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Field day report: Village Dhobia, Datia (MP), Jhansi India
The farmer’s day at Jhansi District, India was organized on Friday, 21 November 2017. Attending the farmers’ day were Drs. Sunil Kumar, A. K. Misra, Shahid Ahmed, Palsaniya and Vikas Kumar representatives of ICAR (Indian ...
Cactus field day in Bhopal-India
The farmer’s day at Bhopal, India was organized on Saturday, 23 November, 2017. Attending the farmers’ day were Drs. Ashutosh Sarker and Sawsan Hassan and 31 farmers. Dr. Sarker highlighted the importance of cactus as green ...
Is DNA fingerprinting the gold standard for estimation of adoption and impacts of improved lentil varieties?
In the early 1980s, disease susceptibility in short-season lentil landraces began to limit productivity in areas where relay cropping took place in Bangladesh. Since then, several improved high-yielding lentil varieties, ...
Impact of grazing on soil, vegetation and ewe production performances in a semi-arid rangeland
Controlled grazing is considered a good management strategy to maintain or increase the live weight of livestock and to reduce vegetation degradation of rangelands. The present study investigated soil characteristics, ...
Harnessing food legumes for climate-smart agriculture
Food legumes are particularly suited to sustainable agriculture. ICARDA is developing and disseminating improved varieties and production technologies so farmers can benefit from the increasing demand for these climate-smart ...
The Influence of Protection From Grazing on Cholistan Desert Vegetation, Pakistan
• The information from this study is important for helping promote a more sustainable use of resources, such as grasses and shrubs, and in increasing an understanding of the utilization dynamics and their impact on potential ...
Genome Wide Association Mapping of Seedling and Adult Plant Resistance to Barley Stripe Rust in India
Performing genome-wide association mapping (GWAM), we identified and estimated effects of loci underlying quantitative resistance to barley stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp. hordei (Psh). Barley stripe rust ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2017: Pathways to impact for building thriving and resilient communities in dry areas
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures ...