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Women, Irrigation and Social Norms in Egypt
New research from Egypt demonstrates that women play a far more active role in irrigation than previously thought. Yet women’s contributions to irrigation remain poorly understood and undervalued, limiting their access to ...
Chickpea Application
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Course Report on Geoinformatics application in agriculture and resilience
The Tigers and Euphrates rivers are the main sources of water supply in Iraq; these two sources are largely utilized in agriculture sector which consumers about 85 % of the total quantity received. However, with haphazard ...
Pursuing a Suitable Mix of Public and Private Technology Delivery Mechanisms
Efficacy of public and private MRBT service providers: One ICARDA led research initiative, in collaboration with national Egyptian partners has, over the past decade, developed, tested and modified a mechanized raised bed ...
Impact of climate change and agricultural practices on irrigation water requirements under Nile delta conditions
Agriculture in Egypt consumes about 80% of the available water resources. With an ever-increasing demand and a relatively fixed supply of fresh water, every drop of water should be treated as a drop of life. Consequently, ...
Making Egyptian women’s agricultural labor visible and improving their access to productive assets
In rural Egypt, social norms frame women as “helpers” to their families and husbands instead of as workers in their own right. Women are assumed not to contribute to agriculture or participate in irrigation. However, a ...
Raised-Bed Farming System Technology (RFST) in Egypt: Qualities and Determinants of Adoption in Different Agricultural Livelihood Conditions.
Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) has been recognized as an important component of integrated water management to achieve higher productivity in intensive irrigated systems, such as those found in the Nile Delta. ...
Pre-emptive chickpea pre-breeding for biotic stresses and germplasm enhancement for abiotic stresses 2018 Progress Report (IP Register)
This annual report presents progress in terms of registering IP and genotyping data (DArT and SNP) for several genotypes identified for biotic and abiotic stress to salinity in 2016.
جعل العمالة الزراعية للمرأة المصرية واضحة وتحسين وصولها إلى الأصول الإنتاجية
ُفي المناطق الريفية في مصر، تؤطر الأعراف الاجتماعية النساء “كمساعدات” لأسرهن وأزواجهن بدلاً من كونهن عاملات بحد ذاتهن. يفترض بالنساء عدم المساهمة في الزراعة أو المشاركة في الري. ومع ذلك، فقد تحدثت سلسلة من الدراسات الحديثة ...
Video on Farming with Alternative Pollinators (Arabic Version)
short film on Farming with Alternative Pollinators (Arabic Version)