Dr. Yacouba Yira

Country of current residence

Burkina Faso

Current position

Specialized Advisor

Current institute employer

Hydro-Climate Services (HSC)

Profession

Geographer

Degrees / expertise

- Agronomist Engineer

- Master in Irrigation

Professional experience

2008-2012: Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic_Burkina Faso

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Bernd DIEKKRÜGER

University of Bonn

Advisor at ZEF

Gero STEUP

Institute of Geography

University of Bonn

2019

Salack S., A. Bossa, J. Bliefernicht, S. Berger, Y. Yira, K.A. Sanoussi, S. Guug, D. Heinzeller, A.S. Avocanh, B. Hamadou, S. Meda, B.A. Diallo, I.B. Bado, I.A. Saley, E.K. Daku, N.Z. Lawson, A. Ganaba, S. Sanfo, K. Hien, A. Aduna, G. Steup, B. Diekkrüger.  2019.  Designing Transnational Hydroclimatological Observation Networks and Data Sharing Policies in West Africa.  Data Science Journal, 18   : 1-15   .

2017

Yira, Y., Diekkrüger B, Steup G. and Bossa A.Y..  2017.  Impact of climate change on hydrological conditions in a tropical West African catchment using an ensemble of climate simulations.  Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21   : 2143-2161   . Further Information

2016

Yira Y., Diekkrüger B., Steup G., Bossa A. Y..  2016.  Modeling land use change impacts on water resources in a tropical West African catchment (Dano, Burkina Faso).  Journal of Hydrology, 537   : 187-199   . Further Information
Yira, Y..  2016.  Modeling Climate sand Land Use Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Dano Catchment (Burkina Faso, West) and Dassari (Benin) catchments.  Doctoral Thesis at  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn.  Further Information

2013

Okyere C. Y., Yacouba Y. and Gilgenbach D.  2013.  The problem of annual occurence of floods in Accra: an integration of hydrological, economic and political perspectives.  Theoretical and Empirical Research in Urban Management, 8 (2)   : 45-79   . Further Information

2006

Nacro H. B, L. Sawadogo, D. Sanon, YIRA Y., M. M. Bengali, M. S. Sawadogo, A. Ouedraogo, H. Yambressinga, M. Konate, A. Coulibaly.  2006.  ETUDE EXPLORATOIRE SUR L’AGRICULTURE URBAINE DANS LA VILLEDE BOBO-DIOULASSO (BURKINA FASO).  <a href="http://www.ruaf.org" target="_blank">http://www.ruaf.org</a>. Further Information

Yira, Y..  Hydrology, groundwater.  Faculty of Math. & Nat. Science, University of Bonn. 

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
and Downloads
Research themes
  • Governance
  • New Technologies
Research countries
  • Burkina Faso
Research projects
WASCAL- West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use; www.wascal.org
Working groups

Hydrology Research Group

Institute of Geography

University of Bonn

www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppe-diekkrueger

Professional experience
2008-2012: Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic_Burkina Faso
Degrees

- Agronomist Engineer

- Master in Irrigation

Funding institutions

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Thesis title

Design of a Dri p Irrigation System for the P roduction of Bananas on the Plain of Bagré (Burkina Faso)

Thesis abstract

7614_Thesis IAO YIRA.pdf

Thesis download
Thesis title

EVALUATION DE DIFFERENTES FORMULES DE FUMURE DU MAÏS DANS LES SYSTEMES DE CULTURES DANS LE TERROIR DE GUENA, PROVINCE DU KENEDOUGOU, EN ZONE COTONNIERE OUEST DU BURKINA FASO

Thesis abstract

4bac_IDR-2008-YIR-EVA.pdf

Thesis download
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Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Bernd DIEKKRÜGER

University of Bonn

Advisor at ZEF

Gero STEUP

Institute of Geography

University of Bonn

Yacouba Yira

Former Junior Researcher

Former Division/Group:
Ecology and Natural Resources Management

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