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Ghana Africa RISING - Watershed characterization and fodder production

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Created Tuesday 26th of April, 2016
Last updated Tuesday 17th of April, 2018
Dataset type Non-spatial
Abstract Evaluating seasonal soil water dynamics using a simple soil water balance model in northern Ghana. Paper accepted for the African Soil Science Society Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Agro-climatic and hydrological characterization of selected watersheds of northern Ghana. IWMI draft working paper (in review) Comparative yield performance and fodder quality of Napier grass in Northern Ghana. (Conference paper accepted)
Principal investigator Davie Kadyampakeni
Principal investigator email D.Kadyampakeni@cgiar.org
Partners Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and University of Development Studies (UDS)
Other researchers involved Fred Kizito, Jean-Baptiste Tinegre, Pamela Katic, Richard Appoh, Wilson Agyare, Asamoah Larbi, Terry Ansah, Abdul Nurudeen, Rockyefeller Achuliwor, Desire Naab and Eliasu Salifu
Contact person Davie Kadyampakeni
Contact email D.Kadyampakeni@cgiar.org
Custodian Davie Kadyampakeni
Custodian email D.Kadyampakeni@cgiar.org, b.haile@cgiar.org
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Data collected from 01/04/2015
Data collected to 31/03/2016
Availability date 26/04/2016
License Creative Commons Attribution
Release of confidential data? No
Consent obtained? No
Intellectual Property Ownership KNUST, IITA, AVRDC, CIAT, UDS
Citation Davie Kadyampakeni, Fred Kizito, Jean-Baptiste Tinegre, Pamela Katic, Richard Appoh, Wilson Agyare, Asamoah Larbi, Terry Ansah, Abdul Nurudeen, Rockyefeller Achuliwor, Desire Naab and Eliasu Salifu (2016). Ghana Africa RISING - Watershed characterization. KNUST, IITA, AVRDC, CIAT, UDS. Available at http://data.ilir.org/portal/dataset/ghana-africa-rising-watershed-characterization

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Project title Africa RISING - Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa
Project abstract In Ghana, the agricultural sector continues to drive economic growth and sustain livelihoods. However, the sector is plagued by declining agricultural productivity due to lack of adoption of technologies and heavy dependence on rainfall which is unreliable and irregular leading to extended droughts and reduced crop yields. With specific reference to Northern Ghana, crops are grown in an agro-ecological zone that is characterized by a uni-modal rainfall pattern, with 3 to 4 months of rainfall and 6 to 7 months of dry season. Even within the rainy season, dry spells do occur with devastating effects on grain yield. In this environment, small-scale supplemental irrigation systems in both the rainy and dry seasons based on surface and ground water abstraction can lead to positive improvements in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in maize and legume-based farming systems of Northern Ghana. In this research study, the overall objective is to provide tools and training that can assist in scaling-up and out proven irrigation and water harvesting technologies in the proposed target areas.
Project website www.africa-rising.org
Donor USAID
Partners IITA, ILRI, IFPRI, ICRISAT
Start date 01/04/2015
End date 31/03/2016
Principal investigator Davie Kadyampakeni
Other staff involved Fred Kizito, Jean-Baptiste Tinegre, Pamela Katic, Richard Appoh, Wilson Agyare, Asamoah Larbi, Terry Ansah, Abdul Nurudeen, Rockyefeller Achuliwor, Desire Naab and Eliasu Salifu
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