Mapping Areas for Growing Pulses in Rice Fallows Using Multi-Criteria Spatial Decisions
Food legumes play an important role in ensuring food and nutritional as well as environmental security through crop diversification and sustainable intensification in India and elsewhere. India imports nearly 4–5 million tons annually to meet...
Assessing Institutional Barriers to Effective Dissemination Strategies of Proven Water Management Practices to Face Climate Change Threats in the Citrus Growing Area in Tunisia
Nitrous oxide emissions from cassava fields amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers
Cassava production requires nitrogen (N) inputs to drive processes such as protein synthesis. Nevertheless, N not taken up by cassava roots is subjected to microbial transformation resulting in nitrous oxide (N2O) production, a potent greenhouse...
Phenology and phylogeny of Hyalomma spp. ticks infesting one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Tunisian Saharan bioclimatic zone
In this study, we report the results of a survey of Hyalomma ticks infesting one-humped camels in southern Tunisia. Examinations were conducted every second or third month on 406 camels in Tataouine district from April 2018 to October 2019. A...
ICARDA uses the first economically self-sustaining and climate-smart approach to protect pollinators and raise farmers' incomes: Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP).
Phenotypic Characterization for Identification, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Boset and Minjar Shenkora Goats of Ethiopia
This study was conducted on a total of 776 goats (part of Central highland goat breeds of Ethiopia), 306 from Boset district of Oromia region and 470 were from Minjar Shenkora district of Amhara region. A format developed by using food and...
ICARDA legume varieties on fallow land promote food security in South Asia
In South Asia, ICARDA scientists introduced early-maturing legume varieties that grow within short rice fallow seasons, combating regional nutritional deficiencies and increasing farmers’ incomes.
