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A brief on introduction of forage cultivars to the Islamic republic of Afghanistan through fast track adaptation trials under the ACIAR funded forage options for small holders’ project
Based on the draft seed regulations for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, field crop varieties such as oat, triticale, alfalfa, Trifolium etc. are either of Afghanistan or foreign origins. Either of them needs to be ...
Afghanistan forage initiative knowledge focussed event
22 participants from including staff from Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), private seed company, Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) in Baghlan, ...
Technology tracking: Understanding decisions to adopt, not to adopt, and dis-adopt household greywater filtration systems
Jordan is one of the world’s water-poorest countries. The demand for potable and productive water is ever increasing due to population growth, climate change, increasing numbers of refugees hosted by the country, as well ...
Biophysical and econometric analysis of adoption of soil and water conservation techniques in the semiarid region of Sidi Bouzid (Central Tunisia)
Soil and water conservation technologies (SWCT) are important to farmers, to the research community, as well as to the policy makers, given that declining soil health, and increasing erosion and moisture stress have ...
Sustainable development of smallholder crop-livestock farming in developing countries
Meeting the growing demand for animal-sourced food, prompted by population growth and increases in average per-capita income in low-income countries, is a major challenge. Yet, it also presents significant potential for ...
Effect of seeding rate on the yield of legume-cereal bi-crops in rainfed production systems of Afghanistan
A two-year study (2016-2017) investigated the effect of seeding rate on forage production of monocultures and binary mixtures of barley (Hordeum vulgare), triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack), lathyrus (Lathyrus sativus), ...
Power to the partners? Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as an approach for more pluralistic agricultural extension service in Egypt
Agriculture remains a key and sensitive economic sector in Egypt. Given contemporary geo-political concerns
that limit access to international markets, it continues to remain responsible for the production of food and
fiber ...
Innovation Platforms in Agricultural Research for Development: Ex-ante appraisal of the purposes and conditions under which innovation platforms can contribute to agricultural development outcomes
Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research for development projects and programmes. Their basic tenet is that stakeholders depend on one another to achieve agricultural development ...