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Title: 2013-2014 Achievements: Managing Agro-Pastoral Rangelands in the Jordanian Bahia
Author(s)Date: 2014-12-31Type: PresentationStatus: Open access2013-2014 Achievements: Managing Agro-Pastoral Rangelands in the Jordanian Bahia -
Title: Adaptability and suitability of local cattle breeds in Egypt: Farmers and actors’ perceptions and practices of the cattle value chain
Author(s)Date: 2017-01-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessEgypt, where the mean temperature is expected to increase by 1−1.5°C over the next two decades, is particularly concerned with climate change in the Medi- terranean. Most of the research works on adaptive animal traits ... -
Title: Adaptation and resilience in pastoral management of the Mediterranean Bedouin social-ecological system in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt
Author(s)Date: 2016-06-25Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessOn the basis of the results of the ELVULMED ,MOUVE, and CLIMED research projects, this chapter presents a long-term analysis of the Bedouin society in the northwestern coastal zone (NWCZ) of Egypt, especially the resilience ... -
Title: Agent-based modeling of complex social–ecological feedback loops to assess multi-dimensional trade-offs in dryland ecosystem services
Author(s)Date: 2017-04-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessContext: Recent conceptual developments in ecosystem services research have revealed the need to elucidate the complex and unintended relationships between humans and the environment if we are to better understand and ... -
Title: Agricultural Biodiversity Assessment in the Systems CRPs: An Introduction
Author(s)Date: 2014-12-31Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessAgricultural Biodiversity Assessment in the Systems CRPs: An Introduction -
Title: Agricultural livelihood types and type-specific drivers of production diversification: an evidence from Karauzyak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Author(s)Date: 2016-12-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessIn presence of climatic variability and risks involved in agricultural production for rural people in Aral Sea region, current research extends the sustainable livelihoods framework to investigate the factors that discriminate ... -
Title: Agricultural Research Priority Setting Questionnaire for the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Region
Author(s)Date: 2001-05-23Type: TemplateStatus: Open accessQuestionnaire prepared for setting agricultural research priorities for CWANA project. -
Title: Agropastoral livelihood system typology for coping with socio-ecological diversity: A demonstrative case in Karauzyak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-31Type: ReportStatus: Open accessSmallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the ... -
Title: Amplicon-based RNA interference targeting V2 gene of cotton leaf curl kokhran virus- burewala strain can provide resistance in transgenic cotton plants
Author(s)Date: 2016-10-15Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe conserved coat or V2 gene of begomoviruses is responsible for viral movement in the plant cells. RNAi technology was used to silence V2 gene for resistance against these viruses in transgenic plants. The transformation ... -
Title: Analysis of mRNA Levels of Ten Genes Under Water Stress in Triticum turgidum subsp. durum
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-02Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessDrought is one of the major causes of dramatic yield loss in crop plants. Plants perceive and respond to stress. Upon perception of stress, a signal is communicated to downstream components resulting in change of gene expression ... -
Title: Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of the Parasitic Plants Orobanche Foetida and Orobanche Crenata Collected on Faba Bean in Tunisia
Author(s)Date: 2014-01-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe antioxidant activity of the methanolic and aqueous extracts of two parasitic plants Orobanche crenata and Orobanche foetida collected from faba bean fields was investigated with 2 complementary test systems, DPPH ... -
Title: Application of earth observation products for hydrological modeling of the Oum Er Rbia river basin
Author(s)Date: 2016-04-17Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessThe increasing water demand over recent decades together with the climate change impacts on water resources lead to a growing shortage of water availability. Investigating and developing novel strategies to assess and ... -
Title: Artificial microRNA-mediated resistance against the monopartite begomovirus Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus
Author(s)Date: 2013-07-12Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessBackground: Cotton leaf curl disease, caused by single-stranded DNA viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae), is a major constraint to cotton cultivation across Pakistan and north-western India. At this time ... -
Title: Assessing Plant Genetic Resources for Climate- Change Adaptive Traits Heat Traits
Author(s)Date: 2016-02-22Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessThe vulnerability of wheat is likely to increase due to an increase of heat stress according to recent wheat-production simulation models combined with local climate-change data. This is particularly an issue affecting ... -
Title: Assessing the potential of dual-purpose maize in southern Africa: A multi-level approach
Author(s)Date: 2013-09-15Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThis paper explores the potential and challenges of increasing production of food and feed on existing maize fields in mixed crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. It integrates results from ... -
Title: Assessment of genetic diversity for cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuD), fiber quality and some morphological traits using different statistical procedures in Gossypium hirsutum L
Author(s)Date: 2014-09-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessCotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCuD) is one of the major factors limiting cotton production in Pakistan. For the assessment of genetic diversity one hundred cotton genotypes was evaluated for CLCuD tolerance, fiber ... -
Title: Barley Genetic Resources for Climate-Change Adaptation
Author(s)Date: 2016-12-07Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessBarley (Hordeum vulgare L.) has been cultivated over millennia, making it one of the oldest domesticated crops (Salamini et al. 2002). Ranking fourth in global cereal-crop production, it is used for animal feed, brewing ... -
Title: Baseline survey for agricultural biodiversity in Anantapuramu and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-24Type: ReportStatus: Open accessBioversity International is a global research-for-development organization belonging to CGIAR consortium with a vision that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet. It delivers scientific evidence, ... -
Title: A Bayesian Assessment of Productivity and Risks to Achieve target Yields from Improved Chickpea and Mung Bean Varieties Using On-Farm Trials in Afghanistan
Author(s)Date: 2017-05-11Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessLegumes are essential to meet nutrition need of growing population in Afghanistan but have low productivity under the farmer practices. With an aim to introduce improved varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and mung ... -
Title: Best Choices for Enhancing Groundnut Productivity in Nigeria
Author(s)Date: 2019-08-05Type: Other (monograph)Status: Timeless limited accessGroundnut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as Peanut, is an annual crop commonly grown by smallholder fanners. The name Groundnut can be confusing as the plant is not typically a nut. The plant itself grows above the ground ...