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Capacity building on dimensioning, design and operation of small-scale pneumatic dryers (2 - interim report September 2018)
The most suitable types of equipment available for drying cassava is a pneumatic dryer. State of-the-art industrial pneumatic dryers are available and are used to process cassava in many tropical countries. However, in ...
Simultaneous adoption of integrated soil fertility management technologies in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa
Empirical scientific evidence indicates that there is still room for increasing food production by improving land productivity. This study aimed at identifying the key determinants that govern farmers’ decisions to adopt ...
A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need ...
Cassava Market Update and short-term outlook
The regional cassava market has experience a rapid recovery from the low prices of 2016-17 in the last 12 months. By the second half of 2017 a supply shortage became apparent and prices rapidly increased, with starch price ...
2017 - 2018 Technical Report - NextGen Cassava - Next Generation Cassava Breeding - Phase I
2017 - 2018 Technical Report
Ethiopian Journal of Crop Science
A Special Volume Dedicated to the 3rd Decadal National Conference on Food and Forage Legumes in Ethiopia 6 - 9 November 2016, EIAR, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Special Issue , Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018).
Gender-based drivers of participation in sheep breeding cooperatives in Ethiopia
Collective actions and formation of cooperatives are crucial for small ruminant community-based breeding programs.
Women’s participation in agricultural cooperatives is generally low in Ethiopia and the lack of participation ...
Geospatial Opportunities in Inclusive Agro-ecosystems for Sustainable Foods and Future
Presentation on "Geospatial Opportunities in Inclusive Agro-ecosystems for Sustainable Foods and Future".
Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods
This technical paper begins with an introduction to
grain legumes and their importance in Eastern Africa,
followed by trends in production and productivity,
variety development, release and promotion.
It proposes and ...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes –Vol I. Advances in breeding and cultivation technique
“This reference will greatly improve the visibility of,
and access to knowledge about crops that play such a
critical role in sustainable cropping systems, nutrition
and income, yet which often remain under the radar ...