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ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, ...
Field solution for the Artificial Insemination of Ethiopian Sheep Breeds 
Ethiopian Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development: This manual offers an overview of reproductive packages to effectively vehicle improved genetics from the communities, to the communities.
Community gender profiles across livestock production systems in Ethiopia: Implications for intervention design
The design of research and development interventions promoting gender-responsive value chains is hampered by the lack of gender disaggregated data. Data shortages in the livestock sector span multiple issues including ...
Commercial behaviours of smallholder farmers in wheat seed use and its implication for demand assessment in Ethiopia
The article presents the commercial behaviour and its determinants of smallholder farmers in wheat seed use, and its implication for seed demand assessment, based on primary data from 524 wheat farmers in the major wheat ...
Review of the reproductive performances of sheep breeds in Ethiopia: Documenting existing knowledge and identifying priority research needs
There are numerous benefits of reviewing the current state of knowledge related to the reproductive
performances and characteristics of Ethiopian sheep. First, compilation of this information serves as a
resource material ...
Containing the Menace of Wheat Rust: Institutionalized Interventions and Impacts
This book is the grandstand of the collaborative endeavors of diverse stakeholders in addressing the challenges of wheat production and wheat rusts in Ethiopia within the context of the international efforts across Africa ...
Current Situation, Investment Opportunities, and Future Outlooks of Malt Barley Production in Ethiopia
This study assesses the current situation and identifies opportunities and constraints along the malt barley value chain in Ethiopia. The future prospects of malt barley production, processing and marketing in line with ...
Adoption Study of Improved Barley Varieties in Ethiopia
Poverty eradication is the fundamental development agenda of the government of Ethiopia. In response to this, all the development policies and strategies of the country are oriented towards the achievement of this goal. ...
Productive Spillovers of the Take-up of Index-Based Livestock Insurance¥
Does the provision of livestock insurance raise the unintended consequence of stimulating excessive herd accumulation and less environmentally-sustainable herd movement patterns? The impact of insurance is theoretically ...
Consolidated Programme Implementation plan 2015-2018: Drylands Development Programme (DryDev)
The Drylands Development Programme (DRYDEV) is a five‐year initiative (August 2013 to July 2018)
funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of the Netherlands, with a significant financial
contribution from World ...