Title of dissertation: OUTCOMES AND IMPACT OF ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS IN SENEGAL: TWO CASE STUDIES ABDOULAYE MBAYE, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Omar KA, Associate Professor Language, Literacy and Culture Program Developing countries like Senegal are faced with high illiteracy rates. In its efforts to improve literacy, the Senegalese government has developed nationwi...

This paper addresses the prospects for technical change in the irrigated rice sector of Senegal, and measures ex-ante the economic returns to recent research efforts. In 1994, three new rice varieties were released to farmers in the Senegal River Valley (SRV), the major irrigated rice region in Senegal. The productivity advantage of the new varieties is based primarily on early maturity, which ...

INTRODUCTION Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) contamination in poultry and poultry products is a major cause of food-borne disease in humans. This study presents the molecular epidemiology of NTS isolated from poultry in Senegal. METHODOLOGY A total of 261 NTS recovered from broiler farms, chicken carcasses and street vendors were characterized using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAP...

GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 28 | April 2017 Childhood Determinants of Internal Youth Migration in Senegal* We analyze the childhood socio-economic determinants of youth decision to internally migrate in Senegal. Young people undertake mostly rural-to-rural and urban-to-urban migrations and over half of them are temporary migrants. Using multinomial logit models and a unique household survey in Se...

Cereals occupy an important place in the consumption patterns of Senegalese populations. Among these cereals, rice and maize are expected to play a dominant role country's food security due their importance terms area sown. This study examines determinants productivity southern Senegal using Cobb-Douglas production function with cross-sectional survey 913 family farms. The results show that tec...

This work uses the Weibull distribution for assessing wind potential in Senegal; a country located West Africa. In this study, data from ERA5 reanalysis and Ziguinchor station were used to characterize spatio-temporal variability of its available power density at 10 m 100 altitude. The results showed that was stronger on coast north-western part country. A case study carried out Basse Casamance...