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Table of contents An introduction to the Research Fellow Partnership Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Understanding the views of poor households in rural municipalities Sandra Contzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 64 Capacity development Research fellowships Enhancing the livelihood of the local population in a biodiversity hotspot Lanto Herilala Andriambelo, Clémence Dirac Ramohavelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Understanding yam (Dioscorea spp.) response to fertiliser application Valéry Kouamé Hgaza Kouassi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Control options for the African root and tuber scale on cassava Apollin Fotso Kuate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Analysis and initial exploitation of resistance to wheat stem rust race Ug99 Peter Njoroge Njau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Estimating effective population size for the conservation of African cattle breeds Christine Flury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Mycorrhizas and maize yields in different land-use systems in Southern Cameroon Martin Jemo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Exploring the effects of anti-tick vaccines on the transmission of Theileria parva Cassandra Leah Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 The role of cooperativeness in adopting sustainable common resource management Carina Cavalcanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Governance, collective action and development interventions in vegetable value chains Marc Zoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Behavioural heterogeneity and human cooperation Devesh Rustagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 The importance of forest fragments in local livelihood systems Zora Lea Urech, Mihajamanana Fetra Rabenilalana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ethanol production impacts on land use and deforestation Saraly Andrade de Sa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Phosphate nutrition of crops in lixisols from semi-arid West Africa Delwendé Innocent Kiba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Characterisation of drought tolerance in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Charles Orek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Whole genome profiling of Theileria parva isolates Sonal Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Healthy rice for healthy people: Biofortification of zinc in rice Somayanda Impa Muthappa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Farmers’ responses to climate change in northern and central areas of Côte d’Ivoire Hermann Daisy N’nhon Comoé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Research Fellow Partnership Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources The Research Fellow Partnership Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources (RFPP) is funded by SDC and managed by the North-South Centre. In 2009, 18 projects were ongoing whereof six were initiated during this year. Four of these new projects are dealing with issues of special importance to Africa: Hermann Comoé is exploring farmers’ decision-making processes and risk management strategies related to climate change in Côte d’Ivoire. In the neighbour country Burkina Faso, Innocent Delwendé Kiba is conducting research on the effect of organic amendments on the phosphate nutrition of crops and on phosphate transformations in lixisols. Two other fellows are both working in Kenya: Charles Orek is conducting research at IITA on ways to increase stress tolerance of cassava by developing markers for drought tolerance. Post-doc scientist Sonal Patel is based at ILRI where she is developing a new vaccination method against East Coast Fever in cattle. The remaining new projects are located in Brazil and the Philip- pines. Saraly Andrade de Sa started her research on direct and indirect effects of biofuel production on land use, forest conversion and social welfare in Brazil. Post-doc scientist Somayanda Impa Muthappa is investigating biofortification of zinc in rice to improve the nutritional status of children and adults across South Asia. Three fellows successfully accomplished their research projects in 2009: Marco D’Alessandro finished his post-doc on biological control of pest insects in Mexico. Currently, he works as a scientific collaborator at the Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland. Sajad Bukobero concluded his doctoral research on sustainable rainforest management in Madagascar and intends to continue doing research within this area. Atti Tchabi successfully defended his thesis on the effect of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on yam growth and yam nematodes infestation. He is currently working as a lecturer at the University of Lomé, Togo. 65 Capacity development Research fellowships RFPP research fellows (top row from left to right): Lanto Herilala Andriambelo, Clémence Dirac Ramohavelo, Valéry Kouamé Hgaza Kouassi, Apollin Fotso Kuate, Peter Njoroge Njau, Christine Flury, Martin Jemo. (Middle row from left to right): Cassandra Leah Olds, Carina Cavalcanti, Sandra Contzen, Marc Zoss, Devesh Rustagi, Zora Lea Urech, Mihajamanana Fetra Rabenilalana. (Bottom row from left to right): Saraly Andrade de Sa, Delwendé Innocent Kiba, Charles Orek, Sonal Patel, Somayanda Impa Muthappa, Hermann Daisy N’nhon Comoé
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Koh, L.P., 2009: Calling Indonesia
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Andrade de Sa, S., Palmer, C., Enge
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Financial statements Administrative
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