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Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa
crop simulation model ensemble modelling model intercomparison smallholder farming systems uncertainty
2023/12/21
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) currently grow rainfed maize with limited inputs including fertilizer. Climate change may exacerbate current production constraints. Crop models can hel...
A portable diagnostic device designed by researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine has been deployed in clinical tests in Uganda to identify cases of Kaposi sarcoma, a common yet d...
UNDERSTANDING REGIONAL EFFECTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROARCH FOR COPING STRATEGIES - CASE STUDY AT RURAL VILLAGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
climate change shock vulnerability coping strategies resilience diversity
2018/5/16
This paper describes on understanding the regional effects on global climate change and subsistence farmers’ coping strategies through our field investigation and multidimensional data analysis from t...
Ancient Human Dna In Sub-Saharan Africa Lifts Veil On Prehistory（图）
Ancient Human Dna Sub-Saharan Africa Lifts Veil Prehistory
2017/10/24
The first large-scale study of ancient human DNA from sub-Saharan Africa opens a long-awaited window into the identity of prehistoric populations in the region and how they moved around and replaced o...
The Behavioral Economics of Altruism,Reciprocity,and Transfers within Families and Rural Communities:Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Transfers Triple Dictator Games Trust Games Malawi HIV/AIDS Game theory Transfer behavior
2016/3/18
Transfers between strangers, neighbors, families, and spouses were examined using Triple Dictator Games (TDG, involving only givings) and Trust Games (TG, involving both givings and reciprocations) am...
Labor-Saving Weed Technologies for Lowland Rice Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Chemical weed control hand weeding irrigated lowland mechanical weed contro
2015/12/23
Time requirements, weed control efficacy, and yield effects of three labor-saving weed technologies
were tested against hand weeding during three seasons in 2012 and 2013. The technologies incl...
Professional Development For Active Learning In Sub-Saharan Africa:Reflectively Practicing A Community-Centered Approach
International Education Educational Development Community-Centered Teacher Training Active Learning
2015/11/9
This article describes the activities, challenges, and participants’ reflections of a teacher training program in Ethiopia. In response to the recent emphasis on more student-centered teaching approac...
Determinants of the Recent Rise in Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990 – 2003
Kenya Child mortality determinants
2015/7/27
Childhood mortality rates in Kenya increased in the 1990s and early 2000s. Evidence from Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) data shows increase in under-5 mortality rate by 26 percent from 91 in 1...
Gender Disparity in HIV Prevalence: A National-Level Analysis of the Association between Gender Inequality and the Feminisation of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
HIV/AIDS gender inequality feminisation
2015/7/27
The HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa is often described as undergoing a ‘feminisation’ in which female HIV prevalence exceeds that of male in most age groups and countries. However, much of the vari...
Women’s Education, Empowerment, and Contraceptive Use in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from Recent Demographic and Health Surveys
Education empowerment contraceptive use
2015/7/27
Fertility remains higher and contraceptive levels are substantially lower in Sub-Saharan Africa than elsewhere in the developing world. In this paper we use information on individuals and couples prov...
The Incipient Fertility Transition and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991-2005: Evidence From the Demographic and Health Surveys
Incipient fertility transition overall employment
2015/7/27
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an expansion of schooling, accompanied by delays in marriage and lower fertility. These trends stand to boost women’s employment prospects and foster further fertili...
Islam, Polygyny and Modern Contraceptive Use in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa
Reproductive health Demographic Health Surveys
2015/7/27
Francophone sub-Saharan African countries have among the highest fertility rates and lowest modern contraceptive prevalence rates worldwide. This analysis is intended to identify the factors driving c...
Situations of fertility stall in sub-Saharan Africa
Fertility transition Fertility stall Contraception Labour force participation Sub-Saharan Africa
2015/7/22
A comparative study of fertility trends since 1950 in 30 countries from sub-Saharan Africa revealed several cases of “fertility stall”, that is a change from downward fertility trends to flat- or even...
Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Falling and Stalling
Fertility Stalling Education
2015/7/22
This paper uses data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the current status of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa, including the extent to which fertility decline has stalled. A...
A Minimum Data Set on Ageing and Older Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa:Process and Outcome
Sub-Saharan Africa ageing older persons minimum data set demographic and health indicators policy
2015/7/21
Relatively scant knowledge is available on the situations of older persons in sub-Saharan Africa. Reliable and accessible demographic and health statistics are needed to inform policy making for the o...