Soil loss by wind and water varies considerably in time and space making it difficult to quantify. Monitoring methods are limited by accuracy, precision and replication. The 137Cs technique overcomes many of these problems and can provide net time- integrated soil flux measureme…
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Dans cette étude nous avons tenté d'étudier les déterminants socio-démographiques et contextuels de la mortalité des enfants de moins de cinq ans, dans le but de comprendre pourquoi le niveau de mortalité reste encore très élevé au Niger. Pour pouvoir identifier la chaîne complè…
This dissertation contributes to the debate on Common Pool Natural Resources (CPNRs) through the analysis of a specific case study: rangeland in southwest agro-pastoral Niger. The management of CPNRs is the subject of a lively debate pertaining to the property rights regime that…
La carence en vitamine A (VA) constitue un véritable problème de santé publique au Niger. L'objectif de la présente étude, basée sur des données de deux enquêtes transversales réalisées dans deux régions situées dans la partie nord-ouest du Niger pendant la saison des pluies, vi…
Studies were undertaken to evaluate the inheritance of agronomic performance and sorghum seed resistance to weathering of selected genotypes in contrasting locations. Fifty genotypes consisting of 12 parental lines and 35 F1 hybrids from a North Carolina Mating Design II and thr…
Au Niger, comme au Sahel et ailleurs en Afrique, la généralisation de la propriété privée du sol s'avère impossible; un nouveau système diamétralement opposé à la tradition a peu de chance d'être adopté (Le Roy,1996). La situation appelle une question de fond. Vu le blocage de l…
In this dissertation I present both indigenous understandings of childhood malnutrition in Niger and my changing perceptions of these understandings over time. Using the rubric of a “journey of understanding,” I order the chapters chronologically, moving from my Peace Corps expe…
This is a study of the relationship between livelihood strategies, soil fertility investment and land use in the village of Fandou Beri, southwestern Niger. The aim has been to place alleged soil degradation in a specific, differentiated and dynamic local context. The village, w…
In search for solutions to the various hydro-agricultural practices in Sahel, we propose a new hybrid pumping system based on the complementary nature of the two renewable energies for their important prominence in this zone, namely solar and wind. The proposed hybrid system con…
This dissertation examines the roles of women in Hausa tatsuniyoyi (folktales) from an Afrocentric and womanist perspective. In African societies, the culture depends on the oral tradition for survival. Thus the information we gather from oral literature gives us insight about a…
The African language of Bandi has little written about its grammar. This thesis analyzes discourse structure based on a folk tale, an historical narrative, and a procedural text. The data was gathered while working for The Institute for Liberian Languages in Liberia, West Africa…
The 2006 African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities Intensive Observational Period provided a wealth of information regarding the onset and development of the monsoon season over the Sahel region of West Africa. Enhanced understanding of predictability and variability of monso…
Generating economic growth for the millions who live in poverty in developing countries is one of the key world problems of our time. In many cases, economic growth is driven by technological improvements. One of the technologies which could generate economic growth in Africa is…
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have similar colonial histories, population sizes and standards of living, yet they have very different experiences with democratization since transitioning from authoritarianism in the early 1990s. Data from various sources show that Mali has establ…
This study examines the development among high school teachers of feelings of professional competence and self-efficacy toward technical skills through ICT training. It follows a project to pedagogically integrate ICT into a lycée initiated by the Campus numérique de Niamey (Nia…
Le Niger, à l'instar des autres pays au sud du Sahara est caractérisé, entre autres, par des facteurs climatiques défavorables, des écosystèmes fragiles, une forte pression anthropique sur les ressources naturelles étant donné que la quasi totalité de la population vit essentiel…
This dissertation examines the first generation of Sahélien filmmakers, their films, and the broader Sahélien film industry as mechanisms of change in the Sahel—in particular in Senegal, Mali, and Niger—from the time of independence to circa 1980. This dissertation considers the…