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Title: Technical Report: Training course on Seed Production and Quality Assurance - May 23-27, 2016
Author(s)Date: 2016-11-14Type: ReportStatus: Open accessThere is a lack of access to quality seed, which is attributed to seed shortages, substandard quality, affordability, willingness to pay or any combination of the four is widely considered a major constraint for adoption ... -
Title: Technological perspectives for plant breeding
Author(s)Date: 2019-03-19Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessNew Breeding Technologies? For some, both inside and outside the scientific community, this phrase is synonymous with gene editing—or used exclusively to describe the application of CRISPR/Cas9 to plant improvement. Much as, ... -
Title: Technologies and approaches on sustainable land management in Central Asia
Author(s)Date: 2016-01-07Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessCompilation of SLM technologies and approaches collected and applicable for Central Asian countries. Each SLM is described in short format adapted from WOCAT template and presented in 7 sections covering those to increase ... -
Title: Technology: the MBC33 climbing bean variety
Author(s)Date: 2015-07-20Type: ReportStatus: Open accessIn Malawi climbing varieties have not yet released. However, MBC33 was one of the two varies that showed potential for release. MBC33 variety is a large seeded variety and is a moderate climber. -
Title: Temperature sensitivity of food legumes: a physiological insight
Author(s)Date: 2017-03-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessOf the various environmental stresses that a plant can experience, temperature has the widest and most far-reaching effects on legumes. Temperature extremes, both high (heat stress) and low (cold stress), are injurious ... -
Title: Tempo-spatial covariance structure of lentil yield and water use efficiency from supplemental irrigation trials
Author(s)Date: 2006-11-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessn agricultural research conducted in dry areas, crop-yield water use efficiency (WUE) is a measure used to evaluate the impacts of various agronomic factors on crop productivity. Agronomic management factors include ... -
Title: Testimony from farmers' council appreciating and endorsing the recommended package of water management
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-01Status: Open accessTestimony from farmers' council appreciating and endorsing the recommended package of water management -
Title: Testing and dissemination of improved dual purpose crops (half year report)
Author(s)Date: 2015-07-26Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe report briefs about filed visit to dry land systems in Bijapaur, observations made on cropping pattern and livestock systems. In addition also explains about dual maize dissemination and small scale business models ... -
Title: Testing the GLDC scaling framework: Design, Performance, and Gaps
Author(s)Date: 2019-10-29Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessAccelerating the adoption of new technology – improved varieties and management practices – by smallholders remains a challenge for agricultural research and extension systems, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The ... -
Title: Third visit Activities Report on Ph.D. Research Fellowship (Sufian Suliman Mohammed), from 10 May - 9 September 2015
Author(s)Date: 2015-09-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe third visit to ICARDA site was organized to do part of the doctoral study - needed to do the quality analysis for the wheat materials that was planted in the field experiments at second season, in addition to association ... -
Title: Timely monitoring of Asian Migratory locust habitats in the Amudarya delta, Uzbekistan, using time series of satellite remote sensing vegetation index
Author(s)Date: 2016-12-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe Asian Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria migratoria L.) is a pest that continuously threatens crops in the Amudarya River delta near the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Its development coincides with the growing ... -
Title: To combat Ethiopia’s 2010 wheat stripe rust epidemic, a fast-track crop research and rust-resistant seed distribution program not only delivered future protection to the farmers, but also brought higher yields and incomes.
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-01Type: BriefStatus: Open accessStripe (yellow) rust disease threatens wheat crops every growing season. In recent years, outbreaks have become more frequent and severe with climate change, decimating harvests and leaving smallholder farmers devastated. -
Title: To mulch or to munch? Big modelling of big data
Author(s)Date: 2016-01-17Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessAfrican farmers are poorly resourced, highly diverse and aground by poverty traps making them rather impervious to change. As a consequence R4D efforts usually result in benefits but also trade-offs that constraint ... -
Title: Tools: Balsamiq
Author(s)Date: 2019-12-03Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessFeatures and functionalities of Balsamiq as tool on offer to be used by the team were presented. In terms of purpose LJ summarized the tools as (1) GitHub: status of issues from creation to resolution, (2) Skype, Microsoft ... -
Title: Tools: MIRO Real-time board, visual collaborations and tools, easy screen sharing and presentation
Author(s)Date: 2019-12-03Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessFeatures and functionalities of MIRO as a tool on offer to be used by the team were presented. In terms of purpose LJ summarized the tools as (1) GitHub: status of issues from creation to resolution, (2) Skype, Microsoft ... -
Title: Total Factor Productivity Growth of the Tunisian Agricultural Sector: A review of historical trends and main determinants
Author(s)Date: 2015-10-16Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe objective of this paper is to calculate the total factors productivity (TFP) growth of the Tunisian agricultural sector, between 1961 and 2012, and to assess its main determinants. Data about agricultural inputs and ... -
Title: Total Factor Productivity in Tunisian Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-01Type: BriefStatus: Open accessPolicy brief with the following Key messages: 1. Intensification of production systems is needed to improve food security; 2. International trade should not be hampered; 3. Productivity growth in has occurred because of ... -
Title: Towards an integrated conceptual framework for understanding transition dynamics
Author(s)Date: 2014-08-23Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessThere are several explanations for the dynamics of transition in terms of theories and frameworks. While they describe the same phenomenon, the concepts and processes that they use to explain the dynamics are varied. Some ... -
Title: Towards Conservation Agriculture in Central Syria: Developmental insights from innovation driven research
Author(s)Date: 2017-02-05Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessIn this paper, we report on early outcomes from Conservation Agriculture (CA) benchmark sites located within the marginal rainfed environment of agro-ecological zone 4 (rainfall 200-250 mm) in pre-conflict Central Syria; ... -
Title: Towards resilient and profitable family farming systems in Central Mozambique
Author(s)Date: 2014-07-24Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation of Towards resilient and profitable family farming systems in Central Mozambique