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Mechanization to Drive A Process for Fertilizer Subsidy Reform in Egypt
Publicly available estimates suggest that close to 30%
of total employment in Egypt is generated from the
agricultural sector (World Bank, 2016). In percentage
terms, the figure is in line with many economies, both
industrialized ...
Vers une gestion durable et une gouvernance soutenue des parcours du sud de la Tunisie
La présente note de politique synthétise et capitalise sur les acquis des recherches socioéconomiques entreprises par les chercheurs de l’IRA et de l’ICARDA sur la gouvernance des parcours au sud de la Tunisie dans le cadre ...
Water, Policy, and Agriculture Productivity in Egypt
When water scarcity restricts agricultural production, expanding water resources is only one option to increase or maintain output; investments in research to raise land and water productivity can also release constraints ...
نحو إدارة مستدامة وحوكمة رشيدة للمراعي في الجنوب التونسي
تلخص ورقة السياسات أهم مخرجات البحوث الاجتماعية والاقتصادية التي أنجزت في إطار برنامج التعاون العلمي بين معهد المناطق القاحلة وإيكاردا في خلال الفترة 2020-2017حول إدارة وحوكمة المراعي في جنوب تونس وذلك بمشاركة الأطراف ...
Permaculture Design and Business Plan for Sustainable Livelihoods Programming: Low-Cost, Sustainable Solutions for Food and Nutrition Insecure Agro Pastoral Communities: Permaculture as a development tool to managing dry land resources
This fact sheet provides an overview of permaculture programming as a response to food and nutrition insecurity for agropastoral communities. It emphasizes the role of permaculture as a sustainable, non-donor dependent ...
Enhancing a Traditional Water Harvesting Technique in Jordan’s Agro-pastoral Farming System
This Policy Brief draws lessons from research conducted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Jordan, focusing on the ...
Towards Sustainable Rangeland Management and Strengthened Governance in South Tunisia
Rangelands represent one of the most important socioecological systems in Tunisia. However, since independence (1956), despite the Tunisian Government’s efforts in rangeland development, results and impacts in terms of ...
Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility and Productivity in NEN and LAC Countries – Progress Highlights: Year (3) - April 2020 to March 2021
The brief highlights the most important achievements of the IFAD funded CLCA Project in North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria) and LAC (Mexico & Bolivia) countries during its third year (April 2020 – March 2021). The brief presents ...
Driving Factors Behind the Adoption of Improved Technologies by Lentil Growers in West Bengal
Over the last six decades in India, there has been an unsatisfactory gain in pulse productivity, which is a severe threat to the creation of resilient livelihoods and the overall food and nutritional security of the country. ...
Developing a policy framework for agricultural extension systems in Tunisia
In the face of declining natural resources linked to overutilization, population growth, and climate change,
Tunisian national extension services need to review their priorities and reform their modes of service delivery.
New ...