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Exploring Niches for Short-Season Grain Legumes in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya: Coping with the Impacts of Climate Variability
Climate variability is the major risk to agricultural production in semi-arid agroecosystems
and the key challenge to sustain farm livelihoods for the 500 million people who
inhabit these areas worldwide. Short-season grain ...
Composting of Sweet Sorghum Bagasse and its Impact on Plant Growth Promotion
The present study was carried out to optimize a protocol to rapidly decompose sweet sorghum bagasse and to evaluate the bagasse compost for plant growth promotion (PGP) in sweet sorghum. A total of ten cellulose-degrading ...
Value Chain analysis in the Bekaa Plain, Lebanon: “Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Dairy products”
The Syrian refugee crisis has put additional pressure on the Lebanese economy, particularly the agricultural sector. At a regional level, the Beqaa plain, forming the longest border with Syria, represents the backbone of ...
How climate-smart is the FMNR practice: co-benefits that lead to food security in Niger drylands
Farmer Managed Regeneration (FMR) is a set of practices used by farmers on agricultural land to develop the growth of native trees. FMNR is reported to deliver a number of positive impacts, increasing incomes through the ...
Modeling Farmers’ Adoption Decisions of Multiple Crop Technologies: The Case of Barley and Potatoes in Ethiopia
This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that adoption decisions on multiple technologies involve a series of three sequential sub-decisions. Using a multivariate tobit and multivariate probit models and a nationally ...
Household Level Baseline Data for Dryland System Agricultural Production System Research in South Asian action Villages( Bijapur District)
Household Level Baseline Data has been collected in action Villages of Bijapur district of Karnataka state of India for Dryland System Agricultural Production System Research
Plant breeding and farmer participation
This book provides a comprehensive description and assessment of the use of participatory plant breeding in developing countries. It is aimed at plant breeders, social scientists, students and practitioners interested in ...
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems launch meeting. Second day_photo 26
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems launch meeting. Second day_photo 26
Etude des Changements dans les Modes de Production du Dromadaire
Le présent travail a été entrepris en vue d’étudier les différents types d’élevage de dromadaire et de diagnostiquer les effets des changements observés sur la productivité du cheptel camelin et sa rentabilité économique ...
Do households that sell their surplus maize reinvest in improved maize seed? Case of southern Africa
This study assesses the influence of selling maize grain on re-investing in Improved Maize Varieties (IMV). It uses a unique data set from five southern African countries of Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe ...