Genetic enhancement of food legumes for nutritional security and sustainable cereal-based cropping systems
Food legume crops are cultivated since the earliest days of agriculture for human food and animal feed.Today these crops are grown globally, providing food and nutritional security. In particular, they are the main source of protein, macro and...
Breeding programs for smallholder sheep farming systems: I. Evaluation of alternative designs of breeding schemes
Village- and central nucleus-based schemes were simulated and evaluated for their relative bio-economic efficiencies, using Ethiopia’s Menz sheep as example. The schemes were: village-based 2-tier (Scheme-1) and 1-tier (Scheme-2) cooperative...
Breeding programmes for smallholder sheep farming systems: II. Optimization of cooperative village breeding schemes
A simulation study was conducted to optimize a cooperative village-based sheep breeding scheme for Menz sheep of Ethiopia. Genetic gains and profits were estimated under nine levels of farmers’ participation and three scenarios of controlled...
Promoting women’s participation in income generating activities
An initiative to empower rural women in Jordan and encourage their participation in income-generating activities, recently held a ceremony for graduates of its peer-to-peer training scheme.
