Transmission des hausses des prix internationaux des produits alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest : Leçons de la crise de 2007-2008 pour l’expansion de la production

CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LES BIOCARBURANTS EN AFRIQUE : Les biocarburants, facteur d’insécurité ou moteur de développement (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 10-12 Novembre 2009)price transmission, agriculture, africa, food security, Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Security and Poverty, Marketing, q11,

Field investigation with real-time virus genetic characterisation support of a cluster of Ebola virus disease cases in Dubréka, Guinea, April to June 2015

On 11 May 2015, the Dubréka prefecture, Guinea, reported nine laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD). None could be epidemiologically linked to cases previously reported in the prefecture. We describe the epidemiological and molecular investigations of this event. We used the Dubréka EVD registers and the Ebola treatment centre’s (ETC) records to characterise chains of transmission. Real-time field Ebola virus sequencing was employed to support epidemiological results. An epidemiological cluster of 32 cases was found, of which 27 were laboratory confirmed, 24 were isolated and 20 died. Real-time viral sequencing on 12 cases demonstrated SL3 lineage viruses with sequences differing by one to three nt inside a single phylogenetic cluster. For isolated cases, the average time between symptom onset and ETC referral was 2.8 days (interquartile range (IQR): 1–4). The average time between sample collection and molecular results’ availability was 3 days (IQR: 2–5). In an area with scarce resources, the genetic characterisation supported the outbreak investigations in real time, linking cases where epidemiological investigation was limited and reassuring that the responsible strain was already circulating in Guinea. We recommend coupling thorough epidemiological and genomic investigations to control EVD clusters.Peer Reviewe

LA MAURITANIE

Le présent document étudie les principaux investissements réalisés dans la recherche agricole publique en Mauritanie et les tendances institutionnelles apparues dans ce domaine depuis le début des années 90, sur la base de nouvelles données d’enquête rassemblées dans le cadre du projet conjoint (IFPRI–ISNAR–CORAF/WECARD 2002–03) sur les indicateurs relatifs aux sciences et technologies agricoles (ASTI)

MAURITANIA

This country brief reviews the major investment and institutional trends in public agricultural research in Mauritania since the early 1990s using new data collected under the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative (IFPRI–ISNAR–CORAF/WECARD 2002–03)

Approche méthodologique. Analyse de la compétitivité et l'évolution des avantages comparatifs dans la sous-région.

Mali, Food security, Rice, Maize, West Africa, Competivity, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Demand and Price Analysis, Food Security and Poverty, International Development, International Relations/Trade, q12, q18, q17, q13,

Water Pricing as a Tool for Integrated Water Resource Management: A Synthesis of Key Issues for Rural West Africa

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Downloads June 2008-July 2009: 12,