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Predicting Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Liquid Pollination and Polycarbonate Drying Technologies: A Case Study from the Date Palm Growers in the Sultanate of Oman
This research paper aims to assess the adoption level of the two technologies (liquid pollination and polycarbonate drying houses) in the Sultanate of Oman, emphasizing the influencing factors of the adoption process and ...
Doyo Gena sheep Soil similarity in Ethiopia
This map was prepared for Livestock and fish CRP project for Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats. Doyo Gena sheep Soil similarity in Ethiopia at 30 ...
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 ...
Genome-wide discovery of lincRNAs with spatiotemporal expression patterns in the skin of goat during the cashmere growth cycle
Background: Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) have been recognized in recent years as key regulators
of biological processes. However, lincRNAs in goat remain poorly characterized both across various tissues ...
Fodder seeds: empowering women and closing gaps in Afghanistan
This Blog summarizes the training workshop on plant propagation, nursery management, pasture production and enterprise development, and defines the role of gender in forage value chain in Afghanistan. The workshop was held ...
Community feedback assessment and mainstreaming aims and outcomes of the study
Community gathering and initial briefing of community participation
Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and ...
Root System Architecture and Its Association with Yield under Different Water Regimes in Durum Wheat
Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) is a major cereal crop grown globally, but its production is often hindered by droughts. Breeding for adapted root system architecture should provide a strategic solution for better ...
Grain yield losses due to leaf miner (Liriomyza cicerina R.) in winter- and spring-planted chickpea in Morocco
Chickpea leaf miner (Liriomyza cicerina R.) is one of the main insect pests damaging chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) inthe Mediterranean region.This study assessed yield losses caused by the chickpea leafminer on four improved ...
Chromatic exclusivity hypothesis and the physical basis of floral color
This paper presents the results of floral spectral studies on 1275 flowers from India, Brazil, Israel, Germany, and Norway. Floral spectral reflectance from 400 to 700 nm (nm) was used to quantitatively represent ...