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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 ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable rangeland management practices; Shrub planting: contributing to ecological sustainability while aiming towards livelihood improvement
The degradation of rangelands is induced by overgrazing, over-gathering of firewood, and conversion of the best rangelands into cropping land. Over-exploitation results in negative effects leading to soil erosion and the ...
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 ...
A new pastoral code for Tunisia: Reversing degradation across the country’s critical rangelands
In response to the severe economic, social, and environmental costs of degradation across Tunisia’s rangelands, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has worked with the General ...
Mind the Gap: Improving Dissemination Strategies to Increase Technology Adoption by Smallholders_ Final workshop report (minutes)
This is the final workshop report of the Mind the Gap project. 32 participants from NARES partners GIZ, CTV and farmer organizations exchanged about the results of the projects
Opuntia ficus indica (COPENA F1) fruits Muchaqqer station, Jordan
Opuntia ficus indica (COPENA F1) fruits Muchaqqer station, Jordan
Community-based breeding programs for small ruminants in pastoral production systems
The small ruminant production system in Ethiopia is predominantly at the subsistence level
with very low productivity despite a huge potential due to the large animal numbers and
genetic diversity. Growing market demand ...