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Title: Science workshop on sustainable rangeland governance and restoration in tunisia and senegal
Author(s) (ICARDA Communication Team, 2023-07-12)Date: 2023-07-12Type: BlogStatus: Open accessThe vast rangelands of Tunisia and Senegal are critical for the livelihoods of pastoral communities, providing grazing land for their herds and other essential resources and ecosystem services. However, these fragile ... -
Title: The Bovine Pangenome Consortium: democratizing production and accessibility of genome assemblies for global cattle breeds and other bovine species
Author(s)Date: 2023-06-19Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe Bovine Pangenome Consortium (BPC) is an international collaboration dedicated to the assembly of cattle genomes to develop a more complete representation of cattle genomic diversity. The goal of the BPC is to provide ... -
Title: New e-learning course to tackle complex challenges of managing dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
Author(s)Date: 2023-05-29Type: BlogStatus: Open accessa blog about the e-learning course, "Transforming Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems" introduced by The Committee on Forestry Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems (COFO-WG) and the ... -
Title: Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems training course
Author(s)Date: 2023-03-10Type: Training MaterialStatus: Open accessTraining material's that belong to the Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems course that seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers ... -
Title: First morphometric and molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in Northwest Tunisia
Author(s) (Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2023-11-01)Date: 2023-08-29Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessThe aim of this study was to characterize the Tunisian Fasciola spp. flukes by morphometric and molecular analyses. Flukes were collected from livers of sheep slaughtered in Sejnane slaughterhouses (Bizerte gouvernorate, ... -
Title: Genetic diversity of Hyalomma marginatum in Tunisia is not influenced by the bio-climate
Author(s) (Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2023-10-12)Date: 2023-10-12Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessTicks are important ectoparasites responsible for the transmission of several pathogens with significant medical, veterinary, and economic impacts. Climate and social changes have generated substantial changes in ticks’ ... -
Title: Epidemiological situation of bovine tropical theileriosis in an arid region in central Tunisia with a phylogenetic analysis of Theileria annulata
Author(s) (Wiley Open Access, 2023-11-01)Date: 2023-09-19Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessBackground Tropical theileriosis, Theileria annulata infection, is the most prevalent summer disease in Tunisia. It is transmitted by Hyalomma scupense, a two-host tick known to be endophilic. Objectives The present study ... -
Title: IBD sharing patterns as intra-breed admixture indicators in small ruminants
Author(s)Date: 2023-11-03Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessIn this study, we investigated how IBD patterns shared between individuals of the same breed could be informative of its admixture level, with the underlying assumption that the most admixed breeds, i.e. the least genetically ... -
Title: In Northwest Tunisia, the co-creation of agroecological innovations and capacity building in soil conservation are leading to improved agricultural systems
Author(s) (CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR), 2023-07-07)Date: 2023-07-07Type: BlogStatus: Open accessThe CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology has developed a so-called Agroecological Living Landscape (ALL) in the Kef-Siliana region in Northwest Tunisia, where a learning process with local stakeholders is being developed to ... -
Title: Co-creating a Timeline for Agroecological Transition in Tunisia: Unraveling Behavioral Drivers, Agency, and Behavior Change in Agroecological Transformation
Author(s) (CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR), 2023-10-14)Date: 2023-10-14Type: BlogStatus: Open accessThe effectiveness of agroecological transition pathways heavily relies on stakeholders’ understanding of behavioral changes, agency, and collective decision-making. The Blog shows how The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology ... -
Title: Genetic variability, characters association and principal component study for morphological and fodder quality of Opuntia and Nopalea sp. in India
Author(s) (Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2023-11-03)Date: 2023-11-03Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessA morphological and quality analysis of 64 global core collections of cactus genotypes was conducted using 30 growth and fodder quality traits. Results indicated a high coefficient of variation for primary cladode perimeter ... -
Title: Epigenetic Regulation of miR-25 and Lnc107153 on Expression of Seasonal Estrus Key Gene CHGA in Sheep
Author(s) (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-02-04)Date: 2023-02-04Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessPituitary pars tuberalis (PT) plays an important role as the transmission center in the seasonal reproduction of animals. It helps convert external photoperiod signals into intrinsic seasonal reproduction signals. In sheep ... -
Title: Candidate signatures of positive selection for environmental adaptation in indigenous African cattle: A review
Author(s)Date: 2023-09-11Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessEnvironmental adaptation traits of indigenous African cattle are increasingly being investigated to respond to the need for sustainable livestock production in the context of unpredictable climatic changes. Several studies ... -
Title: Agricultural Livelihood Types and Type-Specific Drivers of Crop Production Diversification: Evidence from Aral Sea Basin Region
Author(s) (MDPI, 2023-01-31)Date: 2022-12-21Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessUnderstanding the factors driving the farmers’ decisions to diversify their crop production is important for management strategies and policies promoting climate-smart agricultural development. Options for diversification ... -
Title: Agricultural livelihood systems typology for coping with diversity in smallholder farming system research: A demonstrative case in South-western Burkina Faso
Author(s) (Academic Journals, 2023-01-31)Date: 2023-01-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSmallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the ... -
Title: Long-Term Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Soil Erosion in a Tunisian Semi-Arid Watershed
Author(s)Date: 2023-08-03Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessUnderstanding and long-term assessment of the efficacy of soil and water conservation (SWC) techniques is essential for sustainable watershed management. There have been few studies measuring the long-term impact of SWC ... -
Title: The role of responsive heterogeneity in sub-Saharan smallholder farming sustainability: socio-economic and biophysical determinants of mineral and organic fertilizers used in South Western Burkina Faso
Author(s) (Taylor & Francis, 2023-06-10)Date: 2023-06-10Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSustainable soil nutrient management (SNM) is important for improving soil resources and food security in sub-Saharan African countries. Inherent livelihood diversity may lead to differences in household behavior in the ... -
Title: How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation
Author(s) (Elsevier (12 months), 2023-01-31)Date: 2022-11-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThere has so far been no shared understanding of validity in agent-based simulation. We here conceptualise validation as systematically substantiating the premises on which conclusions from simulation analysis for a ... -
Title: MASSAI: Multi-agent system for simulating sustainable agricultural intensification of smallholder farms in Africa
Author(s) (Elsevier, 2023-11-01)Date: 2023-11-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe research and development needed to achieve sustainability of African smallholder agricultural and natural systems has led to a wide array of theoretical frameworks for conceptualising socioecological processes and ... -
Title: Shinier cows, more and better milk, income increase: First results of co-designing silage technology with a women farmer group in Tunisia
Author(s) (CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR), 2023-07-17)Date: 2023-07-17Type: BlogStatus: Open accessSmall-scale livestock farmers in Central Tunisia are suffering from scarcity of feed resources and increasing feed prices. Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, prices for feed concentrates have significantly increased ...