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Africa Rising Mali report on Year 1 (2012)
Presentation of Africa Rising Mali report on Year 1 (2012)
Assessing options for crop-livestock intensification in semi-arid Southern Zimbabwe: household typologies and community visions
Presentation of Assessing options for crop-livestock intensification in semi-arid Southern Zimbabwe: household typologies and community visions
Assessing the potential of dual-purpose maize in southern Africa: A multi-level approach
This paper explores the potential and challenges of increasing production of food and feed on existing maize fields in mixed crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. It integrates results from ...
Length of Growing Period over Africa: Variability and Trends from 30 Years of NDVI Time Series
The spatial distribution of crops and farming systems in Africa is determined by the duration of the period during which crop and livestock water requirements are met. The length of growing period (LGP) is normally assessed ...
Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach ...
Knowledge management and research for resilience in the Drylands of the Horn of Africa
This paper sets out to explore the issues around
knowledge management - what it is and how it might
be applied, particularly with a view to enhancing
resilience in the Horn of Africa and contributing
to the improved impact ...
Natural resource management in the drylands in the Horn of Africa
This technical brief is part of a series prepared by experts for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience
to Drought in the Horn of Africa.
Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting
Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystemservices.
Design/methodology/approach ...
An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas
More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. Dryland agriculture involves a complex combination of productive components: staple crops, vegetables, livestock, ...
Putting the Dryland Systems program into action - Program Update, Issue 2
The CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Agricultural Production Systems that is led by ICARDA, is moving forward with a series of implementation workshops, where the research teams will design workplans, set priorities and ...