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Turning the tide on pulses production in Ethiopia - Faba Bean
Ethiopia is the second major faba bean producer worldwide after China, and it is the first in Africa.
However, in the past, the crop has suffered from biotic stresses such as foliar diseases, root rots and
Orobanche crenata ...
Tapping Rice Fallows to Boost Pulses Production in India
India is globally the largest consumer of pulses with millions, particularly the poor, dependent on them for food and nutrition. It is also the largest importer of pulses and faces increasing dependence on imports as pulses ...
Raised-bed planting in Egypt: an affordable technology to rationalize water use and enhance water productivity
Research on water management to achieve higher productivity in irrigated agriculture has
identified raised-bed systems as an important component of improved wheat production
package. Through this farmers in Egypt have ...
Sustainability transitions for smallholder farmers: How can government, research and development programs support profitable goat markets in Tete?
For Mozambique the goat sector provides huge opportunities for reducing rural poverty levels, improving food security and contributing
to the national economy. Mozambique has a huge demand for goat meat and products. Large ...
Kyrgyzstan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Kyrgyzstan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Summer pastures across the Kyrgyz Republic can provide greater economic and environmental ...
Repositioning agricultural innovation systems in post-Soviet Central Asia
Transforming a centrally planned system of agricultural production to one where individual farmers are accorded choice in crop mix and land use management practices is much more than structural change. Embedded within this ...
Technology of planting crops along the ridges
Ridge planting technology is applied
in the CIS countries (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan
etc.) for the cultivation of cereals,
legumes, vegetables, technical and
oilseed crops. Ridge sowing of the
grain ...
Principles of haymaking using tropical grasses and legumes
Brief on Principles of haymaking using tropical grasses and legumes
Turning the tide on pulses production in Ethiopia - Lentil
Ethiopia is a major lentil producer in the sub-Saharan Africa region. However, its lentil cultivation area and
production was declining for several reasons: use of low-yielding landraces, diseases, insect pests, ...
Novel tools to inform animal breeding programs
Rapid development of novel tools for phenotyping, genetic and genomic analyses, reproduction, and modelling offers opportunities to speed up the genetic gain of complex traits to meet the needs of animal breeding programs.