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...
Spatial characterization of colonies of the flying fox bat, a carrier of Nipah Virus in Thailand
A major reservoir of Nipah virus is believed to be the flying fox genus Pteropus, a fruit bat distributed across many of the world’s tropical and sub-tropical areas. The emergence of the virus and its zoonotic transmission to livestock and...
Grasspea: back on the menu for India’s agriculture
ICARDA is promoting low-toxin grasspea varieties in India, where the crop is recognized for its low input requirements and adaptation to harsh conditions.
A genetic map of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) with integrated physical mapping of immunity-related genes
Background Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, is one of the most important crops world-wide representing the staple security for more than one billion of people. The development of dense genetic and physical maps, as the basis for implementing...
Heat stress is a major constraint on wheat production in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sudan, for instance, temperatures often exceed 41 C, an intense heat that limits crop performance and yields - the national yield average for wheat is only 2 tons...
