Linking East and West African farming systems experience into a BELT of sustainable intensification

Project Information

EWA - BELT

Grant agreement ID: 862848

DOI

10.3030/862848

Project closed

EC signature date 29 April 2020

Start date 1 October 2020

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 7 499 518,75

EU contribution

€ 7 499 456,25

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (14)

First draft of the Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation plan

The report contains the first draft of the Communication Dissemination and Exploitation plan

Preliminary Report on agri-livestock integrated management

The report contains the preliminary results about the integrated research of both livestock and agricultural productions embedding the suggestions coming from traditional knowledge (harvesting of cereals and grazing)

Report on farmers' perception and knowledge on pests and diseases of crops

The report contains the assessment of farmers perception and knowledge on pests and diseases of crops

First EWA-BELT SI Assessment Framework

The report describes the EWABELT SI Assessment Framework

Second draft of the Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation plan

The report contains an update of the second draft of the Communication Dissemination and Exploitation plan

Report on Incidence and severity of mycotoxin contamination

The report contains data on Incidence and severity of mycotoxin contamination

Second report on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

The document will contain the second report on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

Practice Abstracts (First set of practice abstracts)

The resulting innovative knowledge and easy accessible enduser material from this project will feed into the EIPAGRI The agricultural European Innovation Partnership website for broad dissemination The enduser material to be produced contains a substantial number of summaries for practitioners in the EIP common format practice abstracts including the characteristics of the project eg contact details of partners etc A full package of practice abstracts will be produced by the project containing all the outcomesrecommendations which are ready for practiceA total target number of six practice abstracts is foreseen for the project Three are expected to be delivered in the first batch

Final-Field Evaluation on NUS

The report contains the final elements of the field evaluation of NUS carried out in the FFRUs

First report on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

The document will contain the first report on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

Third reports on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

The document will contain the third reports on knowledge sharing events within the FFRUs

Preliminary-Phenotypic and genomic characterization of NUS

Preliminary report on phenotypic and genomic characterization of NUS

Preliminary-Field evaluations of NUS

The report contains the preliminary elements of the field evaluation of NUS carried out in the FFRUs

Report on the status of land degradation, restoration options and priority SI technologies

The report will include the results of the status of land degradation, restoration options and priority SI technologies

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Diagnostic image repository

Diagnostic images repository

Diagnostics database

The diagnostic database will contain all data images elements useful to promote real time diagnosis and approaches for IPM

Video reports of intervews to local farmers on ethnoecological knowledge

The farmers interviews about their ethnoecological knowledge will be recorded and videos produced

Biophysical and economic database of case study technologies and practices

Biophysical and economic data collected for each case study technologies and practices

Inventory of NUS

The list and main characteristics of the selected NUS

Publications

Other (16)

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

Author(s): Okoth, S., Odunga, G., & Mutsotso, B.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10675219

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

Author(s): Oufensou Safa, Dessì Alessandro, Dallocchio Roberto, Balmas Virgilio, Azara Emanuela, Carta Paola, Migheli Quirico, Delogu, Giovanni
Published in: 2021
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10675707

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

Author(s): Kombiok James, Stentella Rachele, Rizzu Margherita
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8341414

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

Author(s): Kombiok James, Haruna Fusheina Andan, Sheref Yakubu Iddris, Agbaam Paschal, Abdulai Mashark
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10190398

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

Author(s): Okoth Sheila, Njoki Loise, Wachira Peter, Ouko Abigael, Mwololo James, Rizzu Margherita, Oufensou Safa, Amakhobe Truphosa
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10650421

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

Author(s): Georgiou Pantazis, Mattas Christos, Lazaridou Dimitra, Mattas Konstadinos, Nastis Stefanos
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7115992

Fonio VCA - Sustainable fonio value chain development in Ghana

Author(s): Bidzakin John, Graves Anil, Haque Sabrina, Seddaiu Giovanna, Altea Laura, Migheli Quirico, Rizzu Margherita, Lombiok James, Yakubu Sheref, Kombiok Dickson
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8413797

Sustainable fonio value chain development in Ghana

Author(s): Bidzakin John, Graves Anil, Haque Sabrina, Seddaiu Giovanna, Altea Laura, Migheli Quirico, Rizzu Margherita, Kombiok James, Yakubu Sheref, Kombiok Dickson
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10123595

Assessing fertiliser options for sustainable maize production in Africa

Author(s): Bidzakin John, Graves Anil, Pérez Indira Marcela, Kaffashi Sara, Seddaiu Giovanna, Migheli Quirico, Altea Laura, Rizzu Margherita, Stentella Rachele, Kombiok James, Yakubu Sheref, Kombiok Dickson, Makete Noel, Onyango Eunice, Wachau Francis
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenono
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10123091

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

Author(s): Okoth, Sheila, Nyandiala, Anne, Amakhobe, Truphosa
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10675599

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

Author(s): Merafina Simone, Migheli Quirico
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8343971

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

Author(s): Bidzakin John, Graves Anil, Awad Pérez Indira Marcela, Kaffashi Sara, Seddaiu Giovanna, Migheli Quirico, Rizzu Margherita, Stentella Rachele, Kombiok James, Yakubu Sheref, Kombiok Dickson, Makete Nekesa Noel, Onyango Eunice, Wachau Francis
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8413685

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

Author(s): Colosio Valerio
Published in: 2023, Page(s) 1-28
Publisher: ACRA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8059018

Prevalence of Aflatoxins in Commonly Consumed Foods in Western Kenya

Author(s): Makete Noel, Wayua Francis O., Minyattah-Onyango Eunice, Ambitsi Nashon, Chengo Daniel, Onyango Eliud, Tarus Lenny, Nyambati Elkana, Seddaiu Giovanna
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10159675

Farmer Awareness and Management of Aflatoxins in Groundnuts in Western Kenya

Author(s): Minyattah-Onyango Eunice, Makete Noel, Wayua Francis O., Ambitsi Nashon, Chengo Daniel, Onyango Eliud, Tarus Lenny, Nyambati Elkana, Seddaiu Giovanna
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10159744

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

Author(s): Danquah Adjebeng Joseph, Kiriba Deodatus
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8341467

Peer reviewed articles (16)

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

Author(s): Fadilatou SAKANDE, Mamadou TRAORE, Bazoumana KOULIBALY, Florent Yambila LANKOANDE, Tahibou PARE, Kalifa COULIBALY1 et Bismarck Hassan NACRO
Published in: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Issue 16(5), 2022, Page(s) 2189-2201, ISSN 1997-342X
Publisher: International Formulae Group
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v16i5.28

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

Author(s): Loise Njoki; Sheila Okoth; Peter Wachira; Abigael Ouko; James Mwololo; Margherita Rizzu; Safa Oufensou; Truphosa Amakhobe
Published in: Toxins, Issue 15, 111, 2023, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 2072-6651
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/toxins15020111

OCCURRENCE, ABUNDANCE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL NEMATODESASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDNUT FARMING IN KENYA

Author(s): Nyandiala A, Amakhobe T and Okoth S.
Published in: African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, Issue Vol 23, N. 8, 2023, Page(s) 24293-24316, ISSN 1684-5374
Publisher: African Scholarly Science Communications Trust
DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.123.23270

Chemical composition of selected aromatic plant essential oils and their antifungal efficacy against toxigenic fungi associated with maize ( <i>Zea mays</i> L)

Author(s): Birhane Atnafu, Chemeda Abedeta, Fikre Lemessa, Abdi Mohammed, Safa Oufensou, Alemayehu Chala
Published in: Cogent Food &amp; Agriculture, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2331-1932
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2024.2329116

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

Author(s): Safa Oufensou; Alessandro Dessì; Roberto Dallocchio; Virgilio Balmas; Emanuela Azara; Paola Carta; Quirico Migheli; Giovanna Delogu
Published in: Toxins, Issue 13 (11), 759, 2021, Page(s) 1-23, ISSN 2072-6651
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/toxins13110759

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

Author(s): Mkunda,Josephine, Paradelo,Marcos, Machunda Revocatus, Mtei Kelvin
Published in: Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2022, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 1687-7675
Publisher: Hindawi
DOI: 10.1155/2022/6967031

Co-occurrence of mycotoxins in stored maize from southern and southwestern Ethiopia

Author(s): Birhane Atnafu, Asaminew Amare, Chemeda Abedeta Garbaba, Fikre Lemessa, Quirico Migheli, Michael Sulyok, Alemayehu Chala
Published in: Food Additives &amp; Contaminants: Part B, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 261-274, ISSN 1939-3210
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2024.2372426

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

Author(s): Kaczmarek, Thomas; Causse, Sandrine; Abdul, Suleiman D.; Abraham, Solomon; Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.; Adje, Charlotte O.A.; Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph; Agyare, Richard; Akanvou, Louise; Bakasso, Yacoubou; Barry, Mamadou Billo; Bonsu, Samuel K.; Calatayud, Caroline; Conde, Soukeye; Couderc, Marie; Dachi, Stephen N.; Diallo, Telly; Diop, Baye M.; Deu, Monique; Gueye, Mame Codou; Ibrahim Bio Yerima, Abdou
Published in: Plants, People, Planet, Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 2572-2611
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10424

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

Author(s): Julius S. MISSANGA , Pavithravani B. VENKATARAMANA , Patrick A. NDAKIDEMI
Published in: Journal of Agricultural Sciences s (Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi), Issue 29 (2), 2023, Page(s) 690-709, ISSN 1300-7580
Publisher: Ankara Universitesi
DOI: 10.15832/ankutbd.1169256

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

Author(s): Zahoor Ul Hassan; Safa Oufensou; Virgilio Balmas; Quirico Migheli; Samir Jaoua
Published in: Toxins, Issue 15(1), 45, 2023, Page(s) 1-22, ISSN 2072-6651
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/toxins15010045

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

Author(s): Ruth Lorivi Moirana; Josephine Mkunda; Revocatus Machunda; Marcos Paradelo; Kelvin Mtei
Published in: Environmental Advances, Issue 11, April 2023, 100329, 2023, ISSN 2666-7657
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100329

Pratiques paysannes de gestion de la fertilité des sols dégradés dans la zone cotonnière Ouest du Burkina Faso.

Author(s): Adama Bamogo, Florent Yambila Lankoande, Bazoumana Koulibaly, Mamadou Traore, Allamadogo Traore Et Bismarck Hassan Nacro.
Published in: Science et technique, Sciences Naturelles et Appliquées, Issue VOL 41, 2022, Page(s) 133-145, ISSN 1011-6028
Publisher: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique

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

Author(s): Ruth Lorivi Moirana, Josephine Mkunda, Revocatus Machunda, Kelvin Mtei, Marcos Paradelo Perez
Published in: Journal of Flourine Chemistry, 2021, Page(s) 1-7, ISSN 0022-1139
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2021.109883

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

Author(s): Chtioui Wiem, Balmas Virgilio, Giovanna Delogu, Quirico Migheli, Safa Oufensou
Published in: Toxins, Issue 14(2), 72, 2022, Page(s) 1-29, ISSN 2072-6651
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/toxins14020072

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

Author(s): Kalonga Joseph, Mtei Kelvin, Massawe Boniface, Kimaro Anthony, Winowiecki Leigh Ann
Published in: Environmental Challenges, Issue 14 (100847), 2024, ISSN 2667-0100
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2024.100847

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

Author(s): Odunga George; Mutsotso Beneah; Okoth Sheila
Published in: International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, Issue 7, (6), 2022, Page(s) 1812-1823, ISSN 2456-2165
Publisher: IJISRT
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7817365

Conference proceedings (3)

PLANTHEAD - A Remote PLANT HEAlth Diagnostic network to foster sustainable agricultural intensification in Eastern and Western Africa- Abstracts of presentations at the XXVII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV)

Author(s): Oufensou Safa, Balmas Virgilio, Migheli Quirico, Margherita Rizzu, Laura Altea, Giovanna Seddaiu, Okoth Sheila, Pierpaolo Saporito, Simone Merafina, Giuseppe Enne
Published in: Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022, Page(s) 1261, ISSN 2193-1801
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s42161-022-01234-8

Sustainable Intensification Indicators: perspectives from European and African researchers

Author(s): Margherita Rizzu; Laura Altea; Quirico Migheli; Alessandra Paulotto; Pier Paolo Roggero; Giovanna Seddaiu
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Società Italiana di Agronomia
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6593054

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

Author(s): Laura Altea, Giovanna Seddaiu, Margherita Rizzu, Alberto Carletti1
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8032058

Book chapters (1)

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

Author(s): Barnaud, Adeline; Billot, Claire; Abrouk, Michael; Adjebeng-Danquah, Joseph; Akanvou, Louise; Ibrahim Ahmed, Hanin; Adje, Charlotte O.A.; Bakasso, Yacoubou; Barry, Mamadou Billo; Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.; Yerima, Abdou R. Ibrahim Bio; Kane, Ndjido Ardo; Krattinger, Simon G.; Oselebe, Happiness; Saidou, Sani; Sêkloka, Emmanuel; Uyoh, Edak A.; Vigouroux, Yves; Gueye, Mame Codou
Published in: Crop adaptation and improvement for drought-prone environments, 2023
Publisher: New Prairie Press
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7817420