The paper discusses the application of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) as a monitoring tool for Benin’s water sector.
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Improved water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin
We examine access to, use of, and participation in decisions on improved water supply in the Volta basin of Ghana, one of the first countries to introduce a community-based approach to rural water supply on a large scale.
Security analysis for agroterrorism
The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso
"This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact.
Are horticultural exports a replicable success story?
Kenyan horticultural exports are often cited as a success story in African agriculture. Fruit and vegetable exports from Côte 'Ivoire have received less attention, but the export value is similar to that of Kenya.
"This paper describes the dramatic cassava transformation that has taken place in Nigeria and Ghana over the past 50 years.
Two increasingly shared perspectives within the international development community are that (a) geography matters, and (b) many government interventions would be more successful if they were better targeted.
Impact of market and population pressure on production, incomes and natural resources in the dryland savannas of West Africa
This paper introduces a modeling method which simulates a village's response to population and market pressure. The method combines a linear programming model with a biophysical model of soil condition and plant growth.