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Milk and Reproduction Performances of Awassi Sheep in Tal Hadya Station, Syria, 2002-2011
No full textThe data were collected from an experimental sheep flock that was maintained at ICARDA’s Tal Hadya station, Aleppo, Syria (now in Terbol station in Lebanon). By 1980, the foundation of ICARDA’s experimental Syrian Awassi (S) flock, a group of ewes that originated in the steppes of Syria, was formed. In 1986, the flock was expanded by incorporating ewes from the Aleppo region. The founding groups, which represented a random sample of the local population of Syrian Awassi, were not subjected to any selection plan, other than farmers' regular breeding practices. Rams from the Syrian governments’ Al-Kraim breeding program were used as sires for the S flock. Thereafter, only these rams or their progeny born in the flock were used as sires. As a result, the S genotype carries genes from rams sourced from the Al-Kraim program. In 1991, ICARDA acquired Awassi sheep of the Ceylanpinar Turkish genotype (T). In 1998, a few T ewes bred at ICARDA were inseminated with fresh semen from Ceylanpinar T rams (n = 21). The S and T flocks at ICARDA were kept pure and mated at random without consideration for milk production potential. In 1999, in addition to breeding the pure S and T flocks, T rams were mated to S ewes to produce F1 crosses. The offspring of the crosses, genotype TS, was born in 2000. Data collected from 2002 to the beginning of 2011 is available. The standard recordings were as follows: Milk production per ewe was recorded weekly after weaning until the end of lactation (when ewes produced 150 g per day). Beginning in 2003, ewes were milked twice daily. Milk production between consecutive control days was estimated to obtain the total milk yields (kg), along with lactation length (days). Milk samples collected on control days (pooled over the daily milkings) were analyzed for protein, fat, and solids-not-fat (SnF) content. Several additional variables were recorded for both lambs and ewes. The traits included in this data set are: birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), pre-weaning weight gains (WG), lambing interval (LI), litter weight at birth (LWB), litter weight at weaning (LWW), lactation length (LL), lactation milk yield (LY), lactation fat yield (FY), protein yield (PY), lactose yield (LY) and total solids yield (TSY)
Al_Khattem Potential Hot-spots Of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Risk Based On Trap-data 2015
No full textThe layer was part of Enhancing date palm integrated pest management and agricultural extension and technology transfer systems in Abu Dhabi project, the layer was generated from survey information on date palm in Abu Dhabi obtained from Abu Dhabi Farmers Services Center. The trap information for 2015 (number of red palm weevil that have been captured) has been used as an input to identifies statistically significant hot spot using the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic in ArcGIS platform. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
24th Facultative Winter Wheat Observation Nurseries - Irrigation condition (24FAWWON-IRR)
No full textThe dataset contains data from the 24th Facultative Winter Wheat Observation Nurseries - Irrigation condition (FAWWON-IRR), as part of the International Nursery data for Winter Facultative Wheat report for 2017. The nursery have been planted as observation nursery in more than 15 countries under rainfed conditions; Data provided to IWWIP. The information on genotypes in the locations where planted for disease, agronomic scores of the breeders, selection made by the breeders for their programs
Characterization of the production system in Meknes (household typologies vs. resource use efficiencies)
No full textThis data set is a processed version of the survey conducted by ICARDA and INRA for the characterization of the production system in in Meknes. Characterization includes household typologies and their implications on the use efficiency
DIIVA-PR trials in Morocco, 2018-2019 season
No full textThe map shows the geographical distibution of DIIVA-PR trials conducted in Morocco during the season 2018-2019. This work was carried under the project DIIVA-PR: “Dissemination of Interspecific ICARDA Varieties and Elites through Participatory Research” aimed to evaluate the advantage of crop
wild relatives derived lines of durum wheat, barley and lentil
Abergelle goat temperature similarity in Ethiopia
No full textThis map was prepared for Livestock and fish CRP project for Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats. Abergelle goat temperature similarity in Ethiopia at 30 arc-second (about 1 km) resolution. Similarity in temperature patterns were calculated using a Visual Basic program (climatic similarity) developed in ICARDA. temperature similarity index is a distance function for air temperature draw inspiration from the ‘Match Index’ concept developed in the CLIMEX software. The temperature of both the breed distribution areas and areas outside was obtained from WorldClim 2.0 (Hijmans et al., 2005a)
Chickpea ICARDA Nursery Data 2017
No full textICARDA has a regional mandate for chickpea within the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ICARDA’s crop improvement programs develop nurseries for a wide range of agricultural systems and distribute them worldwide upon request. All nurseries are developed, prepared and dispatched from ICARDA. The international nursery trialing system is an integral part of the crop improvement programs of ICARDA and NARIs partners. It provides the cooperators with the opportunity to evaluate the genetically diverse germplasms generated through conventional and modern breading methodologies under their own agro-ecological conditions and socio-economic contexts. For this process to succeed, effective data collection and timely sharing are crucial
Rahba Potential Hot-spots Of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Risk Based On Trap-data 2014
No full textThe layer was part of enhancing date palm integrated pest management and agricultural extension and technology transfer systems in Abu Dhabi project, the layer was generated from survey information on date palm in Abu Dhabi obtained from Abu Dhabi Farmers Services Center. The trap information for 2014 (number of red palm weevil that have been captured) has been used as an input to identifies statistically significant hot spot using the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic in ArcGIS platform. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Abergelle goat soil similarity in Ethiopia
No full textThis map was prepared for Livestock and fish CRP project for Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats. Abergelle goat Soil similarity in Ethiopia at 30 arc-second (about 1 km) resolution. Soil similarity was assessed by comparing the composition of the soil association within the breed distribution areas with the soil composition of each land pixel. The soil composition of both the breed distribution areas and areas outside was obtained from the Digital Soil Map of the World (1995) using the soil classification established by FAO for this map (1974). As the legend for this map is a very complex one, containing more than 100 classes, the soils have been regrouped into broad soil management groups, which have similar properties in terms of soil management
Al_Khattem Potential Hot-spots Of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Risk Based On Trap-data 2016
No full textThe layer was part of enhancing date palm integrated pest management and agricultural extension and technology transfer systems in Abu Dhabi project, the layer was generated from survey information on date palm in Abu Dhabi obtained from Abu Dhabi Farmers Services Center. The trap information for 2016 (number of red palm weevil that have been captured) has been used as an input to identifies statistically significant hot spot using the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic in ArcGIS platform. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata