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Improving a Transhumance Livestock System of India with Modern Technologies
Traditional livestock rearing systems in grasslands evolved in response to social, climatic, vegetative and technological conditions that existed scores, hundreds, or in some cases thousands of years ago. Many of these ...
Remote sensing based assessment of the dynamics of crop productivity and spatial production pattern across the Fergana Valley, Central Asia
Agricultural production systems are a vital lifeline of the rural farming community in Central Asia. However, shrinking natural resource base, increased land degradation and severe irrigation water scarcity render current ...
Agro-Geoinformatics for Nourishing Drylands: A shift in paradigm from landscape to farmscape for ensuring food security and better livelihoods
Geospatial technologies are becoming an integral part of solving the food security equation
from an integrated research and development, aid better intervention and delivery programs,
policy, and outreach. A recent advance ...
An Examination of Technical, Economic, Allocative Efficiency and Economic Impacts of Salinity on Livelihoods: The Case of Al-Musayyeb Farms in Iraq
The objective of the study was to investigate how farmers could sustain an economically viable agricultural production on salt affected areas of Al-Musayyeb area in Central Iraq. It aims to assess the impacts of salinity ...
Comparison of serological and molecular methods for diagnosis of viruses causing yellowing and stunting symptoms for the pulse crops
The diagnosis of plant viruses that belong to the families Solemoviridae and Tombusviridae, which cause yellowing and stunting symptoms, is very complicated due to the serological cross-reactivity among these viruses. The ...
“Livestock for resilience”: Revisiting the role of livestock in the major agricultural production systems of the MENA region
This paper aims to analyze the contribution of livestock to the resilience of major agricultural systems in the MENA region. We considered study areas from Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco. We started by providing a typology ...
Emerging and Re-emerging Ralstonia Solanacearum Species Complex straining causing Bacterial Wilt of Potato in Sub-Saharan Africa
Potato is a staple food and a major source of household income in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite its importance, yields remain low due to lack of proper agronomic practices, inadequate supply and use of high-quality ...
Introgression Lines with Improved Resistance to Late Leaf Spot and Rust in Peanut
In an effort to simultaneously transfer and map the genomic regions governing resistance to late leaf spot (LLS) and rust in peanut, two susceptible varieties (lCGS 76 and OH 86) were crossed to two resistant synthetic ...
Valuing water as an economic good in dryland areas - balancing the need for food, environmental and financial security
Two watersheds, one in north western Syria and the other in south east Zimbabwe are looked at. Both locations are water scarce and food insecure. In both areas field work has found households making multiple and highly ...
Coping Strategies and Perceived Effects in Response to Climate Shock Exposure: Household resiliency toward food insecurity related to drought in central Tunisian rural communities
Climate change exacerbated droughts by making them more frequent that increased risks of food insecurity faced by rural families in arid areas. Adopting coping mechanisms are necessary to reduce the vulnerability of rural ...