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Title: Accelerated Seed Multiplication for Deployment of Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties
Author(s)Date: 2016-11-01Type: Book ChapterStatus: Open accessThe chapter presents the approaches, achievements and lessons learned in accelerated seed multiplication of early generation seed (breeder, pre-basic and basic) and large-scale certified seed production by NARS and public ... -
Title: Access and use of wild agricultural biodiversity to improve household food security in West African dryland systems
Author(s)Date: 2015-03-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessWe investigated the relationships between HFS and the livelihood assets in the dryland agricultural systems in Koutiala, Mali. We hypothesized that (i) the ABD rich rural households experienced low food insecurity, and ... -
Title: Accumulation and implications of cadmium, cobalt and manganese in soils and vegetables irrigated with city effluent
Author(s)Date: 2008-01-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessIn most parts of Pakistan, untreated city effluent is utilised for growing vegetables around large urban settlements such as Faisalabad. Farmers use it as a source of irrigation water and plant nutrients. However, its ... -
Title: ACIAR Funded Project Forage project second transition Workshop
Author(s)Date: 2018-07-05Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe meeting started at 10:30 with holy Quran recitation by Mr. Manan. Mr. Obaidi started and gave a brief about importance and Forage project implantation, he valued the in regards of capacity building enhancement. Mr. ... -
Title: ACIAR Funded Project Forage project first transition Workshop
Author(s)Date: 2017-11-20Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThis report provides information about the first transition workshop that held in Kabul. Attended by ARIA Staff and ICARDA project management. discussion about the project activities, achievement and to agree on the last ... -
Title: Activities in El-Karak Governorate: Integrated agro-ecosystems research to improve livelihoods in the dry rural areas of Jordan
Author(s)Date: 2014-12-15Type: BrochureStatus: Open accessActivities in Al-Karak Governorate -
Title: Activity -1 report: iproving farming systems in Nile Delta
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-19Type: TemplateStatus: Open accessIn this activity we are assessing the mechanized raisedbed technology (MRB) in the Nile Delta as a farming system includes better water management, increase the farmer income, improve soil conditions, improve drainage water ... -
Title: Activity 1. 3. Site-specific CA technology packages fine-tuned and disseminated for enhanced farm productivity, resource use efficiency and profitability
Author(s)Date: 2016-04-04Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation of a site-specific CA technology packages, fine-tuned and disseminated for enhanced farm productivity, resource use efficiency and profitability. -
Title: Actual Evapotranspiration of irrigated areas in 2002
Author(s)Date: 2017-10-31Type: MapStatus: Limited accessEvapotranspiration was determined using the methodology proposed by USGS’s Simplified Surface Energy Balance. The Actual Evapotranspiration (AET,mm) estimation was done using MODIS 1km (thermal infrared band resolution) ... -
Title: Adaptability and suitability of local cattle breeds in Egypt: Farmers and actors’ perceptions and practices of the cattle value chain
Author(s)Date: 2017-01-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessEgypt, where the mean temperature is expected to increase by 1−1.5°C over the next two decades, is particularly concerned with climate change in the Medi- terranean. Most of the research works on adaptive animal traits ... -
Title: Adaptability of small ruminant farmers facing global change. A north-south Mediterranean analysis (France/Egypt)
Author(s)Date: 2013-08-30Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessThe Mediterranean basin has seen a doubling of its population during the last 40 years to reach 450 million inhabitants, with one third of its population concentrated in the coastal zone, characterized by a high degree of ... -
Title: Adaptation and resilience in pastoral management of the Mediterranean Bedouin social-ecological system in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt
Author(s)Date: 2016-06-25Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessOn the basis of the results of the ELVULMED ,MOUVE, and CLIMED research projects, this chapter presents a long-term analysis of the Bedouin society in the northwestern coastal zone (NWCZ) of Egypt, especially the resilience ... -
Title: Adaptation and Stability Analysis of ICARDA Durum Wheat Elites across 18 Countries
Author(s)Date: 2017-08-03Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessDurum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) is the 10th most important crop in the world, and its cultivation occurs on a vast array of international agroenvironments. However, its wide international adaptation is only marginally ... -
Title: Adaptation of Grass Pea in South-Asia
Author(s)Date: 2016-09-29Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessIn the framework of the R&D initiative "Grasspea production for safe human food, animal feed and sustainable rice based production system in India" implemented by ICARDA, this report highlight how improved varieties (Ratan, ... -
Title: Adaption, environmental impact and economic assessment of water harvesting practices in the Badia benchmark site
Author(s)Date: 2011-03-14Type: Book ChapterStatus: Open accessThe shortage of water in arid zones represents the most serious obstacle to poverty reduction because it limits the extent to which poor producers of crops and livestock can take advantage of opportunities arising from ... -
Title: Addressing dry season feeding challenges in Mali by Mobile Choppers
Author(s)Date: 2016-05-06Type: PosterStatus: Open accessKey research activities: Mechanized power and its role in feeding both humans and animals more efficiently have long been neglected in West African agriculture. ICRISAT along with its partners are taking corrective action. ... -
Title: Addressing food security challenges in the dry areas
Author(s)Date: 2012-11-30Type: BlogStatus: Open accessICARDA scientists have finalized research plans for the 2012-13 season, and outlined longer term plans – including opportunities to build on previous successes by gradually decentralizing some activities in partnership ... -
Title: Adoption and Economic Assessment of Improved Technologies in ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Regional Program_ Technical Report
Author(s)Date: 2016-11-13Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe scarcity of arable land and water have limited the growth of AP agriculture. With the limited potential for agriculture sector, optimizing use of these limited resources for technology transfer in agricultural development ... -
Title: Adoption and Factors Affecting Farmer’s Adoption of Technologies in Farming System: A Case Study of Improved Technologies in ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Regional Program
Author(s)Date: 2017-10-05Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThe main objective of this study is to assess the rate of adoption of innovations introduced by the Arabian Peninsula Regional Program (APRP) of ICARDA and identify main constraints that limit the adoption process of these ... -
Title: Adoption and farm-level impact of conservation agriculture in Central Ethiopia
Author(s)Date: 2016-10-16Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSoil erosion and degradation is an important agro-ecological challenge in the highlands of Ethiopia. Conservation agriculture (CA) has a long time been identified as one of the key interventions that could abate the current ...