Complexity, Trade-off, Uncertainty and Adaptation: Recent submissions
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Title: Efficient Production of Tetraploid Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) by Colchicine Treatment of Diploid Barley
Author(s)Date: 2014-03-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessAn experiment was conducted to induce tetraploidy in three diploid barley varieties (Martin, Rihane and Manel) through different colchicines treatments. Colchicine was added for three different concentrations at three ... -
Title: QTLs for Orobanche spp. resistance in faba bean: identification and validation across different environments
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessBroomrapes are holoparasitic plants which infect faba bean (Vicia faba L.), among other legumes. Here, we aimed to identify and validate quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for broomrape resistance in the cross 29H × Vf136 and ... -
Title: Comparative quality analysis of gluten strength and the relationship with high molecular weight glutenin subunits of 6 Tunisian durum wheat genotypes
Author(s)Date: 2014-10-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSix Tunisian durum wheat genotypes (4 landraces and 2 improved) were evaluated for protein content, gluten strength, rheological characteristics, and HMW-GS patterns using a LabChip system. Variance analysis identified ... -
Title: Genetic diversity of SSR and ISSR markers in wild populations of Brachypodium distachyon and its close relatives B. stacei and B. hybridum (Poaceae)
Author(s)Date: 2014-11-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe genetic diversity of seven wild populations of the grass Brachypodium distachyon (2n = 10), 4 of B. stacei (2n = 20) and 13 of B. hybridum (2n = 30) from the Mediterranean and southern areas of the Iberian Peninsula ... -
Title: Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps
Author(s)Date: 2012-12-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessTo ensure future food security, there is an urgent need for improved co-ordination of agricultural research. While advances in biotechnology hold considerable promise, significant technology gaps exist that may reduce ... -
Title: Healing Wounds: How the International Research Centers of the CGIAR Help Rebuild Agriculture in Countries Affected by Conflicts and Natural Disasters
Author(s) (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2005-12-01)Date: 2005-12-01Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThis study first reviews current thinking on the underlying causes of conflicts and disasters, identifying poverty as a major driver of both. Poverty breeds frustration, compelling the poor to turn to violence. -
Title: High yielding wheat varieties with heat and drought tolerance
Author(s) (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2015-10-30)Date: 2015-10-30Type: BriefStatus: Open accessWheat is an important food crop globally is facing serious threats from impacts of climate change, such as rising temperatures, recurring droughts and floods, and emergence of new pests and diseases like stripe rust, yellow ... -
Title: Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Project Proposal, budget and Relevant publications
Author(s)Date: 2016-12-30Type: ReportStatus: Open accessProject Proposal, budget and Relevant publications -
Title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL): Envisioning an Optimal Data Flow to achieve Development Outcomes
Author(s)Date: 2017-09-07Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessImpact in agricultural research is strictly related to the data flow quality within research for development institutions. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (or Development Outcomes) is the final stage of the ... -
Title: Improving the date production chain in the Moroccan oases through small mechanization inputs to support the governmental development strategies
Author(s)Date: 2017-09-01Type: PosterStatus: Open accessIn Moroccan oases, date palm agricultural operations are mainly manual and seldom implemented, contributing to palm grove degradation. The introduction of small mechanization may reduce drudgery, encourage/attract youths, ... -
Title: Open Access and Open Data at CGIAR: Challenges and Solutions
Author(s)Date: 2017-07-17Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessCGIAR is a global research partnership of 15 geographically and scientifically diverse Centers dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resource management. The Centers ... -
Title: Scaling Up Sustainable Land Management and Restoration of Degraded Land
Author(s)Date: 2017-09-01Type: ReportStatus: Open accessWith current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain ... -
Title: Sustaining Moroccan Oasis Agricultural System through Small Mechanization Inputs
Author(s) (University of Florence (UniFi), 2017-06-01)Date: 2017-06-01Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessSaharan oases can be highly artificial ecosystems, capable of sustaining agriculture under arid climatic conditions; the traditional system requires some degree of collective management for plants, soil and water but has ... -
Title: Global Geo-informatics Options by Context (GeOC) Tool for Supporting Better Targeting and Scaling-out of Sustainable Land Management: Designing the System and Use Cases
Author(s)Date: 2017-05-01Type: ReportStatus: Open accessSustainable Land Management (SLM) are required to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). SLM options are fitted to the social, economic and ecological contexts. The high contextual diversity of drylands in particular ... -
Title: A Web-based Platform for Enhancing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Research for Development - Toward Achieving Development Outcomes
Author(s)Date: 2017-09-22Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessAchieving efficiency in large and complex research for development programs (R4D) is a significant challenge. In 2015, as a response to the lack of a shared monitoring and evaluation system for CGIAR Research Programs ... -
Title: Water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus of urban water systems: Review of concepts, state-of-art and methods
Author(s)Date: 2014-08-29Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessWater supply and wastewater services incur a large amount of energy and GHG emissions. It is therefore imperative to understand the link between water and energy as their availability and demand are closely interrelated. ... -
Title: Performances, Policies, Challenges and Opportunities of the Tunisian Agriculture Sector from Natural Resources Management Perspective a SWOT Analysis
Author(s)Date: 2014-01-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessA comprehensive assessment of the Tunisian agricultural potential, production, natural resources management and policies has been presented using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis. Concerning ... -
Title: Learning about sustainability and gender through Farmer Field Schools in the Taita Hills, Kenya
Author(s)Date: 2013-09-26Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThis research uses transformative learning theory to explore how Farmers Field Schools (FFS) of the Taita Hills, Kenya have contributed to environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on gendered learning. Both ... -
Title: Implementing a Health Research Communication Program in a Low Resource Country: Experience from Uganda’s Makerere University School of Public
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-26Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessis field note describes the conception, implementation, and results of an 18-month joint health research communication project, which was realized at the Makerere University School of Public Health. e project was one of ... -
Title: Realities, Perceptions, Challenges and Aspirations of Rural Youth in Dryland Agriculture in the Midelt Province, Morocco
Author(s)Date: 2017-05-23Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessActive involvement of youth in agriculture is necessary for sustainable agricultural systems but is currently a challenge in many areas. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative participatory research methods, ...