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Enhancing Agricultural Extension Services for Rural Development in Jordan
May 31, 2017

Enhancing Agricultural Extension Services for Rural Development in Jordan

This paper provides a review of the agricultural extension system in Jordan, with a focus on strengths and constraints, as well as options for how to improve efficiency in service delivery and efficacy in outcomes. While public extension in...

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Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable native tree species: Acacia cyanophylla: a multipurpose tree mainly used for reforestation of degraded landscapes
May 29, 2017

Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable native tree species: Acacia cyanophylla: a multipurpose tree mainly used for reforestation of degraded landscapes

Acacia cyanophylla (also known as Acacia saligna) is one of three priority multipurpose tree species for arid and semi-arid zones. It is well adapted to semi-arid and sub-humid regions, and is a high potential species for use in restoration. Its...

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Managing rangelands: promoting well-adapted shrub species: Atriplex leucoclada: mitigating highly saline soils
May 29, 2017

Managing rangelands: promoting well-adapted shrub species: Atriplex leucoclada: mitigating highly saline soils

Atriplex leucoclada is one such native biennial and palatable halophyte species in the Mediterranean region. Due to its easy and rapid establishment in both saline and degraded rangelands, it is being used as a source of feed, especially in...

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Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable practices: Reseeding: a practical and costeffective technique that enhances ecological sustainability while strengthening system resilience
May 29, 2017

Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable practices: Reseeding: a practical and costeffective technique that enhances ecological sustainability while strengthening system resilience

The problem of rangeland degradation can be reversed through revegetation, for example through inclusion of various locally adapted native species in the reseeding. Reseeding is the process by which rangelands are rehabilitated and it has two...

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May 22, 2017

Conserving vital plant genetic material

ICARDA’s genebank hosts one of the world’s largest and most unique collection of beans, crops and wheat.
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Identification of High-Temperature Tolerant Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Genotypes through Leaf and Pollen Traits
May 19, 2017

Identification of High-Temperature Tolerant Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Genotypes through Leaf and Pollen Traits

Rising temperatures are proving detrimental for various agricultural crops. Cool-season legumes such as lentil (Lens culunaris Medik.) are sensitive to even small increases in temperature during the reproductive stage, hence the need to explore...

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May 17, 2017

Partnerships for improving pastoral policies in Tunisia – a new ICARDA project works on updating Tunisian pastoral code

For centuries, herders have relied on mobility and common use of rangelands as an effective adaptation strategy for coping with drought-affected areas.
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May 16, 2017

Big Data Platform: transforming rural livelihoods with the power of information

The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture was launched during the ninth annual ICT4D Conference in Hyderabad, India, on 15 May 2017.
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May 16, 2017

Big Data Platform: transforming rural livelihoods with the power of information

A new multi-center initiative that aims to strengthen food and nutritional security across the developing world.
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FecXBar a Novel BMP15 mutation responsible for prolificacy and female sterility in Tunisian Barbarine Sheep
May 15, 2017

FecXBar a Novel BMP15 mutation responsible for prolificacy and female sterility in Tunisian Barbarine Sheep

Background: Naturally occurring mutations in growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) or bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) genes are associated with increased ovulation rate (OR) and litter size (LS) but also sterility. Observing the...

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