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Africa Rising Mali report on Year 1 (2012)
Presentation of Africa Rising Mali report on Year 1 (2012)
Groundnut lines that combine several desirable traits into single genotype to meet the needs of the farmer, consumer and industry.
Single-seed descent, pedigree, and backcross methods of breeding are used to improve the target traits. Selection in segregating populations are enabled by (a) markers for three traits, resistance to rust and late leaf ...
Addressing dry season feeding challenges in Mali by Mobile Choppers
Key research activities: Mechanized power and its role in feeding both humans and animals more efficiently have long been neglected
in West African agriculture. ICRISAT along with its partners are taking corrective action. ...
Gender roles and preferences in animal feeding technologies: a case from Mali
Poster on Gender roles and preferences in animal feeding technologies: A case from Mali
Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?
A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that intensification can take smallholder farmers out of poverty. The emphasis in programming often implicitly emphasizes focusing on farm ...
Introgression of striga resistance into popular Sudanese sorghum varieties using marker assisted selection
Witchweed (Strigaspp.) is one of the most important cereals production constraints globally and is projected to worsen with anticipated climate change. It is especially a devastating parasitic weed in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Biomass in crop-livestock systems in the context of the livestock revolution
Mixed crop-livestock systems are the dominant source of livelihood supporting more
than 80% of people living in the developing world and producing 50% of world
cereals, around 34% of the global beef production and about ...
Aspirations of the youth: Implications for legumes and cereals value chains in the drylands
The challenge of engaging the youth in the legumes and cereals value chains in the drylands remains under represented because very little quantitative and qualitative research has been carried out on aspirations of the ...
ICRISAT 2013 activities Dryland Systems CRP
Presentation of ICRISAT 2013 activities Dryland Systems CRP
Evaluation of the onset and length of growing season to define planting date—‘a case study for Mali (West Africa)’
The agroecological zones (AEZ) of Mali fall within
the semi-arid climate, the ability to determine efficiently or
predict accurately the onset of growing season (OGS), and
length of growing season (LGS) cannot be ...