<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Adoption and impact of integrated Striga and soil fertility management strategy in Mali</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">F</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Badolo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Nzungize</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S A</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Diallo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The possibility to vary the energy matrix, thus reducing the dependency on fossil fuels,&#13;
has amplified the acceptance of biomass as an alternative fuel. Despite being a cheap and&#13;
renewable option of waste from agriculture and forestry activities, the use of these&#13;
materials has barriers due to its low density and low energetic efficiency, which can raise&#13;
the costs of its utilization. Biomass densification has drawn attention due to its advantage&#13;
in comparison to in natura biomass due to its better physical and combustion&#13;
characteristics. Work has been carried out in this areas namely in the densification&#13;
(briquettes) forestry wastes, kiwi and vine punning waste and their respectively&#13;
elementary characterization. In a subsequent step, this work also presents the study of the&#13;
thermal performance and combustion hygiene of the different briquettes produced in a&#13;
burning hot water boiler. The thermal efficiency was determined by the direct method and&#13;
it was found that the boiler thermal performance was quite similar for the different types&#13;
of fuel tested and did not depend on the fuel feeding rate.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Soil Fertility</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agricultural Economics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Mali</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2019-09</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>