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Farmer Participatory Early-Generation Yield Testing of Sorghum in West Africa: Possibilities to Optimize Genetic Gains for Yield in Farmers’ Fields
The effectiveness of on-farm and/or on-station
early generation yield testing was examined to
maximize the genetic gains for sorghum yield
under smallholder famer production conditions
in West Africa. On-farm first-stage ...
CicArVarDB: SNP and InDel database for advancing genetics research and breeding applications in chickpea
Molecular markers are valuable tools for breeders to help accelerate crop improvement. High throughput sequencing technologies facilitate the discovery of large-scale variations such as single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Contribution of previous legumes to soil fertility and millet yields in West African Sahel
Studies on combined effects of 4 legume crops residues and rock phosphate application on pearl millet
yield were undertaken on sandy acid soil field from 2012 to 2015 at ICRISAT Sahelian center (ISC)-
Sadore, Niger. The ...
Fertilizer micro-dosing increases crop yield in the Sahelian low-input cropping system: A success with a shadow
Over the years, a scarcity of information on nutrient gains or losses has led to overemphasis being placed
on crop yields and economic income as the direct benefits from fertilizer micro-dosing technology. There
is increasing ...
Restoration of Degraded Lands in Mali: a review on lessons learnt and opportunities for scaling
The rapid growing population and the need of economic development is leading to a number of environmental issues, notably forest and degradation of land, resource depletion (water, mineral, forest), environmental degradation, ...
Overcoming phosphorus deficiency in West African pearl millet and sorghum production systems: promising options for crop improvement
West Africa (WA) is among the most food insecure regions. Rapid human population
growth and stagnating crop yields greatly contribute to this fact. Poor soil fertility,
especially low plant available phosphorus (P) is ...
Assessing participatory processes and outcomes in agricultural research for development from participants' perspectives
To analyze the experiences of farmers involved in a participatory plant breeding project in West Africa, we develop a two-dimensional framework for evaluating the process and outcomes of participatory agricultural research ...
Response of Groundnut to Plant Density and Phosphorous Application in the Sudan Savanna Zone of Nigeria
Despite the recent release of several improved varieties of groundnut in Nigeria the productivities have not
increase significantly due to lack of commensurate recommendation in agronomic practices. Two groundnut
varieties ...
Dryland Systems Gender Implementation Workshop: West African Sahel and Dry Savannas Flagship
Dryland Systems Gender Implementation Workshop: West African Sahel and Dry Savannas Flagship
Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali
This research investigated the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, measured using
the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), change in rainfall and population density in the context of
perceived ...