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AFESD-ICARDA: A strategic partnership for developing the capacity of Young Scientists in Arab Countries
Capacity development is one of ICARDA’s core priorities. A four-decade partnership
with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has equipped
thousands of trainees with crucial new knowledge and skills – ...
Investing in resilience: addressing climate-induced displacement in the MENA region
Climate change threatens the viability of agriculture, ecosystems, and rural livelihoods in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In a region where agriculture is a critical source of employment and income, environmental ...
Market access and trade issues affecting the drylands in the Horn of Africa
This brief addresses the rationale and priorities for investments in trade in livestock and other agricultural commodities
such as market development and access, cross-border trade, and sanitary, phytosanitary and food ...
Conflict resolution and peace building in the drylands in the Greater Horn of Africa
This brief on conflict resolution and peace building in the Greater Horn of Africa region (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan,
South Sudan and Uganda) takes the pastoralist communities living in these countries as ...
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 ...
SKiM - Approach Paper
This approach paper is a part of IFAD Funded SKiM Project implemented by ICARDA. The approach paper was requested to present the multi-level and multi-country modus operandi of the SKiM project in Moldova, Morocco and Sudan ...
Food, income, and livelihoods: Impact of new agricultural technologies in Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen have a combined population of 195 million, of whom 72% live in rural areas. All four economies are largely agriculture-based; but most farmers use traditional crop varieties and farming ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...
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.
Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan
An integrated wheat package introducing heat-tolerant wheat varieties that can withstand temperatures greater than 38°C is transforming farmer fields in Sudan and showing policy-makers a new road to food security.