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Technical guideline for reproductive biotechnologies of sheep and goat in Ethiopia
Reproductive biotechnology in animal production is widely used to increase production, reproductive efficiency and rates of
genetic improvement (Madan, 2005). According to NRC (2003), animal production biotechnology is ...
Technical and institutional certification of breeding rams in Ethiopia
This report is a preliminary attempt to describe the technical and institutional requirements for certification of improved rams selected in the framework of the community-based breeding programs in Ethiopia.
Livestock CRP Priority Country Project proposal
This plan outlines key components of what the Livestock CRP will be proposing as a 3-year project to consolidate CRP research to date and translate it into a pilot integrated package of interventions. The project will ...
Root hair length evaluated
A field trial was conducted during the dry season (May to July 2016) at Darien, Valle del Cauca-Colombia, The BASE (Bean Abiotic Stress Evaluation). The BASE trial included 80 bean genotypes: 58 belong to Mesoamerican gene ...
Current and residual effects of compost and inorganic fertilizer on wheat and soil chemical properties
Restoring soil fertility in smallholder
farming systems is essential to sustain crop production.
An experiment was conducted in 2011 and 2012
to study the effect of compost and inorganic fertilizer
application on soil ...
Orobanche resistance in faba bean and lentil
In order to identify resistance sources, 216 lentil and 194 faba bean elite lines and 280 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of a faba bean cross (BPL710 x ILB4347) were screened against Orobanche crenata in a
sick plot at ...
Can improved food legume varieties increase technical efficiency in crop production?
Faba bean (broad bean), field pea, and lentil are very important legumes in the highlands of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the largest producer of faba bean in SSA. In 2012/13, about 4.4 million small holder farmers planted 574,000 ...
Synthesis Report on Gender Transformative Approach to Overcome Gender-Based Constraints within the Livestock CRP Target Sites in Ethiopia: Gender issues addressed, outcomes reported and the way forward
The synthesis review on community conversations (CCs) covered one published paper
and 26 unpublished reports (technical reports, manuals, extension materials, training
materials, blog stories, and posters) to produce ...
Market Linkage between Community-Based Goat Breeding Cooperatives and Export Abattoirs
Small ruminant population of Ethiopia, including expert estimates of the pastoral areas, is about
66 million heads of which about 35 million is sheep (Negassa et al., 2011). Small ruminants
provide about 46% of the national ...
On-farm evaluation and demonstration of animal drawn mouldboard and Gavin ploughs
The study reported in this book chapter was undertaken to evaluate technical performance of the mouldboard and Gavin ploughs against the traditional plough; to evaluate the impact of zero-tillage as against conventional ...