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Community‐based livestock breeding programmes: essentials and examples
April 01, 2015

Community‐based livestock breeding programmes: essentials and examples

Breeding programmes described as community-based (CBBP) typically relate to low-input systems with farmers having a common interest to improve and share their genetic resources. CBBPs are more frequent with keepers of small ruminants, in...

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Improvement of cereal-based cropping systems following the principles of conservation agriculture under changing agricultural scenarios in Bangladesh
April 01, 2015

Improvement of cereal-based cropping systems following the principles of conservation agriculture under changing agricultural scenarios in Bangladesh

In the Eastern Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh, the cropping systems are predominantly rice based, having large yield gaps in farmers’ fields because of poor management practices adopted by farmers. The increasing scarcity of resources (water...

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Linking Livestock Producers and Rural Women to Global Yarn Markets
March 31, 2015

Linking Livestock Producers and Rural Women to Global Yarn Markets

The project used a market-driven science approach to ensure quick uptake by rural women and succeeded in establishing a self-sustaining value chain, from improved breeding and husbandry practices to production of world-class yarns and appealing...

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Spatial characterization of colonies of the flying fox bat, a carrier of Nipah Virus in Thailand
March 28, 2015

Spatial characterization of colonies of the flying fox bat, a carrier of Nipah Virus in Thailand

A major reservoir of Nipah virus is believed to be the flying fox genus Pteropus, a fruit bat distributed across many of the world’s tropical and sub-tropical areas. The emergence of the virus and its zoonotic transmission to livestock and...

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Grasspea is popular with India's farmers, offering low input requirements and easy adaptation to harsh environments.
March 22, 2015

Grasspea: back on the menu for India’s agriculture

ICARDA is promoting low-toxin grasspea varieties in India, where the crop is recognized for its low input requirements and adaptation to harsh conditions.
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Dr. Mahmoud Solh, pictured with Dr. Peter Harry Carstensen, Chairman of Gregor Mendel Foundation (Left), and Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, State Secretary of German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Right)
March 19, 2015

ICARDA Receives Gregor Mendel Innovation Prize for Ensuring Safekeeping of its Genebank Collection

Efforts of ICARDA’s genebank team in Syria are commended with Gregor Mendel Innovation Prize.
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Blog
March 10, 2015

Wheat Gets Hot for Sub-Saharan Africa Farmers

Heat stress is a major constraint on wheat production in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sudan, for instance, temperatures often exceed 41 C, an intense heat that limits crop performance and yields - the national yield average for wheat is only 2 tons...
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Women were provided with a safe space where they could articulate their views.
March 09, 2015

Breaking the gender mold: voices from the field

There are many gender mainstreaming workshops that take place each year. Few are successful at motivating behavior change. But a workshop in Gondar, Ethiopia was different.
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The world's dry areas need quick solutions to achieve food security
March 08, 2015

'Systems solutions' for Drylands

What are the proven solutions needed to drive higher productivity across the world's dry areas? #ICARDA'sTop7 reveals all.
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Blog
March 07, 2015

A Once Barred Crop, Now a Boon

When cyclone Aila struck the Sunderbans along the Bay of Bengal in 2009, it devastated thousands of hectares of fertile land used for rice farming. As the sea water receded, it left behind soil and water so saline, nothing would grow for several...
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