As part of a three-year project focusing on improving the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers by improving the availability of fodder, new groundnut varieties were tested, incorporating participatory rural appraisal (PRA), rapid rural appraisal (RRA), focus group discussions (FGDs) and field da...
Prasad, V.L.
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Bezkorowajnyj, P.G.
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Nigam, S.N.
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Hanson, Jean
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Romney, D.L.
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[Multiple actor orientation: A case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh]
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Multiple actor orientation: A case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Alexander, G.
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Ravi, D.
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Reddy, C.R.
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Saxena, K.B.
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Hanson, Jean
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Upadhyaya, Hari D.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Forage yield and quality in pigeonpea germplasm lines]
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Forage yield and quality in pigeonpea germplasm lines
The forage genetic resources activities at ILCA located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focus on the acquisition, maintenance, characterization, evaluation, and distribution of forage germplasm for development and utilization as livestock feeds. The genetic resources required for forage development are...
Hanson, Jean
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[A rich trove of sub-Saharan Africa's forage genetic resources conserved at ILCA]
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A rich trove of sub-Saharan Africa's forage genetic resources conserved at ILCA
Conservation of germplasm has traditionally relied to a large extent on storage of seeds in genebanks. However, some forage species may take a long time to research maturity and produce seeds or, in the case of grasses, have inadequate production of seeds for collection, multiplication, dissemina...
Hanson, Jean
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Mtambo, P.J.
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Ruredzo, T.J.
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[Conservation of forage germplasm with an emphasis on application of tissue culture techniques in a genebank]
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Conservation of forage germplasm with an emphasis on application of tissue culture techniques in a genebank
Rising populations and incomes in developing countries are likely to double demand for livestock products by 2020 (Delgado et al. 1999). This strong demand has potential to improve profitability for farmers but will require improved animal feeding in both semi-intensive crop-livestock and more ex...
Pengelly, Bruce C.
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Cook, Bruce G
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Partridge, I.J.
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Eagles, D.A.
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Peters, Michael
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Hanson, Jean
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Brown, S.D.
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Donnelly, J.L.
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Mullen, B.F.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Franco, A.
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O'Brien, R.
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[Selection of Forages for the Tropics (SoFT) - a database and selection tool for identifying forages adapted to local conditions in the tropics and subtropics]
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Selection of Forages for the Tropics (SoFT) - a database and selection tool for identifying forages adapted to local conditions in the tropics and subtropics
Information on available diversity and drought resistance among Chloris gayana accessions would offer considerable potential to select genotypes to alleviate the feed inadequacy that constrains livestock production in dry tropical areas. A collection of 62 C. gayana accessions from the genebank o...
Ponsens, J.
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Hanson, Jean
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Schellberg, J.
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Moeseler, B.M.
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[Characterization of phenotypic diversity, yield and response to drought stress in a collection of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth) accessions]
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Characterization of phenotypic diversity, yield and response to drought stress in a collection of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth) accessions
Several differnt methods using different numbers of plants and observations have been used for characterisation of germplasm. In this study two different observation strategies for characterisation were tested in order to determine the minimum number of observations and plant per accession whilst...
Wouw, M. van de
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Hanson, Jean
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Nokoe, S.
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[Observation strategies for morphological characterisation of forages]
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Observation strategies for morphological characterisation of forages