Lethal and sublethal effects of the insecticides d-limonene, mineral oil, and potassium salts of fatty acid on Dactylopius Opuntiae potential predator Cryptolaemus Montrouzieri
In the last few years, Dactylopius opuntiae has seriously harmed the cactus pear in Morocco. Chemical control and predators are presently the predominant method used to control this scale pest. In this study the lethal and sublethal effects of...
Assessment of soil surface scarification and reseeding with sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) of degraded Mediterranean semi-arid rangelands
Climate change and degradation of natural resources pose daunting challenges in arid and semi-arid rangelands of southern Mediterranean region. Overcoming these challenges requires considerable management actions efforts. In this context, the...
Socioeconomic, biophysical, and environmental impacts of raised beds in irrigated wheat: A case study from Egypt
Raised beds (RB) are hailed as means to mitigate the problem of excessive irrigation. However, their adoption and impacts in Egypt are not well-documented. This paper is based on survey data collected from a sample of 691 wheat fields drawn from...
Preference and willingness to pay for small ruminant market facilities – Discrete choice experiment data
The data described in this brief were collected in 2018 as part of a national study to elicit preferences and estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for small ruminant market facilities in Ethiopia. We employed multistage sampling method to identify...
Fatten Khudershah is a Knowledge Management Assistant in the ICARDA MEL Team, based in Syria. Her responsibilities include digitizing data assets from the ICARDA office in Aleppo and storing them in the ICARDA repository to promote FAIR data...
Elvin Carol Kohen is a Project and Knowledge Management Curator in the MEL Team at ICARDA, based in France. Elvin is supporting management, reporting and evaluation processes for the projects supported by the Partnership for Research and...
Joren Verbist is a Technology Systematization Officer with the ICARDA MEL team, based in the Netherlands. He works at the intersection of economics, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), and Sustainable Land Management (SLM). He focuses on innovation...
Physoderma, not Olpidium, is the true cause of faba bean gall disease of Vicia faba in Ethiopia
Faba bean gall (FBG) is a devastating disease of faba bean (Vicia faba) in Ethiopia. Studies were undertaken first to compare and contrast similarities between FBG disease symptoms and morphology in Ethiopia with those reported earlier in China...
