About 4.1 million farmers grow wheat in Ethiopia. Area coverage is 1.7 million ha. Wheat productivity is low due to diseases (rusts), grassy weeds and poor soil fertility, which is happening due to mono-cropping. Diversification of bread wheat...
Farmer, industry and consumer preferred chickpea varieties identified and disseminated in 105 districts of Amhara, Oromia, SNNRP and Tigray regions. About 19 SPCs, 5 MPCs and 5 unions with membership of 11,024 (13.8% female) farmers involved in local...
Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf., 2n = 4x = 28, AABB) is the tenth most important crop in the world with an estimated production of 40 million tons in 2017 (Fig 1). Its global cultivation surface exceeds 18 million hectares, with Canada being the...
The project "Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use and Soil Fertility in NEN and LAC Countries" is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
The film shows...
While Mediterranean livestock are particularly vulnerable to climate change, the livestock
sector is responsible for about 14.5% of anthropogenic GHG emissions worldwide. There is a
challenge in developing complementary adaptation and mitigation...
The Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) sponsored project on lentil entitled “Enhancing Lentil Production for Food, Nutritional Security and Improved Rural Livelihoods” was implemented by International Center for...
The project "Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use and Soil Fertility in NEN and LAC Countries" is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Despite...
