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Potential for Green Hydrogen Production from Biomass, Solar and Wind in Togo

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Smart Grid and Renewable Energy 2022年第2期13卷 17-27页

作者： Mawunyo Simon Pierre Kitegi Yendoube Lare Ousmane Coulibaly wascal alumni School of Informatics for Climate Change Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Solar Energy Laboratory Physics Department Université de Lomé Lomé Togo Laboratory of Physics and Environment Chemistry School of Informatics for Climate Change Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Potential of green hydrogen producing from biomass, solar and wind in Togo has been performed. The availability of these three resources has been depicted with maps showing them per cantons in Togo, thus, by using the datasets from ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative, the global solar atlas and the global wind atlas. The conversions rates used were: for solar resource, 3% of land was allocated for the analysis after removing the exclusions with a conversion rate of 52.5 kWh/kg of hydrogen;for biomass hydrogen, the conversion rate of 13.4 kg BS/kg H2 was assumed. Wind resources at 50 m above ground were not sufficient to evaluate the potential as it is lower than class 3 winds. QGIS version 3.6.4 and R version 4.0.4 were used. Results showed that biomass is the leading resource for producing green hydrogen from renewable energy resources;with good impact in these two cantons: Bassar, Gobe/ Eketo/Gbadi N’Kugna. However, this resource is still decreasing and in some cantons it is null.

关键词： Green Hydrogen Potential Solar Wind Biomass Climate Change

Mapping of Flood Prone Areas in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria: A GIS Approach

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Journal of Geographic Information System 2015年第2期7卷 158-176页

作者： Chidinma Blessing Okoye Vincent Nduka Ojeh Department of Geography University of Lagos Akoka Nigeria wascal Department of Meteorology Federal University of Technology Akure Nigeria

Increase in the frequency of flooding incidents all over the world and indeed in Nigeria is a major cause for concern. The purpose of this research work is to identify the factors that lead to flooding;and using Geographic Information Systems, map the flood prone areas in Surulere. The causal factors of flooding in Surulere, such as high rainfall intensity and duration, land use patterns, human actions, urbanization, soil impermeability to mention but a few were identified. The pattern of rainfall in Surulere was analysed using 20 years rainfall data from The Nigerian Meteorological Agency. The land use/land cover map as well as the DEM of Surulere was generated in the ArcGis environment with ikonos imagery and 1:50,000 toposheet of Lagos S.E which covers Surulere. The Flood prone areas in Surulere were then mapped. Results show that majority of the land area of Surulere is prone to flooding. Flood mitigation such as early warning systems and flood forecasting, proper urban development, awareness and research should be implemented by the Lagos State Government.

关键词： GIS Flooding Surulere DEM

Understanding Farmers’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability: The Case of the Maritime, Plateau and Savannah Regions of Togo

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Agricultural Sciences 2015年第12期6卷 1441-1454页

作者： Agossou Gadédjisso-Tossou West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (wascal) Université de Lomé Lomé Togo

Togolese agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and hence fundamentally dependent on the vagaries of weather. Thus, it is negatively affected by climate change. The present study assesses farmers’ perceptions and adaptation to climate change to enhance policy towards tackling the challenges climate change poses to the farmers in the study area. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logit (MNL) were used to analyze data obtained from a cross-sectional survey executed during the 2013/2014 agricultural production year in the maritime, plateau and savannah regions of Togo. The analysis of farmers’ perception to climate change reveals high increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall. These results are in line with the trend analysis of climate data that records from 1961 to 2013 about the study area especially on the temperature. Furthermore, the results show that crop diversification, change in crops, find off-farm jobs, change of the amount of land, change of the planting date and plant short season variety are the adaptation methods employed by the farmers. Moreover, with respect to the multinomial logit analysis, the results highlight that education level, farming experience, access extension services, access to credit and access to climate information are the factors that enhance farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate change and variability. Thus, there is room for better adaptation if government intensifies activities of extension workers and ensures that farmers have access to affordable credit schemes to increase their ability and flexibility to adopt adaptation measures. There is also a need to include climate change communication to facilitate exchange of climatic information that could enable smallholder farmers to adapt to changing planting dates. Finally, investment in education systems and creation of off-farm job opportunities in the rural areas can be underlined as a good policy option.

关键词： Climate Change Agriculture Perception Adaptation Multinomial Logit

Analysis of geo-spatiotemporal data using machine learning algorithms and reliability enhancement for urbanization decision support

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International Journal of Digital Earth 2020年第12期13卷 1717-1732页

作者： Kwame O.Hackman Xuecao Li Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi Emmanuella A.Asamoah Isaac.D.Nelson Data Management Department WASCAL Competence CenterOuagadougouBurkina Faso Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Iowa State UniversityAmesUSA Department of Environmental Management University of Energy and Natural ResourcesSunyaniGhana Building and Road Research Institute(BRRI) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)KumasiGhana

We present systematic analyses of the temporal dynamics of the growth of Kumasi,the fastest growing city in Ghana using 20-year Landsat timeseries data from 2000 to 2020(with 1986 Landsat image as a baseline).Two classification algorithms–random forest(RF)and support vector machines(SVM)–were used to produce binary(built-up/non-built up)maps for all years within the temporal *** further implemented an anomaly detection and temporal consistency algorithm followed by a changing logic to correct the classification anomalies due to image contamination from the cloud and other *** mean overall accuracies obtained for RF and SVM were 94.9%(kappa=0.90)and 95.5%(kappa=0.91),*** results reveal that the mean builtup area percentages of the metropolis are approximately 74,65,47,and 23 for the years 2020,2010,2000,and 1986,respectively,representing a mean annual change of 3.5%over the 34 *** the present lack of labeled data in Ghana for in-depth analyses of the evolution of land use,we believe that this study serves as an initial attempt to a better understanding of the effects of increasing anthropogenic activities due to urbanization,on human and environment health.

关键词： Urbanization Kumasi support vector machine random forest Landsat

Effect of Biofertilizers on the Agromorphological Parameters of Three Okra Cultivars in Southern Côte d’Ivoire

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Agricultural Sciences 2024年第4期15卷 408-422页

作者： Guinagui N’doua Bertrand Nomel Meless Patrice Sanogo Souleymane Kouassi N’dri Pacôme Kouadio Edouard Yves Gilchrist Dao Jonas Patrick Koné Dapah Sara Fatim Koné Daouda Fatogoma Sorho Plant Physiology and Pathology Teaching and Research Unit UFR Biosciences F&#233lix Houphou&#235t-Boigny University Abidjan C&#244te d&#8217Ivoire wascal Center/African Center of Excellence on Climate Change Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (WASCAL/CEA-CCBAD) Abidjan C&#244te d&#8217Ivoire

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) is an herbaceous plant of the Malvaceae family. In Côte d’Ivoire, okra production is estimated to be over 193,000 tons. This low production is largely due to poor soils and hardly covers the needs of the population. To remedy this, growers systematically use mineral fertilizers. However, these fertilizers pollute the environment. To find an alternative to chemical fertilization and increase production, the effect of biofertilizers (Spaawet, Retone, Super Gro) compared with NPK mineral fertilizer was evaluated on Divo, Teriman, and Djonan F1 cultivars. The trial was set up in a factorial block design with three replications. Plant height, number of functional leaves, and crown diameter were assessed at 60 days after sowing (DAS). The time to 50% flowering, production time, and fruit yield were calculated. The results showed that the biofertilizer Retone induced the highest heights and number of functional leaves, with averages of 61.89 cm and 29.88 leaves, respectively. The diameter at the crown (17.77 mm) was highest with the NPK mineral fertilizer, and the shortest 50% flowering time, with an average of 47.61 days, was also obtained with the biofertilizer Retone. The NPK mineral fertilizer produced the longest production time, with an average of 35.25 days. The highest yields were obtained using Retone (11.07 t/ha) and NPK (9.52 t/ha) fertilizers. The “Divo*Retone” interaction produced the highest yield with an average of 12.19 t/ha. The biofertilizer Retone could therefore be used as an alternative fertilizer to chemical fertilization in okra crops, given its effect on the parameters assessed.

关键词： Biofertilizer Retone Mineral Fertilizer Okra Yield Côte d’Ivoire

Farmers’perceptions on cultivation and the impacts of climate change on goods and services provided by Garcinia kola in Nigeria

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Ecological Processes 2018年第1期7卷 425-434页

作者： Onyebuchi Patrick Agwu Adama Bakayoko Saka Oladunni Jimoh Porembski Stefan wascal Graduate Research Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity Universite´Felix Houphouet BoignyBP 165Abidjan 31Côte d’Ivoire Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire(CSRS) UniversitéNangui AbrogouaAbidjanCôte d’Ivoire Department of Social and Environmental Forestry University of IbadanIbadanNigeria Institute for Biodiversity Research University of RostockRostockGermany

Background:Garcinia kola is an indigenous multipurpose tree species commonly found in the tropical rain forest zone of West and Central *** economic,ecological,and socio-cultural benefits for people,they have potentials to improve the regional and local income generation to the farmers but the cultivation of the species is very limited in ***:The study investigated cultivation and farmers’perceptions on the impacts of climate change on goods and services provided by *** in *** questioners and interviews were *** data obtained was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistic such as frequency,percentage,chi-square,and multinomial logit regressions with SPSS Version 20 and R software Version ***:The results show that farmers are presently not cultivating ***,and most of the available stands were inherited from *** farmers still believe it is only God that can make *** to germinate;however,information about the new improved methods of raising *** was not spread across farmers’*** 93%of these farmers were not aware of these new methods,and the only means they raise the species is by picking the wildlings that regenerate naturally close to mother tree and are rarely *** finding also shows that farmers are well aware of climate change and its impact on crop productivity is not clear to *** result shows that five explanatory variables(age,gender,marital status,education level,household size and primary occupation)are the main factors significantly influencing farmers’perception of climate change and the cultivation of the *** interview section,the farmers reported variability of Harmattan season influences fruit production of the species;according to them,increase in Harmattan season usually leads to increase in fruiting of ***:Based on our findings,all the 215 respondent interviewed agree that climatic variability influences the availabi

关键词： Garcinia kola Propagation Multipurpose species Farmers Climate change Harmattan season

Allometric models for estimating aboveground biomass in the tropical woodlands of Ghana, West Africa

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Forest Ecosystems 2020年第3期7卷 539-561页

作者： Raymond Aabeyir Stephen Adu-Bredu Wilson Agyei Agyare Michael J.C.Weir Department of Environment and Resource Studies UDS-Wa CampusWaGhana wascal Graduate Research Programme on Climate Change and Land Use KNUSTKumasiGhana Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Division CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of GhanaKumasiGhana Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering KNUSTKumasiGhana Department of Natural Resources Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation(ITC)University of TwenteEnschedethe Netherlands

Background: Modelling aboveground biomass(AGB) in forest and woodland ecosystems is critical for accurate estimation of carbon stocks. However, scarcity of allometric models for predicting AGB remains an issue that has not been adequately addressed in Africa. In particular, locally developed models for estimating AGB in the tropical woodlands of Ghana have received little attention. In the absence of locally developed allometric models, Ghana will continue to use Tier 1 biomass data through the application of pantropic models. Without local allometric models it is not certain how Ghana would achieve Tier 2 and 3 levels under the United Nations programme for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The objective of this study is to develop a mixedspecies allometric model for use in estimating AGB for the tropical woodlands in Ghana. Destructive sampling was carried out on 745 trees(as part of charcoal production) for the development of allometric equations. Diameter at breast height(dbh, i.e. 1.3 m above ground level), total tree height(H) and wood density(ρ) were used as predictors for the models. Seven models were compared and the best model selected based on model efficiency,bias(%) and corrected Akaike Information Criterion. The best model was validated by comparing its results with those of the pantropic model developed by Chave et al.(Glob Chang Biol 20:3177–3190, 2014) using equivalence test and conventional paired ***: The results revealed that the best model for estimating AGB in the tropical woodlands is AGB =0.0580ρ((dbh)2 H)0.999. The equivalence test showed that this model and the pantropic model developed by Chave et al.(Glob Chang Biol 20:3177–3190, 2014) were equivalent within ±10% of their mean predictions(p-values <0.0001 for one-tailed t-tests for both lower and upper bounds at 5% significant level), while the paired t-test revealed that the mean(181.44 ± 18.25 kg) of the model predictions of the best model of this s

关键词： Charcoal Diameter at breast height Tree height Wood density Savannah woodland

Vulnerability Assessment of West African Countries to Climate Change and Variability

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Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection 2019年第6期7卷 13-15页

作者： Bobadoye Ayodotun Sylla Bamba Aderonke Adio Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) Ibadan Nigeria West Africa Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (wascal) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso

This study was conducted to assess vulnerability of West African countries to climate change using selected indicators for adaptive capacity, exposure and sensitivity to generate vulnerability index for West African countries. Vulnerability index was calculated as the net effect of adaptive capacity, sensitivity and exposure to climate change. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to assign weights to the vulnerability indicators used in this study. A total of thirteen (13) indicators were used to generate vulnerability index and vulnerability maps were produced using the GIS software package ArcGIS 10.2. The result shows that Niger, Mali and Mauritania have the highest levels of vulnerability to climate change in West Africa. The countries with the least levels of vulnerability to climate change are Ghana, Cape Verde and Gambia. Generally, this study shows that most countries in West Africa are vulnerable to climate change with ten countries (Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina-Faso, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Benin and Sierra Leone) having vulnerability levels higher than 50%. We conclude that there is the need for well planned integrated adaptation measures to reduce the impact of climate change in the region.

关键词： West Africa Vulnerability Index Climate Change

Climate Change Adaptation among Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Ghana

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Atmospheric and Climate Sciences 2020年第4期10卷 614-638页

作者： Amma Birago Kantanka Gyimah M’koumfida Bagbohouna Nagale dit Mahamadou Sanogo Alieu Gibba West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (wascal) University of The Gambia (UTG) Farafenni The Gambia Department of Economics & Finance University of The Gambia (UTG) Kanifing The Gambia

Local discourses on climate change adaptation are very relevant to many developing countries which suffer the most of climate change impacts. Smallholder farmers are a backbone to the Ghanaian economy. However, the activities of smallholder farmers are threatened by climate-related risk increasing their vulnerability. This study aims to review knowledge on climate change adaptation for the ultimate goal of fostering climate-resilience among smallholder farmers. This paper uses purposive sampling to systematically review recent available literature on the theme “adaptation of smallholder farmers in Ghana”. In order to avoid the duplication of the information and track data sources for accuracy purpose, Mendeley version 1.19.4 software was used to incorporate articles while MS EXCEL Version 2019 was used to categorize the types and key examples of adaptation strategies used by smallholders. It was found that the most utilized adaptation types are farm management and technology (67%) and diversification on and beyond the farm (20.6%) with less adoption for knowledge management, networks and governance (5.4%);farm financial management (4%);government interventions in rural infrastructure, the rural health care services, and risk reduction for the rural population (3%). Although the strategies enlisted above help to adapt to climate change, challenges such as poor and unsustainable agricultural practices, socio-cultural constraints, institutional barriers and under-representation of other regions (except Northern Ghana) in the study of climate change adaptation of smallholder farmers in Ghana remain. The study therefore advocates for strengthening the link between research institutions and the extension officers and enhanced deployment of agricultural extension services to smallholder farmers in the rural areas among others.

关键词： Climate Change Smallholder Farmers Adaptation Strategies Systematic Review