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Title: Genetic Diversity Study of Ethiopian Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Varieties Using Phenotypic Traits, ISSR and SNP Markers
Author(s)Date: 2016-10-31Type: ThesisStatus: Timeless limited accessFaba bean (Vicia faba L.) is one of the earliest food legumes of the world used as source of high protein for human and animal consumption. In Ethiopia, no studies were conducted on faba bean varieties genetic diversity ... -
Title: Caravan 23: International Year of Deserts and Desertification
Author(s)Date: 2006-12-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThis issue of Caravan looks at different aspects of desertification; and how ICARDA and its partners are working together to help farming communities find effective, sustainable solutions. These collaborative efforts have ... -
Title: Seed Info No. 43
Author(s)Date: 2012-07-18Type: NewsletterStatus: Open accessSeed Info is designed to stimulate information exchange and regular communication between seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ... -
Title: Increasing resilience of livestock migration in the arid areas of India
Author(s)Date: 2015-08-31Type: ReportStatus: Open accessThis is a white paper that describes the results of a household survey of migratory pastoralists as well as results from GPS collar and land classification that tells us what type of forage resources pastoralists are ... -
Title: Water benchmarks of CWANA - Second phase: 1st Annual Progress Report 2010-2011
Author(s)Date: 2012-01-24Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open access1st Annual Progress Report 2010-2011 for the Community-Based Optimization of the Management of Scarce Water Resources in Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa project. Second phase -
Title: The creation of a household resilience index using limited data from the IGAD region
Author(s)Date: 2014-11-30Type: ReportStatus: Open accessGiven that data in the Horn of Africa is limited, one is more likely to obtain relatively complete data when using a model comprised of a more limited set of targeted indicators. In this way, a model of resilience should ... -
Title: Katharine Downie on measuring resilience in drylands of East Africa
Author(s)Date: 2014-06-11Type: VideoStatus: Open accessKatharine Downie, Coordinator for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa, ILRI, at the side event, “Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa”. IFPRI 2020 conference ... -
Title: Effect of nitrogen fertilizer on yield and nitrogen use efficiency of four aromatic rice varieties
Author(s)Date: 2016-01-05Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe objective of this study was to optimize nitrogen fertilizer for higher yield and nitrogen use efficiency of four aromatic rice varieties. Field experiments were conducted at Ndiaye and Fanaye (Senegal) during the hot ... -
Title: Establishment of Seed Plots by Participatory Entrepreneurs
Author(s)Date: 2015-11-15Type: ReportStatus: Open accessWheat and lentil are important crops to ensure food and nutritional security in dryland region. However, yield of these crops is quite low. Farmers plant local varieties using their own unimproved seeds. Low crop yield ... -
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Title: Potential of Small Ruminants in Andhra Pradesh for promoting rural livelihoods: Institutional and policy gaps to be addressed
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-01Type: ReportStatus: Open accessSmall ruminants play an important role in the food and nutritional security of millions of rural people especially the landless, marginal and small farmers in rainfed regions in India as well as in Andhra Pradesh. The ... -
Title: Agricultural water productivity Hotspots of rainfed areas in 2002
Author(s)Date: 2017-10-31Type: MapStatus: Limited accessThe Hot spots of high and low water productivity was done by classifying the biophysical agricultural water productivity (kg/m3) layer into three classes: (i) High water productivity which includes values exceeding 1.0 ... -
Title: La gouvernance des ressources naturelles
Author(s)Date: 2017-12-05Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessTraining Material of a two days Training on Rangeland Governance designed for Tunisian Governmental Forest Officers -
Title: Seed Info No. 29
Author(s)Date: 2005-06-26Type: NewsletterStatus: Open accessSeed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to contribute towards the development of stronger national ... -
Title: Actual Evapotranspiration of irrigated areas in 2008
Author(s)Date: 2017-10-31Type: MapStatus: Limited accessEvapotranspiration was determined using the methodology proposed by USGS’s Simplified Surface Energy Balance.The Actual Evapotranspiratione (AET, mm) stimation was done using MODIS 1km (thermal infrared band resolution) ... -
Title: Effects of Nitrogen Application on Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in the Semi-Arid Tropical Zone of India
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSweet sorghum is a multipurpose crop that has great potential as a bioethanol crop. To make an appreciable profit from cultivating sweet sorghum in the semi-arid tropics (SAT), such agronomic practices as nutrient management ... -
Title: Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable tree species: Leucaena leucocephala: A versatile tree producing nutritious fodder for ruminants
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-17Type: BriefStatus: Open accessLeucaena leucocephala is used mostly as forage for livestock, both after cutting for use as fodder, or direct grazing, typically planted in hedgerows with grass. It responds well to a coppice system and branches vigorously. -
Title: Publication Review: Lessons learned in sustainable land management in drylands
Author(s)Date: 2016-06-13Type: BlogStatus: Open accessBlog on Publication Review: Lessons learned in sustainable land management in drylands -
Title: Characterization of crop fallows for agricultural intensification, length of crop fallows duration between two crops in one year in Eastern Gangetic plains from 2000 to 2014.
Author(s)Date: 2015-11-11Type: DatasetStatus: Limited accessCharacterization of the crop fallows using remote sensing for agricultural intensification and diversification in Eastern Gangetic plains. Time series satellite data (MODIS and Landsat) were used to map the length of crop ... -
Title: Enhancing the productivity of high-magnesium soil and water resources in Central Asia through the application of phosphogypsum
Author(s)Date: 2008-01-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessRecent evidences from some irrigated areas worldwide, such as Central Asia, suggest that water used for irrigation contains magnesium (Mg2+) at levels higher than calcium (Ca2+). Excess levels of Mg2+ in irrigation water ...