Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is one of the critical variables that drives evapotranspiration, and is of fundamental importance in crop physiology and modeling in the face of climate change. Unfortunately, direct records of atmospheric moisture are...
Guide for Rangeland Vegetation Measurements:
Manual on the methods used to monitor the rangelands productivity and managements, the aim is Enhancing capacity of partners is crucial. Thus this manual/guideline for themes related to rangeland...
The paper presents the yield gaps, adoption of improved varieties and the commercial behaviour in seed of smallholder chickpea producers based on the primary data collected from 612 randomly selected farmers covering 36 kebeles from 18 chickpea...
Cactus crops are gaining increasing interest across the globe, in particular cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica), because of its unique characteristics which provide resilience to climate change impact and population pressure. Cactus pear can grow on...
Ethiopia has a large and diverse population of small ruminants, which contribute
substantially to the livelihood and income of the rural poor and the country at large.
However, the sector faces a number of challenges. Productivity per animal and...
Soil salinity is a major threat to crop production worldwide. The global climate change is further accelerating the process of soil salinization, particularly in dry areas of the world. Increasing genetic variability of currently used wheat varieties...
This Working Paper documents the varietal adoption, preferences, and seed commercial behavior based on primary data collected in the 2014 cropping season from 549 randomly selected faba bean growers in four major crop production regional states:...
