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Gender, livestock rearing, rangeland use, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia
Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation and management in Tunisia, and the effects of climate change upon women’s livelihoods, are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, ...
Managing rangelands: promoting native shrub species: Bassia prostrata (L.): A resilient drought and salt tolerant shrub use for rangeland improvement and for provision of quality fodder for livestock
Arid and semi-arid rangelands face increasing climate variability and grazing pressure as the world’s demand for food increases. ICARDA is introducing drought tolerant species as a crucial means of assisting rangeland ...
Villages develop strategies to adapt to climate change (Uzbekistan)
This brief is intended to inform local-level extension and rural development agencies and development partners (including non-governmental organizations), or research teams, of a process that communities can use to better ...
Community gender profiles across livestock production systems in Ethiopia: Implications for intervention design
The design of research and development interventions promoting gender-responsive value chains is hampered by the lack of gender disaggregated data. Data shortages in the livestock sector span multiple issues including ...
Gender Issues in Livestock Systems in Ethiopia
Understanding gender differences and social dynamics in livestock systems is essential to the design of gender sensitive interventions that equitably address the priorities of male and female smallholder farmers and other ...
Livestock, Employment, and Economic Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This policy draft is withdrawn from the results of a forthcoming paper (under review) referenced as: Frija Aymen, Dolapo
Enahoro, Ameur Wafa, Ouerghemmi Hassen. (Forthcoming). Contributions of livestock to agricultural ...
Better seed for more and better forages and pastures production
Forage and pasture seed industries are interdependent. A vibrant livestock industry plays a crucial role in the national economy but requires a steady flow of high quality forage and pasture for which quality seed of ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill: a sustainable fodder plant for the dry areas
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill is a drought-tolerant shrubby plant with nutritional and health benefits. Able to acclimate to harsh environments, it can produce fodder with minimum inputs and can be used as a source to ...
Strategic recommendations for livestock market development in Ethiopia
This note summarizes the key recommendations for livestock market development we are making based on the scientific evidence generated by ICARDA and its partners over the last decade. This note is to be submitted to the ...
Investment in livestock market sheds improves market participation and income from small ruminants: Evidence from Ethiopia
The livestock marketing system in Ethiopia hardly receives any attention from policy makers and rural development practitioners. However, investments in livestock market developments need to be part of the rural development ...