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Delivering rust resistant wheat to farmers: a step towards increased food security
An important step towards reducing the vulnerability of wheat in Africa and Asia to the Ug99 race of the stem rust pathogen is the substitution of current susceptible varieties with superior resistant varieties. In the ...
Improved lines of chickpea and lentil shared with NARS partners
A menu of 21 sets of international nurseries for chickpea (10), and lentil (11) distributed to NARS partners. This also included segregating populations to provide opportunity for NARS partners to make selections for local ...
Seed Info No. 23
Seed Info aims to stimulate communication and information exchange among seed staff in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. The purpose is to contribute towards the development of stronger national seed programs ...
Faba bean yield gaps, varietal adoption and seed use in Ethiopia
The paper presents the varietal adoption and seed use of faba bean based on primary data collected from 370 faba bean producing farmers covering 19 districts in 13 major faba bean growing zones of Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and ...
Identification of Farmer’s Preferred Durum Wheat (Triticum durum L) Varieties in Southeastern Ethiopia
Participatory varietal selection (PVS) of durum varieties was conducted at Selka and Ilu Sanbitu kebeles in southeaster Ethiopia. Four released durum wheat varieties were evaluated on two farmers' fields per kebele (lowest ...
Are Farmer-Based Seed Enterprises Profitable and Sustainable? Experiences of VBSEs from Afghanistan
Farmers are the main producers and users of seed for the millennia. Empirical evidence shows ample
experiences of farmers’ knowledge of on-farm seed management practices such as plant and/or
seed selection, cleaning, ...
A Review of Variety Release Procedures and Related Issues with Recommendations for Good Practice
This working paper is a synthesis of experiences gained from studies carried out in Egypt, Ethiopia and Pakistan in 2011/12. The main purpose is to analyse the issues that arise in variety release and to make recommendations ...
Seed Info No. 44
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region and beyond. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
The relationship between seed vigour tests and field emergence in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)
Lentil is an important legume crop in West Asia and North Africa. Field establishment is a key determinant in its production. To investigate the prediction of field emergence through various laboratory parameters, correlation ...
Deployment of Food Legume Technologies in Ethiopia: Achievements and Lessons Learned
This BOOK is the outcome of the collaborative endeavors of diverse partners and stakeholders addressing the challenges of seed systems and scaling faba bean and chickpea innovations in Ethiopia. It is the second of two ...