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Assessment of Available Field Instruments for Each Institution and Calibration Status, and Recommend Possible Additional Instruments to Complement the Existing Ones
As a preparatory procedure of this ET project, the preliminary step was to visit the selected countries
based on the prior communication with various NARS partners and ICARDA local offices about the
feasibility of implementing ...
Assessing the Impacts of the GAFTA Agreement on Selected Members’ bilateral Agricultural Trade: an Application of the Gravity Model
Trade flows of agricultural commodities have always received a lot of attention in the Arab region,
mainly due to their implications on food security, politics and competition. Most international trade theories
postulate ...
Identification of potential areas for out-scaling sustainable land management options in West Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia
Water scarcity and land degradation are among the
most important factors affecting agricultural production and
sustainability in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region and
in Central Asia (CA). Various sustainable ...
Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas: Abstracts
The dry areas of the developing world occupy some 3 billion hectares and are home to one-third of the global population. About 16% of the population lives in chronic poverty, particularly in marginalized rainfed areas. ...
Detail Description of the technical specifications of the Instruments, Maintenance Standards and Calibration Protocols.
Document details the procedures to conduct the field measurements in the five countries
Assessing the perceptions of ecosystem services and ecological restoration activities by the local community of agricultural landscapes of northern Jordan Valley
This Research for Development Brief (R4D) aimed to investigate the trade-offs and synergies between
the rehabilitation of the marginal dryland ecosystem (uplands), a sustainable community-based resource management and the ...
Activity 5.1: Implement a distance coaching of the Regional Network members through a virtual platform, in parallel to the Field Measurements activity
ICARDA and FAO-RNE in partnership together initiated a project to establish a Regional
Network for field (crops and orchards) ETa measurements (NENA-ETNet) with an initial
participation of five countries of the Near East ...
NENA Regional ET-Network, Activity 1.1: Institutions and Staff Members Involved
There are several conventional field methods used to determine ETa, including: 1) the Eddy covariance/energy balance method; 2) the Bowen-ratio/energy balance method; 3) Weighing lysimeters; 4) Soil-moisture depletion ...
Architecture, Governance, Membership, Terms of Reference and Workplan of the Regional Network
The overarching objective of this project is to establish and operate a NENA Regional Network of specialized Institutions, within the countries of reference, to conduct field measurements of actual ET, over selected crops ...
Genetic Resources and Their Exploitation - Chickpeas, Faba beans and Lentils
The introduction of high-yielding, new cultivars is rapidly transforming traditional and peasant fan lands into fields of uniform crops. The modern cultivars provide significantly higher yields; they are better adapted and ...