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Shinier cows, more and better milk, income increase: First results of co-designing silage technology with a women farmer group in Tunisia
Small-scale livestock farmers in Central Tunisia are suffering from scarcity of feed resources and increasing feed prices. Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, prices for feed concentrates have significantly increased ...
Morocco to convert 1M Ha to conservation Agriculture - How ICARDA/INRA Fit in
Conservation Agriculture is a sustainable agricultural production system guided by three core principles: no (or minimal) tillage to the soil after harvest; permanent soil cover to lock in moisture and reduce evaporation; ...
ICARDA and SAHARA & Sahel Observatory: Building Resilient Pastoral Systems
ICARDA scientists recently met with The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) team of experts to discuss the potential of collaboration in research on pastoral systems and adaptation to address climate change impacts on rural ...
Low-Cost Machinery for Better Rural Livelihoods in Tunisia
The Blog shows how ICARDA's context-adapted technologies and machines significantly improve the livelihoods of dryland small-landholders in the Tunisian Agroecological Living Landscape (Kef-Siliana Transect) – the hardest ...
Turning the tide on drought in Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco
The blog is about the work of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), CGIAR, and its many Research Centers towards scaling up the deployment of water-smart agricultural solutions to slow the march of land ...
Key takeaways from IWMI’s participation at the first-ever MENA Climate Week
The blog is on the Q&A discussion by Vidhisha Samarasekara, IWMI’s Strategic Program Director for Water, Climate Change, and Resilience, at the MENA Climate Week. In this Q&A, she discusses the conference’s influence in ...
Diversified Cropping System: Relay Intercropping of Lentils with Chickpeas [Morocco]
A Diversified Cropping System (DCS) results in a more resilient and productive cropping
system. In this case, chickpeas were introduced as a relay intercrop between established
lines of lentils. This not only had no negative ...
Science workshop on sustainable rangeland governance and restoration in tunisia and senegal
The vast rangelands of Tunisia and Senegal are critical for the livelihoods of pastoral communities, providing grazing land for their herds and other essential resources and ecosystem services. However, these fragile ...
Characterizing Durum Wheat and Barley Landraces for Target Traits in Collaboration with Partner Genebanks
Landraces play a pivotal role in agricultural biodiversity and the preservation of traditional farming practices. These are locally adapted, genetically diverse crop varieties that have evolved over centuries through natural ...
In Northwest Tunisia, the co-creation of agroecological innovations and capacity building in soil conservation are leading to improved agricultural systems
The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology has developed a so-called Agroecological Living Landscape (ALL) in the Kef-Siliana region in Northwest Tunisia, where a learning process with local stakeholders is being developed to ...