Mind The GAP: Improving Dissemination Strategies to Increase Technology Adoption by Smallholders
Proven agricultural technologies that can improve lives often have low adoption rates due to lack of effective service delivery systems and enabling policy environment. Agricultural extension is a common method to introduce technologies. However...
The fruitful collaboration between the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Turkey dates back to the establishment of ICARDA in 1977. ICARDA and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1986, and the...
Ties that Bind: Turkey and ICARDA. Collaboration in Agricultural Research
The fruitful collaboration between the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Turkey dates back to the establishment of ICARDA in 1977. ICARDA and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1986, and the...
Supplemental Irrigation: A Promising Climate-resilience Practice for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture
Around 80 % of the world’s agricultural land is rainfed, and contributes to at least two-thirds of global food production. About 41 % of the Earth’s land area is classi- fied as dryland (ISPC 2015), wherein the farming system is characterized by...
Impacts of International Wheat Improvement Research
Wheat is a major source of calories and protein for consumers in developing countries. The “Green Revolution” improved the national food security and welfare of the poor in developing countries in the second half of the 20th century. However...
Early Generation Seed Production and Supply in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Opportunities
Early generation seed production may constitute maintenance breeding of improved variety and regular multiplication and supply of smaller quantities of breeder, pre-basic and basic seed. The main purpose of EGS Early generation seed production...
Recording birth weight has no significance in village based genetic improvement programs of small ruminants
The present study was conducted to justify that keeping birth weight (BWT) records have little or no significance in genetic improvements of market or adult weights of small ruminants while implementation of community based breeding program...
Influence of Salinity Stress on Growth and Biochemical Changes in Transgenic Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Over-Expressing HvABF2 Gene
This thesis was submitted by Bushra Mohammad Sabbah in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master’s Degree in Biotechnology (The University of Jordan) under the co-supervision of Dr. Shibli (The University of Jordan) and Dr. Ayed M...
Wheat is the principal staple food in most countries of the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, accounting for 45% of the region’s per capita calorie intake with an average wheat consumption of about 200 kg/capita/year, which...
Viruses affecting lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in Greece; incidence and genetic variability of Bean leafroll virus and Pea enation mosaic virus
In Greece, lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) crops are mainly established with non-certified seeds of local landraces, implying high risks for seed transmitted diseases. During April and May of the 2007-2012 growing seasons, surveys were conducted...
