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Technical guideline for reproductive biotechnologies of sheep and goat in Ethiopia
Reproductive biotechnology in animal production is widely used to increase production, reproductive efficiency and rates of
genetic improvement (Madan, 2005). According to NRC (2003), animal production biotechnology is ...
Business Model: Supply of Livestock Inputs - Shaya Women's Sheep Fattening Youth Cooperative
In most countries, agricultural inputs are mainly sold by private sector businesses. Lack of livestock production inputs is a core problem particularly for livestock farmers in Ethiopia. This is due to the limited number ...
Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Agricultural Development in Tunisia
This English PPT presentation outline the key findings and results from the end-line survey conducted in the frame of the ICT2Scale Project "Access to E-learning and Cell Phone Based Services to Strengthen
Extension ...
Impact Evaluation of Gender Capacity Development of Livestock CRP Research and Development Partners in Ethiopia
This Gender Capacity Development (GCD) Impact Evaluation (IE) Survey involved three Development and Research Partners whose staff members participated in two GCD trainings organized by ICARDA in 2016 and 2017. The IE ...
Estimation of (co)variance components, genetic parameters, and genetic trends of growth traits in community-based breeding programs of Bonga sheep
Community-based sheep breeding programs (CBBPs) have been adopted strategically to improve Bonga
sheep, the most popular sheep breed in Ethiopia. The present study was undertaken to estimate genetic
parameters and genetic ...
Gender, livestock rearing, rangeland use, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia
Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation and management in Tunisia, and the effects of climate change upon women’s livelihoods, are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, ...
Converting multi-trait breeding objectives into operative selection indexes to ensure genetic gains in low-input sheep and goat breeding programmes
Small ruminant breeding programmes in low-input production systems are best organised at the community level. Participant farmers have to agree on goal traits and their relative importance. When BLUP breeding values of ...
Promoting Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) As drought resilient feed resource under different agro-ecological production systems across India: Progress Report 2021
The main purpose of this report is to highlight the activities performed during the period of 1st April 2021 to 30th November 2021. The fodder quality of cactus cladodes of different accessions has been analyzed and ...
Alley cropping system using forage shrubs (Atriplex nummularia) inter-cropped with forage pea (Pisum sativa), Algeria
Alley cropping system using forage shrubs (Atriplex nummularia) inter-cropped with forage pea (Pisum sativa), Algeria
Improving Forage Production Quantity and Quality Using Native Legume Species in Semi arid Agrosilvopastoral Systems
Poster presented at the Joint International Grassland & International Rangeland Kenya 2021 Virtual Congress about the impact of using Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) as an option for natural pastures rehabilitation that ...