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Index Based Livestock Insurance: Index announcement for March 2013
Poster of Index Based Livestock Insurance: Index announcement for March 2013
Opportunities for sustainable legume business development: an experience from the public-private partnership progresses in south Eastern Ethiopia.
Chickpea is widely grown food grain legume in rotation with cereals and is an important source of food and income. The chickpea value chain comprise of different actors at different functional levels. Evidence indicates ...
Addressing the global challenges for barley improvement through CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals
The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has a global mandate for
barley improvement, specifically for dry areas across the globe. ICARDA has reorganized the spring and
winter barley research ...
Public-private partnership to transform malt barley value chain in Ethiopia
Expanding malt and brewery industry created opportunities for boosting domestic malt barley production for economic growth and better livelihoods, but access to technology was a limitation.
Dryland restoration scaling project: Improving the productivity of dryland agriculture
Poster of Dryland restoration scaling project: Improving the productivity of dryland agriculture
Faba bean yield gaps, varietal adoption and seed use in Ethiopia
The paper presents the varietal adoption and seed use of faba bean based on primary data collected from 370 faba bean producing farmers covering 19 districts in 13 major faba bean growing zones of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and ...
Framework for successful implementation of community-based breeding programs in small ruminants in Ethiopia
Conventional breeding programs involving either nucleus schemes and/or importation of exotic germplasm for crossbreeding were not successful in most sub-Saharan Africa countries. Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) ...
Malt barley research in India and future prospects
Malt barley improvement in India was initiated with several introductions viz. Peatland, Pedigree,
Manchuria, Odessa, Clipper, Golden Promise, Midas etc. but these varieties could not popularize due to
late maturity, low ...
Novel sources of resistance to stripe rust in ICARDA barley germplasm
Stripe rust of barley (Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. Hordei) occurs worldwide and host resistance is
the most economically and environmentally appropriate option as the use of fungicides is not very common
in low ...
Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria
Popoola, I., Maziya-Dixon, B., Katengwa, S., Sanginga, J., Woomer, P., Sangodele, E. & Kanampiu, F. (2016). Assessment of legume utilization among smallholder farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda ...