Fat deposition in the brisket of Ethiopian fat-long-tailed sheep may interfere with the correlation between heart girth (HG) and live weight (LW), bringing into question the accuracy of HG models for LW prediction that are currently in use. This...
Natural rangelands occupy about 5.5 million hectares of Tunisia’s landmass, and 38% of this area is in Tataouine governorate. Although efforts towards natural restoration are increasing rapidly as a result of restoration projects, the area of...
Biological nitrogen fixation requires a large amount of phosphorus (P). However, most of
the soils are P-deficient and the extensive use of P- chemical fertilizers constitute a serious threat
to the environment. In this context, two field experiments...
This dataset includes records of all ICARDA capacity development activity attendees from 1978 to 2012. The individual's names were anonymized for privacy reason, the records include job title, demographic information, contact information, and...
Background: United Nations SDG-2 and SDG-3 pledges to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and reduce premature deaths of children persisting amongst 821 million people globally. Chickpeas, the second largest food legume in the world...
How animals, particularly livestock, adapt to various climates and environments over short evolutionary time is of fundamental biological interest. Further, understanding the genetic mechanisms of adaptation in indigenous livestock populations is...
