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Biodiversity and varietal development of pulses in South Asia
South Asia (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses with 28% and 38% share in global production and acreage. The present ...
Story of an Amazing Lady
This is a successful story of a woman that has benefited from the tomato production farmers' field school (FFS) program conducted by Community Livestock and Agriculture Project (CLAP). The information on irrigation, control ...
Pulses for sustainable food and nutrition security in South Asia region
Today’s agriculture is expected to produce more than just food as we head fast towards a C-rich N-poor world. To slow down the pace, we need to include more pulses, not only in our plates but also in the planet for ecosystem ...
Post-conflict rebuilding of food & agricultural systems: Agricultural know-how, technologies and capacity development sustain peace-building and rural livelihoods
For 40 years, ICARDA has worked with drylands countries to improve the performance of their
national agricultural systems. This includes expertise in rebuilding agricultural systems after
conflict. Today, ICARDA runs ...
Food and nutritional security through improved production practices in legumes in Afghanistan
Restricted maximum likelihood method was used to assess the performance of introduced
improved varieties of chickpea and mungbean (an important plant protein source in Afghanistan)
in comparison to local varieties using ...
Participatory on-farm demonstrations on food legumes in Afghanistan: Role in enhancing food and nutrition security
Objective of this study was to assess the performance of introduced improved varieties of chickpea and mungbean with associated agronomic practices in comparison with local varieties through farmers’ participatory evaluation ...