Publications (280)
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Environmental geochemistry and ecological risk assessment of potentially harmful elements in tropical semi-arid soils around the Bagassi South artisanal gold mining site, Burkina Faso
Aboubakar Sako and Mamadou Nimi
This study investigates geochemistry and ecological risk of artisanal gold mining-derived potentially harmful elements in semi-arid soils in Burkina Faso. R-mode factor analysis, which reduces the variables (elements) to few factors, was applied to explain the dominant variance in the data. Three factors, which account 80% of the total varianc(...)
potentially harmful elements; artisanal gold mining; geochemistry; ecological risk; pedogeochemical processes
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Prevalence and economic losses resulting from parasitic zoonosis on swine and ruminants in Ouagadougou abattoir (Burkina Faso)
Laibané Dieudonné DAHOUROU, Canésius NDAYIKEZA, Madi SAVADOGO and Oubri Bassa GBATI
Cysticercosis and fasciolosis are zoonosis with public health and economic importance. A retrospective study was conducted with the objective to determine the prevalence and economic losses associated with meat condemnation in Ouagadougou abattoir due to two parasitic zoonosis: fasciolosis and cysticercosis. The meat inspection register was s(...)
Public heath, cysticercosis, meat, swine, cattle, Burkina Faso
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Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Soil Organic Matter Fractions in Thickets and Intergrowth Areas of Sudanian Savannah Grasslands, Bondoukuy, Western Burkina Faso
Moïse YONI, Aboubakar SAKO, Luc ABBADIE & Georges SERPANTIE
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) play a central role in physico-chemical fertility of a soil, and thus promoting agricultural productivity. Yet little is known about SOC and TN dynamics in tropical ferruginous soils of Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, thicket and intergrowth soil samples, under both cultivation and perennial(...)
Andropogon gayanus, fallow lands, particulate organic matter fractions, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen
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Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Dug Well Water and Its Suitability for Domestic Water Supply in the Village of Passakongo, Dédougou municipality, Burkina Faso
Aboubakar Sako, Sâga Sawadogo, Moïse Yoni, Mamadou Nimi, Ousseni Zongo & Ousmane Bamba
Hydrogeochemical characterization and suitability study of dug well water for domestic purpose were carried out in a semi-arid rural village in Burkina Faso. Thirty water samples were collected from 15 wells in dry and wet seasons, 2017. Electrical conductivity (EC) and total dissolved solids as well as major ions of all samples were within th(...)
dug well; hydrochemistry; domestic water supply; semi-arid; rural Burkina Faso
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Evaluation of the hygienic and sanitary quality of attiéké produced by hand in Burkina Faso: case of "Burkina journalier", a local processing unit in Dedougou.
Réné Dembelé, Ali Konaté, Oumar Traoré, Kaboré W. A. Désiré, Luc Sarambé, Charles Edouard T. Kaboré, Harouna Bidiga, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro
In Burkina Faso, the lack of good hygienic practices (GHP) by producers and the uncontrolled sale of attiéké expose consumers to health risks like the Toxi-Infections Food (TIF). Our study aims to establish the hygienic quality of attiéké produced at Dédougou (Boucle du Mouhoun) and how to apply good manufacturing practices (GMP) and good hygi(...)
Hygiene, Food science, Fecal coliform, Toxicology, Environmental science, Mathematics, Geography, Biology, Medicine, Water quality, Ecology
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Distribution of resistance genes encoding ESBLs in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from biological samples in health centers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dissinviel S Kpoda, Abraham Ajayi, Marius Somda, Oumar Traore, Nathalie Guessennd, Aboubakar S. Ouattara, Lassana Sangare, Alfred S. Traore and Mireille Dosso
Objective: Resistance to antibiotics most especially third generation cephalosporins has assumed a worrisome
dimension globally. Genes conferring these resistance which are mediated by enzymes known as extended spectrum
beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are now wide spread among several Enterobacteriaceae species. However there is paucity of
data reg(...)
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase, bla-TEM, bla-SHV, bla-CTX-M, Burkina Faso
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The conservation status of west african vultures: an updated review and a strategy for conservation
DI VITTORIO M., HEMA M. E., DENDI D., AKANI G.C., CORTONE G., LOPEZ-LOPEZ P., AMADI N., SEGNIAGBETO G.H., BATTISTI C. & LUISELLI L.
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West african vultures, threatened species, conservation strategy
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Geochemical evaluation of soil, surface water and groundwater around the Tongon gold mining area, northern Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
Aboubakar Sako, Sanata Semdé and Urbain Wenmenga
A comprehensive geochemical evaluation of soils and water resources around the largest gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire was conducted. The enrichment factors and statistical analysis of heavy metals revealed that the mining had greatly contributed to As, W, Hg, Sr and, to a lesser degree, Co, Ni and Zn loadings into the soils. In contrast, V, Zr, Hf(...)
Gold mining, Heavy metals, Soil geochemistry, Water pollution, Northern Côte d’Ivoire
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Impacts of hydrogeochemical processes and anthropogenic activities on groundwater quality in the Upper Precambrian sedimentary aquifer of northwestern Burkina Faso
A. Sako, J. M. Yaro and O. Bamba
This study investigates the hydrogeochemical and anthropogenic factors that control groundwater quality in an Upper Precambrian sedimentary aquifer in the northwestern Burkina Faso. The raw data and statistical and geochemical modeling results were used to identify the sources of major ions in dug well, private borewell and tap water samples.(...)
Sedimentary aquifer · Tap water · Dug wells · Borewells · Water–rock interaction
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Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Five Cowpea Lines in the Experimental Research Station of Saria, Burkina Faso
Antoine Barro, Téyouré Benoit Joseph Batieno, Jean Baptiste De La Salle Tignégré, James Bougouma Neya, Palé Korotoumou, Adama Kaboré, Mahamadi Hamed Ouédraogo, Mahamadou Sawadogo
Considered by most producers as their coffee and cocoa as it plays a role of cash crop, cowpea constitutes in Burkina Faso an important source of income to satisfy the needs of families in rural environment. It is grown in all agro-ecological area of the country. Despite this advantage, its production is held back by biotic and abiotic constra(...)
Fodder, Livelihood, Productivity, Cash crop, Food security, Abiotic component, Crop, Production (economics), Agricultural science, Agricultural economics, Agroforestry, Geography, Agronomy, Agriculture, Biology, Economics, Ecology, Economic growth
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Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments from the Soubeira Reservoir, a Small-Scale Reservoir in North Central Burkina Faso, West Africa
Souleymane Pélédé, Aboubakar Sako & Ousmane Bamba
Small-scale reservoirs play a central role in socio-economic development of Burkina Faso. In the absence of a best environmental management plan, these reservoirs can be potential factors of water pollution and ecological deterioration. In the present study, we investigated ecological status of sediments from the Soubeira reservoir, using conc(...)
small-scale reservoirs, sediment pollution, heavy metals, benthic organisms, physico-chemical parameters
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Hydrochemical characteristics of Djirwal groundwater in Burkina Faso
Koné Martine Nimi Mamadou, Traoré Oumar, Bonou Lucien
Humanity is increasingly facing the issues related to the availability of water in quantity and quality. Its poor quality is source of many diseases. Burkina Faso is not exempted from these difficulties given its demographic outgrowth. This work aims to check physical and chemical parameters of wells and boreholes water of the village of Djirw(...)
Wells, boreholes, iron, turbidity, electrical conductivity
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Institutional factors and farmers’ adoption of conventional, organic and genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso
Yirviel Janvier Métouolé Méda, Irene Susana Egyir, Pam Zahonogo, John Baptist Donsaananang Jatoe & Calvin Atewamba
Organic farming and genetically modified (GM) crops technologies are currently being promoted as alternatives to conventional farming that is seen as unsustainable. However, institutional constraints can impede the adoption of even the most sustainable technology. This paper analysed the effect of institutional factors on farmers’ adoption of(...)
Adoption, Burkina Faso, cotton, GM crops, institutional factors, organic farming
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Nouvel Usage Des technologies pour la Gestion de l’Environnement (NUDGE)
Toho Hien
La consommation d’énergie est devenue une préoccupation mondiale au regard des défis environnementaux actuels. En effet, son utilisation constitue la principale source de production de gaz à effet de serre. Le secteur du bâtiment (résidentiels et non résidentiels) constitue le principal consommateur d’énergie dans le monde (Chalmers, 2014; Com(...)
Workplace, Incentives, Pro-environmental behavior, Energy consumption, Office building
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Raiding or not raiding ? A study of the ecological correlates of human-elephant conflict at Nazinga Game Ranch (Burkina Faso)
Emmanuel M. Hema, Djiama Sirima, Banzourou Niagabarè, Néti Nama, Fabio Petrozzi, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Wendengoudi Guenda, Luca Luiselli
Incursion ou non ? Étude des corrélations écologiques du conflit Homme-Éléphant dans le Ranch de Gibier de Nazinga (Burkina Faso) Le phénomène de conflit Homme-Éléphant constitue une préoccupation majeure dans de nombreux pays en voie de développement. Cependant, on ne dispose que de peu d’informations sur sa dynamique dans les pays de l’Afriq(...)
Geography, Forestry, Humanities, Art