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Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries
A research for development initiative working across ten countries to raise wheat production and reduce the Arab World’s growing dependence on costly wheat imports.
Poverty Assessment Northern Sudan (Poverty Assessment and Mapping in Sudan Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a study, presented in three reports that detail the results of a poverty
assessment and mapping project in North and Southern Sudan. The study’s objec?ve was to
produce a rural poverty analysis and poverty ...
First Report of Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus Affecting Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Sudan
A total of 204 chickpea samples with symptoms typical of virus infection including stunting, yellowing, necrosis, reddening, and tip wilting were collected during February 2013 and March 2015 from 14 chickpea fields located ...
Distribution and importance of chickpea Fusarium wilt disease (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris) in the Sudan. Poster preseted in the International conference on pulses, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 18-20, 2016.
A survey for Chickpea Fusarium wilt disease was conducted in 2011-2012 cropping season in four States
in northern and central Sudan in respect to variety, soil type, sowing date, seeding rate, preceding crops,
watering ...
Caravan 15: Special Issue on ICARDA's work in Africa
ICARDA serves its African stakeholders through two of its seven regional programs. These are the Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP), which covers Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan; and the North Africa ...
Poverty Assessment Southern Sudan (Poverty Assessment and Mapping in Sudan Part 2)
This is part 2 of a study, presented in three reports that detail the results of a poverty
assessment and mapping project in North and Southern Sudan. The study’s objective was to
produce a rural poverty analysis and poverty ...
Poverty Assessment in Sudan: Mapping natural resource potential (Poverty Assessment and Mapping in Sudan Part 3)
This is Part 3 of a study, presented in three reports that detail the results of a poverty assessment and
mapping project in North and Southern Sudan. The study’s objective was to produce a rural poverty
analysis and poverty ...
Assessment of genetic diversity of sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l.) Moench] germplasm in East and Central Africa
The study of genetic diversity in crops has a strong impact on plant breeding and maintenance of genetic resources. Comprehensive knowledge of the genetic biodiversity of cultivated and wild sorghum germplasm is an important ...
The Impacts of an Improved Technology Package on Production Efficiency: The Case of Wheat Farms in the Northern State of Sudan
Technical efficiency among wheat farms in the Northern State of Sudan was estimated using a
stochastic frontier production function approach. Empirical findings show that technical inefficiency is
important in explaining ...
Measurement and sources of technical eficiency of on-farm water use in the Sudan’s Gezira scheme
The literature identifies two common approaches for estimating technical efficiency. One approach is based on non-parametric, non-stochastic, linear programming. This suffers from the criticism that it does not take into ...