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Production and reproduction performances, producers’ trait preferences and marketing system of small ruminants in Ada Barga and Ejere Districts of west Shoa Zone, Ethiopia

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Journal Articles & Books
February, 2016
Ethiopia
Eastern Africa
Africa

Small Ruminants production, producer’s traits preferences and marketing system in agro- ecologies (AEZs) of Ada Barga and Ejere districts were under taken to characterize production system, reproduction performance, traits preferred for breeding as well as marketing and to document constraints of central highland sheep and goat in its environment.

Effect of faba bean (Vicia faba l.)- forage inter-cropping: Benefits and trade-offs to improve feed resources in Lemo Woreda, southern Ethiopia

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Journal Articles & Books
February, 2016
Ethiopia
Africa
Eastern Africa

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.), also called ‘broad bean, horse bean’ is an annual crop, which mainly grows in the highlands of Ethiopia for human consumption. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of intercropping faba bean varieties with oat fodder on forage biomass, straw, grain yields, and straw quality.

Reproductive and productive performances of crossbred and indigenous dairy cattle under rural, peri-urban and urban dairy farming systems in west Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

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Journal Articles & Books
February, 2016
Ethiopia
Africa
Eastern Africa

The aim of the study was to assess productive and reproductive performance of indigenous and their crossbred of different exotic blood level of dairy cows and factors affecting their performance in Rural, peri-urban and urban, farming system of West Shoa Zone, Oromia State, Ethiopia.

Agricultural practices and technologies to enhance food security, resilience and productivity in a sustainable manner: Messages to the SBSTA 44 agriculture workshops

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Reports & Research
February, 2016

This paper synthesizes knowledge within CGIAR and its partners on agricultural practices and technologies to enhance food security, resilience and productivity in a sustainable manner. A number of agricultural practices and technologies which contribute to these objectives were identified and assessed to generate four key lessons.

Climate change adaptation in agriculture: practices and technologies. Opportunities for climate action in agricultural systems

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Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2016

In this info note we provide a brief overview of key

agricultural practices and technologies which enhance

productivity in a sustainable manner, thus contributing to

food security and environmental goals while increasing

the resilience of farming systems.

A twinned info note considers

higher-level measures of

adaptation in agriculture, such