This report covers the progress of developing and piloting location-specific fertilizer and agroclimate advisory service for Wheat in Ethiopia. The report highlights the major activities implemented during the 2022 cropping season including (1) review of organic fertilizer recommendations for wheat; (2) generation of location-specific fertilizer ra...
Namen magistrske naloge je bil oceniti suho biomaso nadzemnega dela zeliščne in grmovne vegetacije v smrekovih sestojih na Pokljuki s pomočjo neposredne metode: z rezanjem, sušenjem in tehtanjem rastlin ter raziskati odvisnost biomase zeliščne in grmovne vegetacije od različnih dejavnikov sestoja in okolja. Ugotovili smo, da je povprečna suha bioma...
The effect of growing location on the iron concentration of potato and sweetpotato as determined by ICP-MS was evaluated using freeze dried and milled samples from peeled raw potato tubers and sweetpotato roots. Significant variation of the iron concentrations due to genotype (clone or variety), location and genotype × location interaction was foun...
Recently, recognition has been growing of the power of data and information for better decisionmaking and service provision in agriculture. To ensure good data quality, an agreed standard to collect, store, and share data along the agricultural value chain is required. With this background, the purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance on st...
A multi-stakeholder survey and site-based data comparison was carried out to predefine three benchmark sites or populations along a rural-to-urban transect. The current report is a draft version to be shared widely with A4NH- FSHD partners before we commit to ACTUALLY initiating food system characterization in each site, followed by different types...
Pinus pinea L. is a species of great ecological and economic importance in the Mediterranean region and particularly in Lebanon where there is a lack of knowledge on the status of this species (spontaneous or introduced) and more broadly on the vegetation dynamics of pine stands and conditions for their natural regeneration. Our study aims to produ...
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) can play a key role to revert the loss of forests, while also contributing to an increased well-being of local livelihoods in deforested and degraded landscapes. As we start the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), FLR and ecosystem restoration, in general, are considered an integral part of tackling gl...
Septoria tritici blotch (STB) (Zymoseptoria tritici) is a major disease of durum wheat, an economic crop grown in the highlands of Wollo in Ethiopia. To determine the status of this disease, we conducted surveys in five districts of Wollo (Meket, Woreilu, Wadila, Jama, and Dessie Zuria) during the 2015 cropping season. We visited 75 farm plots to d...
Published in Ecology and evolution
Hemispherical photography (HP), implemented with cameras equipped with "fisheye" lenses, is a widely used method for describing forest canopies and light regimes. A promising technological advance is the availability of low-cost fisheye lenses for smartphone cameras. However, smartphone camera sensors cannot record a full hemisphere. We investigate...
