Relative Yield, Profit and Water Productivity of Crops in IGNP Stage-I
The choice of an appropriate crop and cropping systems is essential for achieving higher yield, profit and resource use efficiencies. Yield, returns and water productivity are important factors for determining suitability of crops and cropping...
Barley being the earliest domesticated cereal is one of the major world crops today. Wide adaptation of barley to ecogeographic conditions and higher response to low input and stressful environments make it globally cultivated. The diploid and...
GnRH and prostaglandin-based synchronization protocols as alternatives to progestogen-based treatments in sheep
The study investigated, for cycling sheep, synchronizing protocols simultaneously to the standard “P” protocol using progestogens priming with intravaginal devices and gonadotropin. In November 2014, 90 adult Menz ewes were assigned to either...
Characterization of production system and breeding practices of sheep producers in Doyogena district, Southern Ethiopia
An exploratory survey was undertaken in Doyogena district of Southern Nation Nationalities Peoples region of Ethiopia to understand the sheep production system, the breeding practices, selection criteria and sheep production constraints in order...
Increase cucumber yield by protecting native pollinators: Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP)
Wild bees, flies, wasps, butterflies and other wild pollinators provide 85% of the pollination services, but in such landscape they don’t find nectar and pollen to cover their needs during the whole year. They also do not have nesting material...
Augmenter le rendement du concombre par la protection des pollinisateurs indigènes: Cultiver par les actions des pollinisateurs indigènes
Les abeilles sauvages, les mouches, les papillons et d’autres pollinisateurs assurent 85% des services de pollinisation. Mais dans ce paysage, ils ne trouvent pas de nectar ni de pollen pour couvrir leurs besoins pendant toute l'année. Ils n'ont...
طريقة مبتكرة لتحسين إنتاج المزارعين و حماية الحشرات الملقحة المحلية الزراعة بالملقحات الحشرية المحلية
يساهم النحل البري، نحل العسل، الدبابير، الفراشات و الملقحات الحشرية البرية الأخرى في توفير 85 % من خدمة التلقيح. لكن في مثل هذا المنظر، تفتقد هذه الأخيرة إلى الرحيق و حبوب اللقاح طيلة السنة . كما تفتقد أدوات و أماكن التعشيش، و مواقع الإيواء ضد...
Assessment of gully erosion using conventional field measurements: A case study from northern Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world, soil erosion by water contributes significantly to food insecurity of rural households and represents a real threat to sustainability of the existing subsistence agriculture (Hurni 1993...
ABC Australia interviews Dr. Andrew Noble, Deputy Director Research, ICARDA
International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) works in a number of fragile countries experiencing conflicts such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan...
Modeling climate change impact on chickpea production and adaptation options in the semi-arid North-Eastern Ethiopia
The semi-arid north-eastern Ethiopia region is characterized by low and variable rainfall. Terminal drought stress is the major constraint for chickpea production in this region. Climate change has also become one of important up growing issue...
