Identification of suitable genotypes of lentil (Lens culinaris) for improved adaptation to rice fallow areas of Gangetic Alluvial Zone
Rice fallows (RF) are the low lying kharif sown rice (Oryza sativa L.) areas that remain uncropped due to dearth of suitable cultivars of winter (rabi) pulses. A panel of 30 promising high yielding lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) genotypes of...
The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers
The African Goat Improvement Network (AGIN) is a collaborative group of scientists focused on genetic improvement of goats in small holder communities across the African continent. The group emerged from a series of workshops focused on...
Genomic predictions to leverage phenotypic data across genebanks
enome-wide prediction is a powerful tool in breeding. Initial results suggest that genome-wide approaches are also promising for enhancing the use of the genebank material: predicting the performance of plant genetic resources can unlock their...
Increasing lowland rice yields of smallholder farmers through the adoption of good agricultural practices in the forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana
Rice is an important food crop in Ghana. However, its production has constantly been below 40% of the demand, and most of the requirements meet from imports. Such low production level is largely attributed to farmers’ sub-optimal crop and water...
AMMI and GGE Biplot Analyses for Mega-Environment Identification and Selection of Some High-Yielding Oat (Avena sativa L.) Genotypes for Multiple Environments
This paper reports an evaluation of eleven oat genotypes in four environments for two consecutive years to identify high-biomass-yielding, stable, and broadly adapted genotypes in selected parts of Ethiopia. Genotypes were planted and evaluated...
Can a cash crop be a women’s crop?: Examining gender norms, relations and equity around lentil commercialization in Ethiopia
The benefits of subsistence-crop commercialization may depend on gender norms and relations. In sub-Saharan Africa, crop commercialization has been shown to often have unequal outcomes for women and men due to pre-existing social hierarchies and...
Modeling genotype × environment × management interactions for a sustainable intensification under rainfed wheat cropping system in Morocco
Under the conditions of Moroccan rainfed agricultural areas, wheat cropping systems—the population’s basic staple food—are subject to a set of limitations that seasonally impact crop production and farmers’ incomes, thus national food security...
Irrigated barley–grass pea crop mixtures can revive soil microbial activities and alleviate salinity in desertic conditions of southern Morocco
Soil salinity adversely limits crop and soil health, and this can be reversed by cropping systems where species exclude salts and activate microbial nutrient cycling. A randomized complete block design experiment was established in Laayoune...
Effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaf meal supplementation on production performance and egg quality of laying hens
This experiment was conducted to investigate the supplemental effect of rosemary leaf meal (RLM) on egg production and egg quality in Lohmann-Brown laying hens. For each treatment, six replicates were performed with four 24-week-old laying hens...
