The often-cited means to reduce poverty in rural areas is to push the sustainable
intensification of the agricultural sector or to favor a livelihood diversification strategy.
However, rural households that invest their resources in multiple domains...
Improved Awassi sheep from Israel has been used for the improvement of the productivity of Ethiopian short-fat tailed Menz and Wollo sheep breeds through crossbreeding. High density (~50,000) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers distributed...
Village elders in Africa played a crucial role in a global seed-collecting project that aims to bolster food security in a changing climate. Through cross-breeding common crops with their wild relatives, scientists plan to create strains that are...
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is one of the critical variables that drives evapotranspiration, and is of fundamental importance in crop physiology and modeling in the face of climate change. Unfortunately, direct records of atmospheric moisture are...
Despite a large number of Aegilops L.
species and their diversity in Azerbaijan, a majority of
this genetic material has not been characterized at
molecular levels. The current study has implemented
DArTseq technology to evaluate genetic diversity...
A quantitative assessment tool, previously developed for the prioritization of livestock research at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was adapted for use in the phase II proposals of the CGIAR research program (CRP) on Livestock...
In Tunisia, sheep are exposed to multiple parasites and pathogens, which has a high economic impact and handicap market access, especially for poor farmers. Rhipicephalus spp. and Hyalomma spp. ticks are competent vectors of wide range of pathogens...
