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Business Model: Community-Based Breeding Programs
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Boku University of Austria came up with the idea of community-based breeding program (CBBP) ...
Land Suitability Mapping for Production of Chickpea, Faba Bean and Malt Barley Varieties in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's agriculture has been facing recurrent challenges and the country remains food insecure due to its ever-increasing population and chronically low agricultural productivity despite its high biophysical potential. ...
XW Disease shock, household livelihood strategies and welfare: evidence from banana producing households in Uganda
Farmers experience various shocks that result into massive crop failure there by affecting their livelihoods. Besides the shocks related to climate change, the effects of other types of shocks along with the alternative ...
Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats
Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a useful way to examine whether a breed can be introduced to new areas, by identifying similar environments to the place of where the breed evolved over many centuries. Allowing ...
Variety adoption and seed commercial behavior: Implications for the chickpea seed system in Ethiopia
This Working Paper presents the yield gaps, adoption of improved varieties, and commercial behavior relating to seed by smallholder chickpea producers. It is based on primary data generated in 2017 from 612 randomly selected ...
Faba bean seed system landscape in the highlands of Ethiopia: Smallholders’ varietal adoption, preference, and seed commercial behavior
This Working Paper documents the varietal adoption, preferences, and seed commercial behavior based on primary data collected in the 2014 cropping season from 549 randomly selected faba bean growers in four major crop ...
Varietal adoption and seed commercial behavior: Barley seed system landscape in the highlands of Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, barley is among the major cereal crops and is also a food security crop in the highlands and an industrial commodity for the emerging brewing industry. This Working Paper documents the yield gaps, varietal ...