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Title: Baseline survey of orange-fleshed sweet potato knowledge, farming and consumption, and dietary practices among households with children aged 6-59 months in selected districts of Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya regions of Tanzania
Author(s)Date: 2016-04-01Type: ReportStatus: Limited accessOrange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) as a staple food besides providing necessary body energy in human diet provides significant amounts of Vitamin A addressing both Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and body energy needs. The Viable ... -
Title: Exploring the challenges with soil data in regional land use analysis
Author(s)Date: 2016-01-26Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessOver recent decades, environmentalmodels have gradually replaced traditional, qualitative land evaluation in regional land use analysis (RLUA). This changed the data requirements as the environmental models require ... -
Title: Resilience of the semi-arid tropical soils
Author(s)Date: 2016-05-10Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessSoils in the semiarid tropics (SAT) are subject to chemical degradation mostly due to climatic reasons which make the pedoenvironment hostile to form calcium carbonate. This triggers an overall deterioration of soil ... -
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Title: An integrated approach to maintaining cereal productivity under climate change
Author(s)Date: 2016-02-17Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessWheat, rice,maize,pearlmillet,andsorghumprovideoverhalfoftheworld'sfoodcalories.Tomaintain global foodsecurity,withtheaddedchallengeofclimatechange,thereisanincreasingneedtoexploit existinggeneticvariabilityanddevelopcul ... -
Title: Identification of quantitative trait loci for yield and yield related traits in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under different water regimes in Niger and Senegal
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-05Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessYield under drought stress is a highly complex trait with large influence to even a minor fluctuation in the environmental conditions. Genomics-assisted breeding holds great promise for improving such complex traits more ... -
Title: Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
Author(s)Date: 2016-02-29Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessThe present work is an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment, a systematic method for analyzing environmental impacts of products, processes, and services over their entire life cycles. -
Title: Agricultural water productivity Hotspots of irrigated areas in 2006
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: Assessment of risk premium in farm technology adoption as a climate change adaptation strategy in the dryland systems of India
Author(s)Date: 2015-10-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessPurpose: Changing climate has increasingly become a challenge for smallholder farmers. Identification of technical, institutional and policy interventions as coping and adaptation strategies, and exploring risks of their ... -
Title: Evaluation of Feed Resources in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Mali in West Africa
Author(s)Date: 2015-08-16Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessLivestock are important assets to the rural poor in developing countries but are faced with the major challenge of marked seasonal feed availability. A study was carried out to assess existing and potential feed resources ... -
Title: Implementation report on Cropping system intensification and resilience building
Author(s)Date: 2015-07-16Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessCropping system intensification and resilience building -
Title: Allelic relationships of flowering time genes in chickpea
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-08Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessFlowering time and crop duration are the most important traits for adaptation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to different agro-climatic conditions. Early flowering and early maturity enhance adaptation of chickpea to ... -
Title: Prospects of Cactus Introduction for Improving Livelihood in Low Rainfall Regions of India
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-07Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessAdoption and expansion of Opuntia ficus-indica in many countries due to its multiple uses as fruit, vegetable, fodder and medicinal compounds has prompted similar attempts in India, too. Since 1970 various research ... -
Title: Farm typology specific intensification and diveriscation options including agro-silvi-horticulture with traditional rainwater harvesting systems
Author(s)Date: 2015-07-15Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessBased on farm typology analysis integrated farming system interventions were prioritized in participatory mode. A total six large agri horti units has been established and linked with RWHS (Rain water harvesting structures) ... -
Title: Gender preferred crops with laboratory evidence on fodder quality traits
Author(s)Date: 2016-01-26Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessA summary report on gender preferred local varieties and evidence from laboratories on Iron and zinc content on grains and fodder quality traits. -
Title: Central Asia and NW China absolute change of the annual maximum temperature 2020s_A2
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-10Type: DatasetStatus: Open accessCentral Asia and NW China Absolute change of the annual maximum temperature 2020s_A2 -
Title: Plant domestication and its contributions to in situ conservation of genetic resources in Benin
Author(s)Date: 2011-02-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessAll over the world, plant domestication is continually being carried out by local communities to support their needs for food, fibre, medicine, building materials, etc. Using participatory rapid appraisal approach, 150 ... -
Title: Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa
Author(s)Date: 2014-01-17Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessTranshumant pastoralism is one of the dominant livestock production systems in West Africa, and it is characterized by seasonal and cyclical movement of varying degrees between complementary ecological areas. The common ... -
Title: Assessment of maize yield gap and major determinant factors between smallholder farmers in the Dedza district of Malawi
Author(s)Date: 2016-07-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessThis study explored the effect of soil nutrient status, agronomic practices and socio-economic factors on maize yield attained by smallholder farmers in the Dedza District of Malawi. Results show that maize yield ranged ... -
Title: Multiple Impact of Integrated Watershed Management in Low Rainfall Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study from Eastern Rajasthan, India
Author(s)Date: 2013-01-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe agriculture in low rainfall areas of eastern Rajasthan, India is characterized by high risks from drought, degraded natural resources and pervasive poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. In this region, water is ...