Africa hosts approximately 33 million smallholder farms, which account for 80% of the continent's farming system. Subsistence farming systems face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally-adapted, low-input agriculture. For the near future, they are among the most seriously affec...
Mancini, C.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pe, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes]
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Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes
The Ethiopian plateau hosts thousands of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) farmer varieties (FV) with high adaptability and breeding potential. To harness their unique allelic diversity, we produced a large nested association mapping (NAM) population intercrossing fifty Ethiopian FVs w...
Kidane, Y.G.
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Gesesse, C.A.
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Hailemariam, B.N.
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Desta, E.A.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe, M.E.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[A large nested association mapping population for breeding and quantitative trait locus mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat]
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A large nested association mapping population for breeding and quantitative trait locus mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat
This training manual presents the objectives, tools and approaches used to train a field team for the survey on socio-economic and environmental factors that lead to farmers’ vulnerability as part of a project entitled “Linking genetic vulnerability to loss of resilience to adapt to climate chang...
Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Bijdevaate, M.
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Mwenda, P.
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Morimoto, Y.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Bioversity International
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[Collecting household level data on varietal diversification and adaptation strategies to climate change in East Africa]
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Collecting household level data on varietal diversification and adaptation strategies to climate change in East Africa
This training manual presents the objectives and tools used in focus group discussions for the survey on socio-economic and environmental factors that lead to farmers’ vulnerability as part of a joint project entitled “Linking genetic vulnerability to loss of resilience to adapt to climate change...
Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Bijdevaate, M.
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Mwenda, P.
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Morimoto, Y.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Bioversity International
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[Guiding focus group discussions on varietal diversification and adaptation to climate change in East Africa]
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Guiding focus group discussions on varietal diversification and adaptation to climate change in East Africa
The Seeds for Needs initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. At the same time Seeds for Needs is helping farming communities cope with the effects of climate change by providing access to locally adapted se...
Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Fadda, Carlo
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Bioversity International
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[Seeds for Needs - East Africa: Helping farming communities cope with the effects of climate change by providing access to locally adapted seeds]
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Seeds for Needs - East Africa: Helping farming communities cope with the effects of climate change by providing access to locally adapted seeds
The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is a vital crop in East and Central Africa serving as a food and cash crop and playing an important nutritional role by providing between 20 and 25% of proteins. Unfortunately bean yields have consistently remained lower than potential yield. One reason being ...
Ssekandi W.
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Mulumba J.W.
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Colangelo, P.
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Nankya R.
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Karungi J.
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Otim, M.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Jarvis, Devra I.
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[Modeling the use of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) traditional varieties and their mixtures with commercial varieties to manage bean fly (Ophiomyia spp.) infestation in Uganda]
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Modeling the use of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) traditional varieties and their mixtures with commercial varieties to manage bean fly (Ophiomyia spp.) infestation in Uganda
Ethiopia is one of the most populous countries in Africa, with more than 96 million inhabitants, 80% of whom are engaged in small-scale agriculture, and often subsistence farming. We involved 60 smallholder farmers in two locations in Ethiopia to evaluate traits of their interest in 400 wheat acc...
Mancini, C.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pe, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, Martin
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[Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes]
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Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes
Mengistu, D.K.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Catellani, M.
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Frascaroli, E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe, M.E.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[High-density molecular characterisation and association mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat landraces reveals high diversity and potential for wheat breeding]
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High-density molecular characterisation and association mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat landraces reveals high diversity and potential for wheat breeding
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia.
This project provides a unique framework f...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Bioversity International
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection]
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Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia. The methodology and maps were developed by...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability]
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Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability