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Variation in the straw traits of morphological fractions of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and implications for selecting for food-feed varieties
Five varieties of faba bean (four improved released varieties and one local variety) were investigated for varietal variation in straw yield, nutritive value of straw morphological fractions and grain yield. Samples of the ...
MIND THE GAP: Improving Dissemination Strategies to Increase Technology Adoption by Smallholders - Project Overview
Understanding which extension approaches have the greatest success rate will help improve future agricultural technology dissemination efforts. This project will compare different extension approaches and evaluate their ...
Cultivar-dependent variation in lentil (Lens culinaris L.) and implications for selecting food-feed varieties
Lentil straw is one of the extensively used livestock feed in mixed crop-livestock systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. To identify the importance of varietal and environmental sources of variation in the nutritive value of straw ...
Determinants of farmers’ decision on utilizing cereal and legume residue as feed and soil mulch in the Ethiopian highlands
Crop residues (CR) are dual purpose resources in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. They serve as animal feed, income sources and inputs for soil and water conservation. However, multiple uses are two ...