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EWA-BELT
Consortium Publications

"Sustainable Intensification Indicators: perspectives from European and African researchers"
 

Poster: Atti del 50° Convegno della Società Italiana di Agronomia. Udine.

September 15/17, 2021

Rizzu M., Altea L., Migheli Q., Paulotto A., Roggero P.P., Seddaiu G.

"From Shade to Light: Fonio, an African Orphan Crop, Towards Renewed Challenges"
 

Crop Adaptation and Improvement for Drought-Prone Environments

2022

Barnaud A., Billot C., Abrouk M.D., Adjebeng-Danquah J., Akanvou L., Ahmed H.I., Adje C.O.A., Bakasso B.Y., Barry N.M.B, Achigan-Dako E.G, Bio Yerima B.A.R.I, Kane B.N.A., Krattinger S.G., Oselebe H., Saidou S., Sekloka E., Uyoh E.A., Vigouroux Y., Gueye M.C.

"Molecular Docking and Comparative Inhibitory Efficacy of Naturally Occurring Compounds on Vegetative Growth and Deoxynivalenol Biosynthesis in Fusarium culmorum"

Article in journal

October 26, 2021

Oufensou s., Dessì A., Dallocchio R., Balmas V., Azara E., Carta P., Migheli Q., Delogu G.

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"Lablab purpureus: Evaluation and Selection of Drought-tolerant - High-yielding Accessions in Dry Farming Systems Based on Drought Tolerance Indices and Multi- environmental Yield Trials"

Article in journal

September 6, 2022

Missanga, J.S.; Venkataramana, P.B.; Ndakidemi, P.A.

"Remediation of Soils Contaminated by Fluoride Using a Fermentation Product of Seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii)"
 

Article in journal

October 3, 2022

Mkunda J., Paradelo M., Machunda R., Mtei K.

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"Promoting remote real time crop health services to rural communities in West and East Africa: Remote Plant Health diagnostic platform (PLANTHEAD)"

Practice Abstract

October 2022

Merafina S., Migheli Q.

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"Assessing fertiliser options for sustainable maize production in Africa" 

Factsheet

November 14, 2023

Bidzakin, J.; Graves, A.; Awad Pérez, I.M.; Kaffashi, S.; Seddaiu, G.; Migheli, Q.; Altea, L.; Rizzu, M.; Stentella, R.; Kombiok, J.; Yakubu, S.; Kombiok, D.; Makete Nekesa N.; Onyango, E.; Wachau, F.

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"Prevalence of Aflatoxins in Commonly Consumed Foods in Western Kenya"

Working papaer

March 2023

Makete, N.; Wayua, F.O.; Minyattah-Onyango, E.; Ambitsi, N.; Chengo, D.; Onyango, E.; Tarus, L:, Nyambati, E.; Seddaiu, G.

 

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"Sustainable water resources management in East and West African countries: the EWA-BELT project case studies"









 

Poster

September 14, 2022

Pantazis G., Christos M., Lazaridou M., Mattas K., Nastis S.​

"Perception locale de la dégradation des sols et pratiques de réhabilitation dans la zone cotonnière Ouest du Burkina Faso"

Article in journal

August 2023

Sakande F., Traoré M., Koulibaly B., Lankoande F.Y., Pare T., Coulibaly K., Nacro B.H.​​

"Data on the interaction of tested compounds with F. culmorum TRI5 protein containing the inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) or FPP."

Article in journal

October 26, 2021

Oufensou S., Dessì A., Dallocchio R., Balmas V., Azara E., Carta P., Migheli Q., Delogu G.

"Data on agronomic characteristics, yield, disease and aflatoxins in peanut varieties_Kenya"
 

Dataset

Fabruary 12, 2024

Okoth S., Nkoki L., Wachira P., Ouko A., Mwololo J., Rizzu M., Oufensou S., Amakhobe T.​​

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"Detection of mycotoxigenic species in plant samples with the portable qPCR Q3 device"
 

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Cereda M.

"Discussion and qualitative interpretation of analysed quantitative data on Plant protection Traditional Knowledge"

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Stentella R.

"Stakeholder analysis"


 

Presentation 

February 28, 2024

Graves A., Bidzakin J.

"Traditional water harvest techniques from EWA BELT case studies in East and West Africa"

 

Presentation 

February 28, 2024

Awada H., Latefa M.

"Analysis of the Management of Cereal Crop Residues on Farms to Optimise Cattle Feed in the Western Cotton Growing Zone of Burkina Faso"

Article in journal

April 15, 2024

Belem A., Ouédraogo K.S., Koulibaly B., Traoré D., Traorè M.

"Traditional In SituWater Harvesting Practices and Agricultural Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa—A Meta-Analysis"

Article in journal

July 27, 2024

Lakew Tefera M., Seddaiu G., Carletti A.

"Constraints and Opportunities in Peanut Production and Marketing in Nyakach and Karachuonyo of Nyanza Kenya"

Article in journal

June 6, 2022 

Odunga G., Mutsotso B., Okoth S.

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"Evaluation of Agronomic Characteristics, Disease Incidence, Yield Performance, and Aflatoxin Accumulation among Six Peanut Varieties (Arachis hypogea L.) Grown in Kenya
 

Article in journal

January 28, 2023

Njoki L., Okoth S., Wachira P., Ouko A., Mwolol J., Rizzu M., Oufensou S., Amakhobe T.​​​​​​​​

"WEAI Women's Empowerment Agriculture Index - Instruction for the enumerators"

 

Manual

June 1, 2023

Colosio V., Stentella R., Invernizzi E., Cavaglia G., De Paoli V.,m D'Amico M., Baggio C.

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"The influence of fertilizers on the behavior of fluoride fractions in the alkaline soil"


 

Article in journal

October 2021

Lorivi Moirana R., Mkunda J., Machunda R., Mtei K., Paradelo Perez P.

"Promoting the adoption of sustainable agricultural production strategies in sub-Saharan smallholder farming system: the case of EWA BELT project"
 

Publication in Conference Proceedings

May 7/10, 2022

Altea L., Seddaiu G., Rizzu M., Carletti A.

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"Introducing Fonio in the farming system to enhance food security and Incomes in Northern Ghana and Burkina Faso"
 

Practice abstract

October 2022

Kombiok J., Stentella R., Rizzu M.

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"Fonio VCA - Sustainable fonio value chain development in Ghana"

 

Policy Brief

Fabruary 28, 2023

Bidzakin, J.; Graves, A.; Haque, S.; Seddaiu, G.; Altea, L.; Migheli, Q.; Rizzu, M.; Kombiok, J.; Yakubu, S.; Kombiok, D.

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"Farmer Awareness and Management of Aflatoxins in Groundnuts in Western Kenya"

Working paper

March 2023

Minyattah-Onyango, E.; Makete, N.; Wayua, F.O.; Ambitsi, N.; Chengo, D.; Onyango, E.; Tarus, L.; Nyambati, E.; Seddaiu, G.

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"Towards conservation and sustainable use of an indigenous crop: A large partnership network enabled the genetic diversity assessment of 1539 fonio (Digitaria exilis) accessions"

Article in journal

2023

Kaczmarek T., Causse S., Abdul S.S., Abraham S., Achigan-Dako E.G., Adje C.O.A., Adjebeng-Danquah J., Agyare R., Akanvou L., Bakasso Y., Barry M.B., Bonsu s.K., Calatayud C., Conde S., Couderc M., Dachi S.N., Diallo T., Diop B.M., Deu M., Gueye M.C., Ibrahim Bio Yerima A.R., Issah A.R., Kane N.A., Keita Y., Kombiok J., Ngom A., Noyer J., Olodo K.F., Oselebe H., Pham J.L., Piquet M., Puozaa D.K., Rivallan R., Saidou S., Sêkloka E., Tengey T.K., Uyoh E.A., Vancoppenolle S., Vigouroux Y., Zekraoui L., Leclerc C., Barnaud A., Billot, C.
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"Pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols dégradés dans la zone cotonnière Ouest du Burkina Faso"

Article in journal

2022

Bamogo A., Lankoande F.Y., Koulibaly B., Traoré M., Traoré A., Nacro B.H.

"Groundnuts soil nematodes: data from Karachuonyo and Nyakach case studies, Kenya"
 

Dataset

Fabruary 18, 2024

Okoth S., Nyandiala A., Amakhobe T. â€‹â€‹

"Use of the Planthead Platform for Phyto-pathological diagnostics and food security support for farmers"

Presentation

Fabruary 27, 2024

Merafina S., Migheli Q.​

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"Initiation to R for survey data analysis: an example with the analysis of crop diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Other

February 27, 2024

Guillerminet T., Kaczmarek T., Billot C., Barnaud A. 

"Review of data tools and implementation challenges for the economic evaluation of practices and technologies"

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Graves A., Bidzakin J.

"Introduction to fuzzy logic within Sustainable Intensification Assessment framework and data collection for S.I. indicators"

Presentation 

February 28, 2024

Seddaiu G.

"Drivers Pressures State Impact Responses (DPSIR) Framework in East and West African countries for Sustainable Water Management"
 

Presentation 

February 29, 2024

Mattas K., Georgiou P., Mattas C., Nastis S., Lazaridou D.

"High throughput genetic diversity analyses of neglected crops: training data, codes and materials (Africa)"

 

Other

May 16, 2024

Barnaud A., Veltam M., Kaczmarek T., Argout X., Vigoroux Y., Berthouly-Salazar C., Billot C.

"Perfume Guns: Potential of Yeast Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biological Control of Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi"

Article in journal

January 5, 2023

Oufensou S., Hassan Z.U., Balmas V., Jaoua S., Migheli Q.

"Bioprospecting Phenols as Inhibitors of Trichothecene-Producing Fusarium: Sustainable Approaches to the Management of Wheat Pathogens"

Article in journal

January 20, 2022

Chtioui, W.; Balmas, V.; Delogu, G.; Migheli, Q.; Oufensou, S.

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"Occurrence, abundance, and distribution of soil nematodes associated with groundnut farming in Kenya"
 

Article in journal

August 2023

Nyandiala A., Amakhobe T., Okoth S.

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"Abstracts of presentations at the XXVII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV)"

 

Publication in Conference Proceedings

September 21/23, 2022 

Oufensou S., Balmas V., Migheli Q., Rizzu M., Altea L., Seddaiu G., Okoth S., Saporito P., Merafina S., Enne G.

"Use of Neem seed oil as an environmental safe biopesticide to manage pest damage in different crops"

 

Practice Abstract

October 2022

Danquah Adjebeng J., Kiriba D.

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"Sustainable fonio value chain development in Ghana"

 

Factsheet

November 14, 2023

Bidzakin, J.; Graves, A.; Haque, S.; Seddaiu, G.; Altea, L.; Migheli, Q.; Rizzu, M.; Kombiok, J.; Yakubu, S.; Kombiok, D.

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"Maize ISFM - Economic and environmental viability of organic fertilisation for sustainable maize production in Africa"

Policy Brief

Fabruary 28, 2023

Bidzakin, J.; Graves, A.; Awad Pérez, I.M.; Kaffashi, S.; Seddaiu, G.; Migheli, Q.; Altea, L.; Rizzu, M.; Stentella, R.; Kombiok, J.; Yakubu, S.; Kombiok, D.; Makete Nekesa N.; Onyango, E.; Wachau, F.​

"Aflatoxin infestation in groundnut as influenced by different storage methods in Northern Ghana"

Research Brief

November 14, 2022

Kombiok, J.M.; Haruna, F.A.; Sheref, Y.I.; Agbaam, P.; Abdulai, M.; Abdul-Latif, A.; Shaba, Z.

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"Hydroxyapatite-activated seaweed biochar for enhanced remediation of fluoride contaminated soil at various pH ranges"








 

Article in journal

December 10, 2022

Lorivi Moirana R., Mkunda J., Machunda R., Paradelo M., Mtei K.

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"Characterization of soil health and nutrient content status across the North-East Maasai Landscape, Arusha Tanzania"

Article in journal

2024

Kalonga J., Mtei K., Massawe B., Kimaro A., Winowiecki L.A.

"Baseline data on smallholder farming system and market characteristics of peanuts in Kisumu and Homabay Counties, Kenya"

Dataset

Fabruary 28, 2024

Okoth S., Odunga G., Mutsotso B.

"Use of slow release sodium metabisulphite (SO2) in laminate sheets for control of spoilage and mycotoxins in different commodities"

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Magan N., Cervini L.

"Discussion and qualitative interpretation of analysed quantitative data on WEAI Index"
 

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Colosio V. 

"Economic evaluation of organic fertilization (Kenya and Ghana) and Fonio value chain (Kenya)"
 

Presentation 

February 27, 2024

Bidzakin J., Graves A. 

"Common sustainable soil management practices across the BELT: data analysis and main results"
 

Presentation 

February 28, 2024

Seddaiu G., Rizzu M., Aziz R.

"Baseline of the WEAI for East and West African case studies within EWA-BELT Project"
 

Dataset

September 30, 2023

Colosio V., Stentella R., Invernizzi E., Koudougou B.N., Chala A., Kiriba D.S., Kombiok J., Danquah J.A., Mtei K., Makete N.N., Okoth S.

"Land degradation and the upper hand of sustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review"
 

Article in journal

May 28, 2024

Lakew Tefera M., Carletti A., Altea L., Rizzu M., Migheli Q., Seddaiu G.

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