Will selenium increase lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) yield and seed quality?
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik), a nutritious traditional pulse crop, has been experiencing a declining area of production in South East Asia, due to lower yields, and marginal soils. The objective of this study was to determine whether selenium...
Performance of small irrigated farms in Tunisia's Lower Medjerda Valley
Despite research efforts and the multiple interventions of States, the productivity of water, land, and capital resources is often low, particularly in Tunisia. This study provides a framework for analyzing the performance of irrigated farms and...
Tracking the dynamics of paddy rice planting area in 1986–2010 through time series Landsat images and phenology-based algorithms
Agricultural land use change substantially affects climate,water, ecosystems, biodiversity, and humanwelfare. In recent decades, due to increasing population and food demand and the backdrop of global warming, croplands have been expanding into...
Relative resistance of Menz and Washera sheep breeds to artificial infection with Haemonchus contortus in the highlands of Ethiopia
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative resistance of Menz and Washera sheep breeds to artificial infection with Haemonchus contortus. The challenge trial was conducted at the Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Center in Ethiopia. A...
Genetic analyses of malting quality characters in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
The present study was undertaken to delineate the nature of gene effects, epistasis type and estimation of genetic parameters in barley. Mean hectolitre weight, grain protein content and malt friability were exhibited as 58.45 kg/hl, 10.27 and...
Simulating groundwater dynamics using FEFLOW groundwater model under complex irrigation and drainage network of dryland ecosystems of Central Asia
Surface and groundwater resources are often conjunctively used to cope with water scarcity in irrigated agriculture. Farmers in the dryland ecosystems of central Asia also utilize shallow groundwater in addition to surface water withdrawn from...
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...
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...
Fusarium Wilt Disease of Chickpea in Sudan: Incidence, Pathogen Genetic Variability and Screening for Resistance
Chickpea (Cice rarietinum L) is a cool season food legume and an important cash crop in the Sudan. The crop was traditionally grown on residual moisture of the flood in northern Sudan and recently it is introduced to the central parts of the...
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...
