November 2018

Impact of pollution by the hydrocarbons on the biological activity of soils in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

The microbial activity estimated by respirometry test method made it possible to measure the quantity of CO2 produced per day, from four soils polluted at different degrees by hydrocarbons. These samples have been wet to 2/3 of their maximal capacity of retention and incubated at 30°C for 30 days. The quantity of CO2 released and measured shows a high value (83.97 mg/100 g of soils against 36.05 mg/100 g of soils)...

Author(s): Pauline W. Kaboré-Ouédraogo, Cheik A. T. Ouattara, Paul W. Savadogo, Aboubacar S. Ouattara and Alfred S. Traoré    

November 2018

Prospects for sustainable cocoa farming from the rainfall balance in the last thirty years at Lôh-Djiboua and Gôh post-pioneer regions, Côte d’Ivoire

The rainfall disturbances observed in the recent decades in Côte d'Ivoire constitute a constraint for sustainable cocoa production, the mainstay of the Ivorian economy. These disturbances constitute, in addition to the losses of production and those from the quality of the cocoa beans, one of the causes of the high cocoa mortality at the recovery stage in all cocoa production area. The present study, carried...

Author(s): KASSIN Koffi Emmanuel, KOUAME Brou, COULIBALY Klotioloma, TAHI Gnon Mathias N’GUESSAN Walet Pierre, AKA Aka Romain, ASSI Marise Evelyne, GUIRAUD Brigitte Honorine, KONE Boake and YAO Guy Fermand