Best Practices for Managing Awassi Sheep 3-Lambing
This booklet is part of a ten-part series of technical Guidelines describing ‘Best practices for managing Awassi sheep’ – the dominant sheep breed in several countries across the Middle East. The series is targeted at sheep farmers and milk...
The uploaded document is a two page flyer describing objectives and components of the ICT2Scale project which aims to use ICT technology like SMS and short numbers and e-learning to strengthen partners and farmers in Tunisia
Indigenous knowledge, practices and preferences in control of gastrointestinal nematodes in Bonga and Horro sheep of Ethiopia
Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) remain one of the main health and production constraints of sheep globally. Considering alternatives to anthelmintics in control of GIN of sheep has become important mainly due to development of anthelmintic...
Assessing Genetic Diversity of Shishi Date Palm Cultivars in Saudi Arabia and Qatar Using Microsatellite Markers
In this study fourteen microsatellite primer pairs were used to study the genetic diversity of Shishi Date palm in Qatar. A total of 32 date palm (15 Shishi cultivar, 10 Khalas and seven male date palms) were collected from Qatar and 5 Shihi...
Analysis of the competitiveness of wheat and orange in Tunisia under water shortage scenarios
Increasing water shortage results in higher food prices which may affect the competitiveness of small irrigated farming systems. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of water shortage on the competitiveness of orange and wheat...
Sustaining Farming Systems for Food Security and Economic Growth in Ethiopia
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...
Diversification of wheat based cropping system through the introduction of high yielding barley and durum wheat in the highlands of Ethiopia
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...
Public-private partnership to transform malt barley value chain in Ethiopia
Expanding malt and brewery industry created opportunities for boosting domestic malt barley production for economic growth and better livelihoods, but access to technology was a limitation.
AN OLD/NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICA: DURUM WHEAT
Durum wheat is an important food crop in the world and an endemic species of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A new publication ( Durum Wheat: Origin, Cultivation and Potential Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa - May 2019, 20 pages) convincingly...
The magic of crop wild relatives in durum wheat breeding
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...
