Journal Articles
Forkuor, Gerald
Christopher Conrad, Michael Thiel, Tobias Ullmann, and Evence Zoungrana
Remote Sensing
6
6472-6499
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What role can crop models play in supporting climate change adaptation decisions to enhance food security in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Journal Articles
Webber, Heidi
Thomas Gaiser, and Frank Ewert
Agricultural Systems
127
161-177
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Spatial information and participation of socio-ecological systems: experiences, tools and lessons learned for land-use planning

Journal Articles
La Rosa, Daniele
Carsten Lorz, Hannes Jochen König, Christne Fürst
iForest – Biogeo-sciences and Forestry
7
349-352
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Organic cotton production as an adaptation option in North West Benin

Journal Articles
Bénin
Kloos, Julia
Fabrice Renaud
Outlook on Agriculture
43
2
91-100

Inaugural editorial. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems

Journal Articles
Fürst, Christine
Peter Berry, David Geneletti, Asia Khamzina, Safiétou Sanfo
Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
1
1
35-39
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Changes in rainfall regime over Burkina Faso under the climate change conditions simulated by 5 regional climate models

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Ibrahim, Boubacar
Harouna Karambiri, Jan Polcher, Hamma Yacouba and Pierre Ribstein
Cimate Dynamics
42
5-6
1363-1381
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Are There Consistent Grazing Indicators in Drylands? Testing Plant Functional Types of Various Complexity in South Africa’s Grassland and Savanna Biomes

Journal Articles
Linstädter, Anja
Jürgen Schellberg, Katharina Brüser, Cristian A. Moreno García, Roelof J. Oomen, Chris C. du Preez, Jan C. Ruppert, Frank Ewert
PLOS ONE
9
e104672
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Spatio-temporal variability of soil respiration in a spruce-dominated headwater catchment in western Germany

Journal Articles
Bossa, Aymar Yaovi
Bernd Diekkrüger
Biogeosciences
11
15
4235–4249
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A balance score card tool for assessing how successful the ecosystem services concept is applied in participatory land use planning

Journal Articles
Fürst, Christine
Paul Opdam, Luis Inostroza, Sandra Luque
Landscape Ecology
29
8
1435-1446
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Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in West Africa

Journal Articles
Knauer, Kim
Gessner, Ursula, Dech, Stefan, Kuenzer, Claudia
International Journal of Remote Sensing
35
7
6357-6396

Integrating ecosystem services in landscape planning: requirements, approaches, and impacts

Journal Articles
Albert, Christian
James Aronson, Christine Fürst, and Paul Opdam
Landscape Ecology
29
8
1277-1285
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Land surface dynamics and environmental challenges of the Niger Delta, Africa

Journal Articles
Kuenzer, Claudia
Sybrand van Beijma, Ursula Gessner, Stefan Dech
Applied Geography
53
354-368
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Do You Have 5 Minutes To Spare? – The Challenges Of Stakeholder Processes In Ecosystem Services Studies

Journal Articles
Koschke, Lars
Suzanne Van der Meulen, Susanne Frank, Anna Schneidergruber, Marion Kruse, Christine Fürst, Esther Neubert, Bettina Ohnesorge, Claudia Schröder, Felix Müller, Olaf Bastian
Landscape Online
37
1-25
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Identification and prioritization of farmers’ innovations in northern Ghana

Journal Articles
Ghana
Tambo, Justice Akpene
Tobias Wünscher
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
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Scenario-Based Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Land and Water Degradation from the Meso to Regional Scale

Journal Articles
Bossa, Aymar Yaovi
Bernd Diekkrüger, and Euloge Agbossou
Water
6
10
3152–3181
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Livelihood security in face of drought

Journal Articles
Martin, Romina
Anja Linstädter, Karin Frank, and Birgit Müller
Environmental Modelling & Software
in press
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Uncertainty of Food Security in Ghana by Biofuel (Jatropha curcas) Production as an Adaptation and Mitigation Capacity to Climate Change

Journal Articles
Ghana
Addo, Ahmad
Enoch Bessah, and S.K. Amponsah
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management
7
790-800
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Scenario-based simulations of the impacts of rainfall variability and management options on maize production in Benin

Journal Articles
Regh, Tatjana
Ayma Yaovi Bossa, and Bernd Diekkrüger
African Journal of Agricultural Research
9
46
3393–3410
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Hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin and consistency of local perceptions

Journal Articles
Bénin Nigeria
Oyerinde, Ganiyu Titilope
Fabien C. C. Hountondji, Dominik Wisser, Bernd Diekkrüger, Agnide E. Lawin, Ayo J. Odofin, and Abel Afouda
Regional Environmental Change
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Examining Agricultural Land-use/Cover Change Options in Rural Northern Ghana: A Participatory Scenario Exploration Exercise Approach

Journal Articles
Ghana
Badmos Biola Kazeem
Grace B. Villamor, Sampson K. Agodzo, Samuel N. Odai, and Samuel S. Guug
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
8
2
15-35
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Land Use/Cover Response to Rainfall Variability: A Comparing Analysis between NDVI and EVI in the Southwest of Burkina Faso

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Zoungrana, Benewinde J.-B.
Conrad, Christopher, Amekudzi, Leonard K., Thiel, Michael, and Evariste D. Da.
Climate
3
63-77
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Crop modelling for integrated assessment of risk to food production from climate change

Journal Articles
Ewert, Frank
R.P. Rötter, M. Bindic, H. Webber, M. Trnka, K.C. Kersebaum, J.E. Olesen, M.K. van Ittersum, S. Janssen, M. Rivington, M.A. Semenov, D. Wallach, J.R. Porter, D. Stewart, J. Verhagen, T. Gaiser, T. Palosuo, F. Tao, C. Nendel, P.P. Roggero, L. Bartošová, S. Asseng
Environmental Modelling & Software
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Daily Characteristics of West African Monsoon Rainfall in CORDEX Regional Climate Models

Journal Articles
Klutse, Nana Ama Browne
Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, Ismaila Diallo, Abdoulaye Sarr, Alessandro Dosio, Arona Diedhiou, Andre Kamga, Benjamin Lamptey, Abdou Ali, Emiola O. Gbobaniyi, Kwadwo Owusu, Chris Lennard, Bruce Hewitson, Grigory Nikulin, Hans-Jürgen Panitz, and Matthias Büchner
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
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Crop-Climate Ensemble Scenarios to Narrow Uncertainty in Agroclimatic Risks. Assessment on Pearl Millet and Maize in the West African Sudan-Sahel

Journal Articles
Salack, Seyni
Benoit Sarr, Sheick Khalil Sangare, Mouhamed Ly, Ibrah Seidou Sanda, and Harald Kunstmann
Climate Research
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Projected Changes in the Annual Cycle of High Intensity Precipitation Events over West Africa for the Late 21st Century

Journal Articles
Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba
Filippo Giorgi, Jeremy S. Pal, Peter Gibba, Ibourahima Kebe, and Michel Nikiema
Journal of Climate
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Financial performance of fertilisation strategies for sustainable soil fertility management in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa

Journal Articles
Lamers, John P. A.
Michael Bruentrup, and Andreas Buerkert
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
102
137-148
Website

Financial performance of fertilisation strategies for sustainable soil fertility management in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa.

Journal Articles
Lamers, John P. A.
Michael Bruentrup, and Andreas Buerkert
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
102
149–165
Website

Variability of West African monsoon patterns generated by a WRF multi-physics ensemble

Journal Articles
Klein, Cornelia
Dominikus Heinzeller, Jan Bliefernicht, and Harald Kunstmann
Climate Dynamics
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Ecosystem services for connecting actors–lessons from a symposium

Journal Articles
Opdam, Paul
Christian Albert, Christine Fürst, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Janina Kleemann, Dawn Parker, Daniele La Rosa, Katja Schmidt, Grace B. Villamor, and Ariane Walz
Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
2
1-7
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Heat stress in cereals: mechanisms and modeling

Journal Articles
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan
Heidi Webber, Thomas Gaiser, Jesse Naab and Frank Ewert
European Journal of Agronomy
64
98-113

Cross-sectoral resource management: how forest management alternatives affect the provision of lignocellulosic resources and other ecosystem services

Journal Articles
Frank, Susanne
Christine Fürst, and Frank Pietzsch
Forests
6
3
533-560
Website

Adaptation to climate change: The impacts of optimized planting dates on attainable maize yields under rainfed conditions in Burkina Faso

Journal Articles
Burkina Faso
Waongo, Moussa
Patrick Laux, and Harald Kunstmann
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
205
23-39
Website

Modelling heat stress effect on two maize varieties in Northern Region of Ghana

Journal Articles
Ghana
Demba, Trawally
Heidi Webber, Wilson Agyei Agyare, Mathias Fosu, Jesse Naab, and Thomas Gaiser
Global Advanced Research Journal of Agricultural Science
4
3
145–155
Website

Quantifying drylands’ drought resistance and recovery: the importance of drought intensity, dominant life history and grazing regime

Journal Articles
Ruppert, Jan C.
Keith Harmoney, Zalmen Henkin, Hennie A. Snyman, Marcelo Sternberg, Walter Willms, and Anja Linstädter
Global Change Biology
21
258–1270
Website

Bialaba Migrants from the Northern of Benin to Nigeria, in Search of Productive Land

Journal Articles
Bénin Nigeria
Dreier, Vanessa
Papa Sow
Sustainability
7
3
3175–3203
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