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Finding a Suitable Niche for Cultivating Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in India
Poster on finding a suitable niche for cultivating cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in India.
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 ...
Spineless Cactus in Hilly/Degraded Lands, and Grasspea in Winter Crop Fallows for Fodder, Food & Nutrition Security in Tribal Areas in Odisha
ICARDA is exploring the potential of spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as green fodder grown in degraded lands in India, in collaboration with IGFRI (Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi) with support ...
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 ...
Promoting the Use of Cactus Pear to Enhance Sustainable Livelihoods in Semi-arid Areas of India
Small holder farmers in semi-arid environments have limited resources to improve the supply of animal feeds. Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is an ideal candidate that can grow in degraded land with minimum inputs. ...
Variation for seed protein and ODAP content in grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) germplasm collections
Development of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) varieties with low seed anti-nutritional factor, β-N-Oxalyl-L-α, βdiaminopropionic acid (ODAP) content but with high seed protein content would be beneficial for human ...
Grass pea in Winter Fallows for Fodder, Food & Nutrition Security in Tribal Areas in Odisha
This report is highlighting the results of the ICARDA grass pea varieties promoted within the project activities. These verities yielded around 25.4% more as compared to the local varieties. 74.1% of farmers have grown ...
Genetic Enhancement of Lentil for Adaptation to Various Cropping Systems and Nutritional Security in South Asia
Presentation on lentil genetic enhancement and it's adaptation to various cropping systems in south Asia was delivered during the UNCCD COP14 meetings in India.
Adaptation and Performance of Spineless Cactus in Hilly/ Degraded Lands in for Fodder Security in Tribal Areas in Odisha
This report is highlighting the results of the project activities related to cactus pear evaluation and dissemination. Within the project activities 16 foundation nurseries of 35 exotic spineless fodder cactus species ...
Finding a Suitable Niche for Cultivating Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) as an Integrated Crop in Resilient Dryland Agroecosystems of India
Climate change poses a significant threat to agroecosystems, especially in the dry areas, characterized by abrupt precipitation pattern and frequent drought events. Ideal crops, tolerant to these events, such as cactus, ...