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Abergelle goat climate 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. Abergelle goat climate similarity in Ethiopia at 30 ...
Screening cowpea germplasm (cultivated and wild relatives) for aphid resistance
A total set of 376 entries including 374 mini-core accessions, 1 resistant check (TVu801) and 1 susceptible check (TVx 3236) were evaluated in screening cages at Kano and screen house at Cotonou for resistance to cowpea ...
Guidelines for Setting up Community-based Sheep Breeding Programs in Ethiopia: Lessons and experiences for sheep breeding in low-input systems
These guidelines are designed for all those involved in planning and implementing sheep breeding activities with resource-poor farmers in developing countries. This includes research centers, non-governmental organizations ...
Quantifying Yield Potential and Yield Gaps of Faba Bean in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the major faba bean growing countries in the world but with a low average national yield (≤ 2 t ha-1) compared to yield levels in other countries. The objective of this study was to determine potential ...
Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems
The development and trialling of composite indicators, the pilot spatial tool and
indicators for use in Monitoring and Evaluation has resulted in evidential gaps in
the data. This summary paper documents these initial gaps ...
Trait‐based approaches for guiding the restoration of degraded agricultural landscapes in East Africa
1. Functional ecology provides a framework that can link vegetation characteristics of various land uses with ecosystem function. However, this application has been mostly limited to [semi‐]natural systems and small spatial ...
Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1983/84
The main objective of the program is to provide a mechanism for the multi-location testing of the genetic material of chickpea, faba beans, and lentils originating from national and International programs.
The testing aims ...
Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats
Environmental suitability analysis is an important step in planning livestock development activities because of its efficiency to allocate improved and new livestock breeds to their most appropriate habitats for optimal ...
Modeling livestock feed and fodder availablity in the ASALs of the IGAD region
In the arid parts of Africa there is a strong relationship between rainfall and plant production. This is especially prevalent in areas that receive less than 300mm rain per annum, where water is the principal limiting ...
Effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaf meal supplementation on production performance and egg quality of laying hens
This experiment was conducted to investigate the supplemental effect of rosemary leaf meal
(RLM) on egg production and egg quality in Lohmann-Brown laying hens. For each treatment, six
replicates were performed with four ...