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Augustine A. Ayantunde
Researcher at International Livestock Research Institute
Publications - 100
Citations - 1721
Augustine A. Ayantunde is an academic researcher from International Livestock Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Livestock & Agriculture. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 97 publications receiving 1391 citations. Previous affiliations of Augustine A. Ayantunde include International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
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Botanical knowledge and its differentiation by age, gender and ethnicity in southwestern Niger
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of age, gender, and ethnicity on knowledge of local vegetation and found that both gender and ethnicity had a significant effect on the identification of herbaceous species but no effect on identification of woody species.
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Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: A review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors
Robert B. Zougmoré,Samuel T. Partey,Mathieu Ouédraogo,B.O. Omitoyin,Timothy S. Thomas,Augustine A. Ayantunde,Polly J. Ericksen,Mohammed Yahya Said,Abdulai Jalloh +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize from several scholarly literature and aimed at providing up-to-date information on climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, policies and institutional mechanisms that each agriculture subsector had put in place in dealing with climate change and its related issues in West Africa.
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Trends in productivity of crops, fallow and rangelands in Southwest Niger: Impact of land use, management and variable rainfall
Pierre Hiernaux,Augustine A. Ayantunde,Adamou Kalilou,Eric Mougin,Bruno Gérard,Frédéric Baup,Manuela Grippa,Bakary Djaby +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied trends in land use and herbaceous production in the Fakara region (Niger) from 1994 to 2006 and found an overall decreasing trend in site yields by 5% annually from 1994-2006 that is not explained by variations in rainfall.
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The Role of Livestock Mobility in the Livelihood Strategies of Rural Peoples in Semi-Arid West Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed-methods approach was adopted to analyze data collected by household survey and group interviews conducted in 32 multi-ethnic villages in Mali and Niger spanning the 12.5° N to 16.1° N latitudinal range.
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Livelihood Transitions and the Changing Nature of Farmer–Herder Conflict in Sahelian West Africa
TL;DR: Using the cases of four rural communities in Niger, an ‘access to resources’ framework is adopted to analyse the causal connections among rural peoples' livelihood strategies, everyday social relations of production, perceptions of social groups' identities, and the potential for farmer–herder conflict.