Over the past 70 years, the world has witnessed extraordinary growth in crop productivity, enabled by a suite of technological advances, including higher yielding crop varieties, improved farm management, synthetic agrochemicals, and agricultural...
Afghanistan has an arid to semi-arid climate where irrigated agriculture largely depends on scarce irrigation water supplies from snowmelt from the high raised mountains. Under growing water scarcity, farmers not only need to use the available water...
The mealybug destroyer Cryptolaemus montrouzieri has been introduced in many countries for biological control of mealybug species, recently the ladybeetle was tested on the biocontrol efficiency of Dactylopius opuntiae in many countries such as...
In dry areas, sheep need large amounts of feed and this need grows every year due to the increasing number of animals and the increasing demand for animal products. At 75%, animal nutritional expenses constitute a high proportion of sheep husbandry...
How animals, particularly livestock, adapt to various climates and environments over short evolutionary time is of fundamental biological interest. Further, understanding the genetic mechanisms of adaptation in indigenous livestock populations is...
While much has been said in recent years about the importance of engaging rural youth in subSaharan Africa’s development, the factual data about how African youth currently engage in rural economies
remain sparse. We use recent nationally...
