African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938602560	Maize systems under climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: Potential impacts on production and foo...	Tesfaye K., Gbegbelegbe S., Cairns J.E., Shiferaw B., Prasanna B.M., Sonder K., Boote K., Makumbi...	2015	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	7	3	10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2014-0005	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; International M...	Tesfaye, K., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Gb...	Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the biophysical and socioeconomic impacts of cl...	Bioeconomic modeling; Climate change; Climate change impact; Food security; Maize production; Sub...	agricultural intensification; climate change; crop yield; economic analysis; food production; foo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878979041	Effectiveness of selection at CIMMYT's main maize breeding sites in Mexico for performance at sit...	Kebede A.Z., Mahuku G., Burgueño J., Vicente F.S., Cairns J.E., Das B., Makumbi D., Magorokosho C...	2013	Plant Breeding	132	3	10.1111/pbr.12063	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo, Postal 6-641, Mexico DF, 06600, ...	Kebede, A.Z., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo, Postal 6-641, Mexi...	The exchange of elite breeding materials across regions is an important way in which multinationa...	Breeding material exchange; Double haploids; Genotypic correlation; Indirect selection efficiency...	Zea mays	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84873245871	Yield and agronomic performance of maize hybrids resistant to the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais...	Tefera T., Demissie G., Mugo S., Beyene Y.	2013	Crop Protection	46	None	10.1016/j.cropro.2012.12.010	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gigiri, PO Box...	Tefera, T., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gi...	This study evaluated improved maize hybrids (Zea mays L.) with varying level of resistance to the...	Grain yield; Host resistance; Maize; Postharvest loss; Sitophilus zeamais	agronomy; beetle; crop damage; crop yield; hybrid; index method; mortality; performance assessmen...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84857667087	Testcross performance of doubled haploid maize lines derived from tropical adapted backcross popu...	Beyene Y., Mugo S., Pillay K., Tefera T., Ajanga S., Njoka S., Karaya H., Gakunga J.	2011	Maydica	56	4	None	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gigiri, PO Box...	Beyene, Y., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, UN Avenue, Gi...	Doubled haploid (DH) lines produced by in vivo induction of maternal haploids are routinely used ...	Doubled haploid; Genotype × Environment interaction; Maize	Zea mays	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84904745861	Quantifying the impact of weather extremes on global food security: A spatial bio-economic approach	Gbegbelegbe S., Chung U., Shiferaw B., Msangi S., Tesfaye K.	2014	Weather and Climate Extremes	4	None	10.1016/j.wace.2014.05.005	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Kenya Office, PO Box 1041, Village Mar...	Gbegbelegbe, S., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Kenya Office, PO Box ...	This study uses a spatial bio-economic modelling framework to estimate the impact of the 2012 wea...	Developing world; Food security; IMPACT; Spatial bio-economic modelling; Weather extreme	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84946220074	Impact of gender participation in non-farming activities on household income and poverty levels i...	Ali A., Erenstein O., Rahut D.B.	2015	Work	52	2	10.3233/WOR-152103	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), NARC, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan; ...	Ali, A., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), NARC, Park Road, Islamabad, P...	BACKGROUND: In the rural areas of Pakistan, the majority of farm households have small landholdin...	Non-farming opportunities; propensity score matching; rural areas	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84872834665	Comparison of the performance of synthetic maize varieties created based on either genetic distan...	Narro L.A., Duran J.F., George M.L.C., Arcos A.L., Osorio K.V., Warburton M.L.	2012	Maydica	57	1	None	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)-Colombia, c/o CIAT, Apdo Aereo 67-13, C...	Narro, L.A., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)-Colombia, c/o CIAT, Apdo A...	Synthetics varieties are grown by farmers and used by breeders to select new inbred lines. In cou...	General combining ability (GCA); Genetic similarity (GS); Maize; Synthetic varieties	Zea mays	None	View
None	None	Maize production in a changing climate. impacts, adaptation, and mitigation strategies	Cairns J.E., Sonder K., Zaidi P.H., Verhulst N., Mahuku G., Babu R., Nair S.K., Das B., Govaerts ...	2012	Advances in Agronomy	114	None	10.1016/B978-0-12-394275-3.00006-7	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico; International Maize and Wheat ...	Cairns, J.E., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico; Sonder, K., Inte...	Plant breeding and improved management options have made remarkable progress in increasing crop y...	Abiotic stress; Adaptation; Biotic stress; Climate change; Climate projections; Maize; Mitigation...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77958454949	Targeting of early to intermediate maize hybrids for yield performance and yield stability using ...	Setimela P.S., Crossa J., Bänziger M.	2010	South African Journal of Plant and Soil	27	3	None	International Maize Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe; CIMMYT Km, Carretera Mex...	Setimela, P.S., International Maize Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe; Crossa, ...	The effectiveness of targeting and predicting maize (Zea mays.L) hybrid performance is difficult ...	Genotype x environment interactions; GGE biplots; Maize hybrids; Site regression model (SREG)	agricultural management; crop yield; drought stress; genotype-environment interaction; hybrid; ma...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34547961289	Evaluation of early to medium maturing open pollinated maize varieties in SADC region using GGE b...	Setimela P.S., Vivek B., Bänziger M., Crossa J., Maideni F.	2007	Field Crops Research	103	3	10.1016/j.fcr.2007.05.010	International Maize Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), P.O. Box MP 163 Harare, Zimbabwe; CIMMYT, ...	Setimela, P.S., International Maize Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), P.O. Box MP 163 Harare, Zi...	Analysis of multi-environment trials (METs) of genotypes (G) and genotype × environment (GE) inte...	Genotype × environment; GGE biplots; Multi-environment trials; Site regression; Zea mays L.	Data reduction; Environmental impact; Genes; Grain (agricultural product); Regression analysis; O...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77951876879	HIV-subtype A is associated with poorer neuropsychological performance compared with subtype D in...	Boivin M.J., Ruel T.D., Boal H.E., Bangirana P., Cao H., Eller L.A., Charlebois E., Havlir D.V., ...	2010	AIDS	24	8	10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283389dcc	International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program, Michigan State University, East La...	Boivin, M.J., International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program, Michigan State Unive...	Background: HIV-subtype D is associated with more rapid disease progression and higher rates of d...	Attention; CD activation; Children; Cognitive ability; Encephalopathy; HIV clades; Home environme...	antiretrovirus agent; Gag protein; glycoprotein gp 41; Pol protein; virus envelope protein; Vpu p...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79952950513	Evaluation of Dry Matter, Protein, Starch, Sucrose, β-carotene, Iron, Zinc, Calcium, and Magnesiu...	Tumwegamire S., Kapinga R., Rubaihayo P.R., Labonte D.R., Grüneberg W.J., Burgos G., Felde T.Z., ...	2011	HortScience	46	3	None	International Potato Center (CIP), P.O. Box 22274, Kampala, Uganda; Crop Science Department, Make...	Tumwegamire, S., International Potato Center (CIP), P.O. Box 22274, Kampala, Uganda, Louisiana St...	The present study evaluated selected East African (EA) sweetpotato varieties for storage root dry...	β-carotene; And magnesium contents; Biofortified crops; Calcium; Ipomoea batatas; Iron; Near-infr...	Daucus carota; Ipomoea batatas	None	View
None	None	Impact of common sweetpotato viruses on total carotenoids and root yields of an orange-fleshed sw...	Kapinga R., Ndunguru J., Mulokozi G., Tumwegamire S.	2009	Scientia Horticulturae	122	1	10.1016/j.scienta.2009.03.020	International Potato Center, Box 22274, Kampala, Uganda; Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institut...	Kapinga, R., International Potato Center, Box 22274, Kampala, Uganda; Ndunguru, J., Mikocheni Agr...	The growing and consumption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is considered as a mean to allev...	Orange-fleshed sweetpotato; Sweetpotato virus disease; Total carotenoids; Yield	carotenoid; disease severity; potato; viral disease; virus; Africa; East Africa; Sub-Saharan Afri...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of pooled ocular and vaginal swabs by the Cepheid GeneXpert CT/NG assay for the detect...	Dize L., West S.K., Mkocha H., Quinn T.C., Gaydos C.A.	2015	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	81	2	10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.010	International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases,...	Dize, L., International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious...	Ocular swabs from Tanzania were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and self-collected vaginal...	Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pooling; Trachoma	Aptima Combo 2 Assay; Article; bacterium detection; Chlamydia trachomatis; controlled study; cost...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78149387943	Systematic evaluation of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease among children under fiv...	Johnson H.L., Deloria-Knoll M., Levine O.S., Stoszek S.K., Hance L.F., Reithinger R., Muenz L.R.,...	2010	PLoS Medicine	7	10	10.1371/journal.pmed.1000348	International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University...	Johnson, H.L., International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hop...	Background: Approximately 800,000 children die each year due to pneumococcal disease and > 90% of...	None	Pneumococcus vaccine; Africa; age; article; Asia; bacterium isolate; causal attribution; child; d...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-9744227368	Evaluation of the phenotypic performance of a Red Maasai and Dorper double backcross resource pop...	Mugambi J.M., Audho J.O., Baker R.L.	2005	Small Ruminant Research	56	03-Jan	10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.06.003	Intl. Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya, Kenya; National Veterin...	Mugambi, J.M., National Veterinary Research Centre, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu 0902, Kenya, Kenya; Audho...	Six first cross (F1) Red Maasai x Dorper rams were mated to both Red Maasai (R) and Dorper (D) ew...	Breed differences; Gastro-intestinal nematodes; Haemonchus contortus; Resistance; Sheep	Haemonchus contortus; lamb; Nematoda; Ovis; Ovis aries	None	View
None	None	Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Typhoid Fever in Pemba, Zanzibar: Assessment of the Perf...	Thriemer K., Ley B.B., Ame S.S., Deen J.L., de Pak G., Chang N.Y., Hashim R., Schmied W.H., Busch...	2012	PLoS ONE	7	12	10.1371/journal.pone.0051823	International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Bel...	Thriemer, K., International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea, Institute of Tropical Medicine...	Background: The gold standard for diagnosis of typhoid fever is blood culture (BC). Because blood...	None	agglutinin; antigen; h antigen; O antigen; rain; unclassified drug; adolescent; adult; area under...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77953076037	Evaluation of current and future water resources development in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia	McCartney M., Alemayehu T., Shiferaw A., Awulachew S.B.	2010	IWMI Research Report	2010	None	None	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; University of Bahir Dar, ...	McCartney, M., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alemayehu,...	Lake Tana is valuable for many people, including the communities who live around the lakeshore, t...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883396623	Managing rainwater, improving livelihoods: Assessing impacts using a Rainwater-Livelihoods-Povert...	Getnet K., Kefyalew G.	2013	Environment and Development Economics	18	5	10.1017/S1355770X13000247	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), East Africa and Nile Basin Office, P.O. Box 5689...	Getnet, K., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), East Africa and Nile Basin Office, P...	Assessing and empirically measuring the development impact of rainwater management innovations to...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875045560	Revisiting dominant notions: A review of costs, performance and institutions of small reservoirs ...	Venot J.-P., de Fraiture C., Acheampong E.N.	2012	IWMI Research Report	144	None	10.5337/2012.202	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Land and Water Develo...	Venot, J.-P., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; de Frai...	Thousands of small reservoirs dot the rural landscape of sub-Saharan Africa. They have long attra...	None	None	None	View

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