Improved Sheep Fattening Skills for Ethiopia's Youth
ICARDA equips unemployed Ethiopian youth with an innovative package of sheep-fattening practices and technologies to improve their income and access to market enterprise.
Community-based breeding programs for sheep and goats
ICARDA’s community-based breeding program focuses on indigenous breeds and is suited to smallholder conditions, making it a sustainable alternative to conventional methods.
Field-transcriptome analyses reveal developmental transitions during flowering in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Cassava is an important crop for both edible and industrial purposes. Cassava develops storage roots that accumulate starch, providing an important source of staple food in tropical regions. To facilitate cassava breeding, it is important to...
Community based in-situ conservation of dryland agrobiodiversity
ICARDA has developed a holistic community-driven approach for promoting in-situ/on-farm conservation of landraces and wild relatives in non-tropical drylands.
Identifying and validating SSR markers linked with rust resistance in lentil (Lens culinaris)
Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from a cross between rust resistant (FLIP-2004-7L) and susceptible (L-9-12) genotypes were phenotyped against lentil rust at two hot-spot locations for two consecutive years (2017-2018 and 2018-2019) and...
Low-Cost, Mobile Reproductive Labs for Better Sheep and Goat Breeding
ICARDA established Africa’s first reproductive platform composed of a network of laboratories placed strategically to enhance the delivery of improved genetics for the major breeds of sheep and goats in Ethiopia.
