Abstract Artificial reservoirs produce most of the electric power generated in Brazil, and they are essential for water supply. Hence, sustainable management of water reservoirs, along with constant monitoring of water quality and quantity through effective and low-cost...

Q fever and tick-borne borreliosis are two zoonotic diseases rarely diagnosed in Senegalese health facilities, particularly in rural areas. Our study aims to better understand the circulation of Coxiella burnetii and Borrelia spp. DNA on human skin and the domestic envi...

Plant nutrition plays a central role in the global challenges to produce sufficient and nutritious food, lessen rural poverty, and reducing the environmental footprint of farming. Site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) provides field-specific solutions for smallholder...

In West Africa, weeds are major production constraints in rain-fed lowland rice systems — often located in the inland valleys. Weed management technologies have been developed and promoted in such rice systems, but adoption by farmers lags behind, probably because of in...

Le nord-ouest du Togo, est caracterise par une forte pression sur les sols, entrainant une regression de parcs agroforestiers et une diminution rendements agricoles. Dans un tel milieu, l’appreciation des producteurs de ces changements ainsi que les methodes qu’ils adop...

The IUCN has recently updated its 2003 western chimpanzee conservation action plan for the period 2020-2030. Recent estimates find an 80/100 population reduction occurred between 1990 and 2014. Further, 83/100 of these chimpanzees are estimated to live outside any high-...

International audience; In this perspective, we draw on recent scientific research on the coffee leaf rust (CLR) epidemic that severely impacted several countries across Latin America and the Caribbean over the last decade, to explore how the socioeconomic impacts from ...

The Brazilian Amazon forest area has many isolated communities practising small-scale agriculture in a primary forest matrix. Grant programmes, such as the Bolsa Floresta Programme (BFP), aimed to protect the forest and reduce social injustice by offering financial supp...

CONTEXT: Policy-based or technological interventions are more likely to be effective if aligned with farmers' objectives, constraints, and decision-making processes. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore trade-offs and synergies of farming systems in res...