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Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Livestock Production in Tunisia
Women's contribution to rangeland management in Tunisia and climate change implications on their livelihoods in rangeland areas are a policy blind spot. Current perceptions in rangeland policy circles is based on a widely ...
Improving wheat production in the CWANA region
Wheat is the principal staple food in most countries of the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, accounting for 45% of the region’s per capita calorie intake with an average wheat consumption of about 200 ...
Economic evaluation and adoption of improved technologies
In this study, an economic evaluation of water-use efficiency technologies proposed and tested by the agronomic team in the Tadla Irrigated Perimeter was carried out. To capture climatic variability, the analysis was ...
Forage legumes for dryland agriculture in Central and West Asia and North Africa
The agriculture of the Mediterranean zone is dominated by rainfed cereal cultivation in conjunction with livestock raising. As legumes are indigenous to the region, they are alternated with cereals and provide an essential ...
Chapter 6 - Barley
Among 30 viruses have been reported on barley, but only few of them are widespread and cause significant economic damage. Among the most important viruses reported to infect barley are BUDVs (such as BYDV-PAV, BYDV-MAV), ...
Assessing Institutional Barriers to Effective Dissemination Strategies of Proven Water Management Practices to Face Climate Change Threats in the Citrus Growing Area in Tunisia
Social and economic development depends on the sustainable management of natural resources to withstand shocks of climate change and reliably support livelihoods. In this context, extension and advisory services are critical ...
No-Till Farming in the Maghreb Region Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Sequestrating Carbon in Soils
In the Maghreb region, productivity of rainfed and irrigated crops has been threatened due to social
and technological constraints, water scarcity, low and variable rainfall, reduced soil fertility and
quality, and improper ...
Historical Review and Future Opportunities for Wider Scaling of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia
In Tunisia, rainfed agriculture is facing the major challenges of low and irregular rainfall, as well as natural resources degradation. These are further accentuated by climate change. Changes in technical and management ...
Rainfed Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas
The world’s ability to produce enough food to feed the growing population is further constrained by water scarcity, particularly in dry areas. Water is an increasingly scarce resource and the FAO estimates that nearly 1.8 ...
Evaluation of the CropSyst model in wheat
CropSyst is the crop growth model chosen as a decision tool for the Tadla Benchmark project. CropSyst is a daily time step simulation model. The model was developed to serve as an analytic tool to study the effect of ...