WAReview_Publications

=Africa RISING West Africa Publications=

__**PowerPoint Presentations (Selected)**__

__**All West Africa PowerPoint Presentations on SlideShare**__
 * Africa RISING Program in Mali
 * Africa RISING Baseline Survey Data - Ghana and Mali
 * Africa RISING 2014 Achievements for Ghana
 * Farming Systems Analysis in Mali and Ghana
 * Africa RISING West Africa Project—The history and where we are today
 * Africa RISING West Africa mega site monitoring and evaluation activities: Summary
 * Farming Systems Analysis in Ghana and Mali
 * Increasing the reach of Africa RISING: Scaling recommendations
 * Africa RISING West Africa: Year 1 overview

__**Reports (Selected)**__

__All West Africa Reports on CG Space__


 * Asungre A P, Lamini S, Ansoba E Y, Larbi A, van Mourick T (2013) Diagnostic study of pearl millet cropping systems in the Upper East region of Ghana: Farmers’ practices, constraints and opportunities for intensification. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 213-214.
 * Birhanu Zemadim, 2014: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Final Report (1 June 2013-28 February 2014). Submitted to IITA, 34pp.
 * Birhanu Zemadim, 2014: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Interim Progress Report1 May-15 August 2014, 21pp.
 * Birhanu Zemadim, 2015: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Final Report (1 May 2014-28 February 2015). Submitted to IITA, 79pp.
 * Buah SSJ, Denwar N N, Larbi A (2013) Responses of early and late maturing soybean to fertilizer and rhizobium inoculation in the Guinea savannah zone. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 274-280.
 * Buah SSJ, Kanton R A L, Larbi A (2013) Integrated soil fertility management effects on grain and fodder yields and soil chemical and physical properties in soybean-maize rotations. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 281-283.
 * Buah SSJ, Kanton RAL, Weltzie-Rattunde E, Larbi A (2013) Researcher-managed sorghum hybrids trails for identification of yield potential. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 286-288.
 * Buah SSJ, Larbi A (2013) Integrated soil fertility management effects on grain and fodder yields and soil chemical and physical properties in cowpea-maize rotations. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 283-286.
 * Carlo Azzarri, Cleo Roberts, Melanie Bacou, Maria Comanescu, Beliyou Haile. 2014. Africa RISING Data Management Plan. . Africa RISING report.
 * Cecilia Tinonin. 2015. Ghana Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) Report, IFPRI
 * Christopher Legg. 2012. Africa RISING The Sudano-Sahelian Mega-site Selection of Project Implementation Sites, IFPRI. Africa RISING report.
 * Christopher Legg. 2013. Site Selection for Africa RISING: A summary of Activities and Outcomes in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania, IFPRI. Africa RISING report.
 * Cissé, A.O., Samaké, K. and Djiré, M. 2012. Capitalisation des expériences de plans d’occupation, d’affectation, de techniques de restauration des sols et des conventions locales dans le Mali Sud : Etudes de cas dans les cercles de Koutiala et Bougouni. Rapport final. International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
 * Diawara,F.2013.Characterization of food consumption patterns in Southern Mali: Districts of Bougouni and Koutiala Sikasso
 * Ellis, T. 2014. Agricultural water management for intensive crop-livestock production in Ghana. Annual project progress report submitted to IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 35 pp.
 * Eva Wieltzen, 2013: Africa RISING – West Africa (Mali).Technical Report: January-December, 2012, Submitted to IITA, 32pp.
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon, I and Larbi, A, 2013. Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea-Sudano savanna of West Africa. Progress Report (October 2012-March, 2013) submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon, I and Larbi, A, 2013. Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea-Sudano savanna of West Africa. Interim Report (April-September, 2013) submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon, I and Larbi, A, 2014. Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea-Sudano savanna of West Africa. Technical Report (October 2013-March, 2014) submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon, I and Larbi, A, 2014. Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea-Sudano savanna of West Africa. Interim Report (April-September, 2014) submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon, I and Larbi, A, 2014. Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea-Sudano savanna of West Africa. Technical Report (October 2014-March, 2015) submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
 * IFPRI. 2012. Africa RISING Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan. . Africa RISING report.
 * IFPRI. 2013. Monitoring and Evaluation Report (October 2012 – September 2013). . Africa RISING report.
 * IFPRI. 2014. Monitoring and Evaluation Report (October 2013 – September 2014). . Africa RISING report.
 * Justice Ajaari. 2013. West Africa Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, IFPRI. Africa RISING report.
 * Kadyampakeni, D. 2015. Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Interim technical progress report submitted to IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 9 pp.
 * Kadyampakeni, D. 2015. Water management strategies to intensify cereal-legume farming systems in northern Ghana. Annual project progress report submitted to IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 11 pp.
 * Kanton R A L, Buah S S, Asungre A P, Ansoba E Y (2013) Researcher-managed sorghum varieties trial at Manga and Bonia. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 186-189.
 * Kanton R A L, Buah S S, Asungre A P, Ansoba E Y (2013) Sorghum adaptation trial in northern Ghana. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 183-186.
 * Kanton R A L, Larbi A, Buah S S, Kombiok J M, Ansoba A P, Asungre A P, Lamini S (2013) Determination of optimal rate of nitrogen for 3 extra-early, early and medium maize maturity groups in northern Ghana. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 179-183.
 * Kanton R A L, Larbi A, Buah S S, Kombiok J M, Ansoba A P, Lamini S (2012) Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on growth, development, yield and its components of extra-early, early and medium maize maturity groups in a dry agro-ecology in northern Ghana. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2012, pp. 197-203.
 * Kizito, F., R. Namara, E. Akoto, W.A. Agyare, C. Quansah, E. Obuobie, K. Naminong, E. Panyan, B. Amegashie and F. Logah. 2012. Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Cereal‐Based Farming Systems of Northern Ghana. Interim project progress report submitted to IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 67 pp.
 * Mellon S, Badzin J, and Larbi A, 2013. Africa RISING Intervention Community Analysis. A report on 25 intervention communities of the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana, June 2013, 150 pp
 * Konlan, S.P., Ayantunde, A.A., Dei, H.K., Avornyo, F.K.2014.Evaluation of existing and potential feed resources for ruminant production in northern Ghana
 * Okai D B and Alenyorege B. 2014. Enhanced rural pig production in crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana: Assessment of pig production in Northern, Upper West and East Regions, Africa RISING Technical Report, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 18 pp.
 * Okai D B and Dei H K. 2014. Enhanced rural poultry production in crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana: Effect of improved housing on growth performance of chickens. Report submitted by Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology to Africa RISING project, March, 2013, 5 pp.
 * Patrice Howard. 2015. Mali Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) Report, IFPRI
 * Saaka M., 2013. Integrating agricultural and nutrition interventions for improved nutritional status of rural families: Baseline survey report, University for Development Studies, Tamale, 82 pp.
 * Seni S S, Abudulai M, Larbi A, Haruna M (2012) Evaluation of cultivar and spraying regime for insect pest management in cowpea. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2012, pp. 286-288.
 * Seni S S, Abudulai M, Larbi A, Haruna M (2012) Evaluation of planting date and cultivar for insect pest management in cowpea. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2012, pp. 284-286.
 * SpatialDev and Harvest Choice/IFPRI.2014. Africa RISING Project Mapping and Monitoring Tool (PMMT) User Guide.
 * Sugri I, Abdulai M S, Kusi F, Zakaria M (2013) Evaluation of some okra, Roselle and tomato genotypes for adaptation in the Upper East region. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 243-50.
 * Sugri I, Osiru M, Larbi A, Buah S S J, Nutsugah S K, Nboyine J, Asieku Y, Zakaria M (2013) Evaluation of groundnut genotypes for resistance to aflatoxin. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 235-239.
 * Sugri I, Osiru M, Larbi A, Buah S S, Lamani S, Asieku Y (2013) Survey of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut value chain in the Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Annual Report 2013, pp. 231-235.
 * Timler C, Michalscheck M, Klapwijk C, Mashingaidze N, Ollenburger M, Falconnier G, Kuivanen K, Descheemaeker K, Groot J, 2014. Characterization of farming systems in Africa RISING intervention sites in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana and Mali. Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 157 pp. Africa RISING report.
 * Tom van Mourik, 2013: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Interim Progress Report (1 April 2013-30 September 2013). Submitted to IITA, 6pp.
 * Umutoni, C. 2014. Local conventions governing community participation in the decentralized management of natural resources: Case study of mixed crop-livestock systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. Ibadan, Nigeria: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/51642.
 * Umutoni, C. and Ayantunde, A.A. 2014. Evaluation of feed resources in mixed crop-livestocksystems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Mali. Africa RISING Project Technical report, May 2014. International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/42337
 * Zhe Guo and Carlo Azzarri. 2013. Site Selection in Northern Ghana, IFPRI. Africa RISING report.

__**Refereed scientific journal papers published**__
 * Umutoni C, Ayantunde A, Sawadogo G J (2015) Evaluation of Feed Resources in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in SudanoSahelian Zone of Mali in West Africa. International Journal of Livestock Research, 5(8). (DOI:10.5455/ijlr.2015081309546)
 * Avornyo FK, Ayantunde A, Shaibu MT, Konlan SP, Karbo N (2015) Effect of Feed and Health Packages on the Performance of Village Small Ruminants in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Livestock Research, 5(8). (DOI:10.5455/ijlr.20150717102356)
 * Sugri I, Osiru M, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I, Buah S S J, Nutsugah SK, Asieku Y and Lamini S (2015). Aflatoxin management in Ghana: Current prevalence and priority strategies in maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Stored Products and Post-Harvest Research. 6:48-55.
 * Saaka M, Larbi A and Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015). Factors contributing to positive deviance in the growth of children aged 6-36 month in rural Northern Ghana. Jacobs Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2:
 * Dei HK, Bosoma J, Tumbulta R (2015). Partial replacement of maize with processed false yam (Icacina oliviformis) seed meals in guinea fowl diets. UDS International Journal of Development 1:36-41.
 * Ayantunde, A.A, Blummel, M., Grings, E. and Duncan, A.J. 2014. Price and quality of livestock feeds in suburban markets of West Africa’s Sahel: Case study from Bamako, Mali. Revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux 67:13-21.
 * Dei HK, Mohammed S, Adarkw DK (2014). Effect of partial replacement of maize with dry ‘pito, mash on growth performance of guinea fowl and growing layer chickens. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science 8:5125-130.
 * Dei HK, Alenyorege B, Apalibe DA, Okai DB, Larbi A (2014). Effect of replacing maize with processed false yam tuber meals on growth performance of the Ashanti Black pig. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science 8:101-114.
 * Dei HK, Alenyorege B,Okai DB, Larbi A (2014). Effect of replacing maize with processed false yam tuber meals on growth performance of the Ashanti Black pig. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science 8:175-178.
 * Dei HK, Amewonye M, Getse F, Mbimadong J. Alenyorege B, Sarpong P, Avornyo F, Karbo N (2013). Effect of replacing maize with processed false yam tuber meals on growth performance of the Ashanti Black pig. Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science 7:59-64.
 * Kanton, R. A. L., Prasad, P. V. V., Mohammed, A. M., Ansoba, E., Asungre, A. P.m Lamini, S., Mahama, G., Kusi, F., and Sugri, I., (2015) Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Effects on the Growth and Yield of Maize in a Dry Agro-Ecology in Northern Ghana. Journal of Crop Improvement (In press).

__**Refereed scientific journal papers under review**__
 * Umutoni, C., Ayantunde, A., Turner, M. and Sawadogo, G.J. Community Participation in Decentralized Management of Natural Resources in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa. Submitted to World Development.
 * Umutoni, C., Ayantunde, A. and Sawadogo, G.J. Evaluation of feed resources in mixed crop-livestock systems in Sudano-Sahelian zone of Mali in West Africa. Submitted to International Journal of Livestock Research.
 * Saaka M, Larbi A, Mutaru S, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015) Magnitude and Factors Associated with Appropriate Complementary Feeding among Children 6-23 Months in Northern Ghana (Submitted to BMC Nutrition)
 * Kuivanen, K.S., Michalscheck, M., Descheemaeker, K., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Bedi-Mellon, S., Groot, J.C.J., Alvarez, S. (2015). A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana. Submitted to Journal of Rural Studies.
 * Kuivanen, K.S., Alvarez, S., Michalscheck, M., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Descheemaeker, K., Bedi-Mellon, S., Groot, J.C.J. (2015). Characterizing smallholder farming system diversity in Ghana's Northern Region: implications for innovation targeting. Submitted to Experimental Agriculture.
 * Kizito K, Panyan E K, Ayantunde A, Bossio A D ,Karbo N, Avornyo F K, Tengan K (2015). Water Balance Dynamics in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems of Northern Ghana: Unraveling the Interactions between Farm-Level and Landscape Fluxes in the Face of Climate Change. Submitted to Journal of Water Resources and Rural Development.


 * __Books, refereed book chapters and conference proceedings__**
 * Dei, K (Editor) (2012). Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems in Ghana for increased farm productivity and food/nutrition security. Proceedings of a regional workshop, 27-28 August, Tamale, Ghana, 205 pages.
 * Ellis-Jones J, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I, Dugie I Y, Teli I A, Bauh S S J, Kanton R A L, Kombiok J M, Kamara A Y, and Gyamfi I (2013). Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in Ghana’s Guinea savannah: Constraints and opportunities identified with local communities. IITA Report. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
 * Saaka M, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I and Appiah B (2015) Child mal-nutrition in northern Ghana: evidence, facts and recommendations. IITA Report, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
 * Ollenburger, M., Descheemaeker, K., Crane, T., Giller, K., 2015. Sustainable extensification—breathing new life into Africa's sleeping giant. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium for farming Systems Design, Montpellier, 7-10 September 2015. Eds: Gritti, E.S., Wéry, J. pp. 233-234.
 * Ollenburger, M., Descheemaeker, K., Crane, T., Giller, K., 2015. Sustainable extensification—breathing new life into Africa's sleeping giant. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium for farming Systems Design, Montpellier, 7-10 September 2015. Eds: Gritti, E.S., Wéry, J. pp. 233-234.

__**Briefs**__
 * Project Brochure
 * Abdulai H, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015). Productivity of Hybrid Maize-cowpea Cropping Systems in Northern Ghana. Genetic and Ecological Intensification of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems. Brief 6. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
 * Bauh SSJ, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015). Sustainable use of Nitrogen for Fertilizer for Intensive Production of Maize in Northern Ghana.Genetic and Ecological Intensification of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems. Brief 5. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
 * Dei, H., Larbi, A., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.2015. Rural poultry survey unlocks options for intensification in northern Ghana
 * Kadyampakeni, D., Larbi, A. and Hoeschle-Zeledon, I. 2015. Improving water productivity in crop-livestock farming systems in northern Ghana. Africa RISING Brief 26. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. http://africa-rising.net/2015/08/26/brief26/
 * Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015). Africa RISING Intervention Communities in Northern Ghana. Genetic and Ecological Intensification of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems. Brief 7. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
 * Nurudeen A R, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015). Intensifying Maize Production in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Northern Ghana.Genetic and Ecological Intensification of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems. Brief 4. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.

__**Success Stories**__
 * A new dawn in Zanzoni, Mali as natural resource management conventions are formalized
 * Women ‘nutrition leaders’ changing the fate of children in Mali
 * Mechanizing fertilizer microdosing technology: Producers and extension agents trained in Mali
 * Let’s talk about money! Economic benefits of integrated Striga and soil fertility management in West Africa
 * ‘A good farmer produces their own seeds': Raising food yields in Mali
 * Using films to support large-scale training on Striga and soil fertility management in Mali
 * Enabling Ghanaian communities to analyse their own situations to find better solutions

__**Conference Abstracts & Presentations**__
 * Jeroen Groot - Rising to the challenge of sustainable intensification of agricultural production in Africa, 4th International Farming Systems Design Workshop, 19-22 August 2013, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
 * Denwar, N. - Soybean grain yield responses to NPK fertilizer and rhizobium inoculation, 6th International Nitrogen Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 18-22 November 2013
 * Kanton R A L, Larbi, A., Buah, S. S., Kombiok, J. M., Ansoba, E., Aungre, P.A. Asungre, Lamin, S., Prasad, P.V. V. (2013). Effect of nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of maize varieties with different maturities in a dry agro-ecology of northern Ghana. Accepted for presentation at the Annual General Meeting of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)/ Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Tampa, Florida, 3 – 7th November 2013.
 * Buah S J, Larbi A and I. Hoeschle-Zeledon (2013) Grain yield responses of maize to nitrogen fertilizer rate in the Guinea savannah. Paper presented at the ‘ 6th International Nitrogen Conference’, Kampala, Uganda, 18-22 November, 2013.
 * Gatien Falconnier (2013). Understanding farm trajectories for better targeting of agricultural technologies. Fourth International Symposium on Farming Systems Design in Lanzhou, China, 19-22 August, 2013. http://www.fsd2013.com/uploadfile/2013/0906/20130906122245145.pdf
 * Ollenburger M., K. Descheemaeker, T. Crane, and K. Giller (2015). Sustainable extensification: breathing new life into “Africa’s Sleeping Giant.” Paper presented at the 5th Annual Symposium on Farming Systems Design, Montpellier, France, 7-10 September 2015.
 * Kotu B H, Frimpong S, Mellon S, Nurudeen A R, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015. Cost-benefit analysis of Africa RISING technologies in Ghana: Summary of results. Paper (to be) presented at the Tropentag 2015: Management of land use systems for enhanced food security-conflicts, controversies and resolutions. September 16-18, 2015, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany.
 * Kotu B H, Alene A, Mangyong V, Hoeschle-Zeledon I, Larbi A (2015). Adoption and impact of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana.
 * Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu., Murali Khrishan Gumma (2015). Watershed Management: Efforts Beyond Plot/Farm Level in the Sudanain Zone of Mali: Review of Practices. Paper (to be) presented at the Tropentag 2015: Management of land use systems for enhanced food security-conflicts, controversies and resolutions. September 16-18, 2015, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany.
 * Saaka M, Larbi A, Hoeschle-Zeledon I (2015): Improving Diverse Diets and Improved Nutrition Through Agricultural Interventions and Behavioral Change Communication. Abstract presented at Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH) 5th annual research conference at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 3-4 June, 2015.
 * Timler, C., Michalscheck, M., Klapwijk, C., Mashingaidze, N., Ollenburger, M., Falconnier, G., Kuivanen, K., Descheemaeker, K., Groot, J., 2015. Exploring options for sustainable intensification in different farming system types of four Africa RISING countries. In: Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture. Conference Program and Book of Abstracts. March 3-6, 2015, IITA Headquarters, Ibadan, Nigeria. p. 23-24.
 * Kuivanen, K.S., Michalscheck, M., Alvarez, S., Groot, J., Descheemaeker, K., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Bedi, S.M., 2015. A comparison of farm typology approaches in northern Ghana. In: Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture. Conference Program and Book of Abstracts. March 3-6, 2015, IITA Headquarters, Ibadan, Nigeria. p. 32.
 * Hemminger, K., Bock, B.B., Groot, J.C.J., Michalscheck, M., Timler, C., 2015. Towards integrated analysis of gender relations in farming systems analysis. In: Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture. Conference Program and Book of Abstracts. March 3-6, 2015, IITA Headquarters, Ibadan, Nigeria. p. 33-34.
 * Valkenhoef, J., Brouwer, I., Groot, J.C.J., 2015. Incorporating household dietary and nutritional needs in quantitative farming systems analysis. In: Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture. Conference Program and Book of Abstracts. March 3-6, 2015, IITA Headquarters, Ibadan, Nigeria. p. 33.
 * Kadyampakeni, D.M., T. Ellis, P. Katic, and E. Oboubie. 2015. Evaluating soil water dynamics using a simple soil water balance model in northern Ghana. Abstract submitted to the 7th International Conference of the African Soil Science Society. 1 p.
 * Sidibe, Y., T. Ellis, P. Katic, M. Mul. 2015. An integrated methodological approach to the optimal design and building of dugouts using animal power: A case study in Northern Ghana. Proceedings of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists. 18 pp.

__**MSc and PhD dissertation title**__
 * Eliasu S, 2015. Soil and water conservation measures effect on cowpea and maize growth and yield in the Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana. MSc. Thesis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.116 pp.
 * Kuivanen, KS, 2015. Dealing with farming system diversity in Northern Ghana – Typology approaches. MSc thesis, Wageningen University. 58 pp.
 * Xu, Youfei (2015). Agro-ecological intensification of mixed crop- livestock systems in Bougouni, Southern Mali: Exploring crop intensification options for farmers with different resource endowments. MSc thesis. Wageningen University. (Supervisors: Descheemaeker, KKE and Ollenburger, M)

__**Maps**__
 * Africa RISING intervention communities Ghana
 * Africa RISING intervention villages Mal