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SKiM - Deuxième Workshop National sur la Gestion des connaissances dans le cadre du projet SKIM et Signature D’une Convention Cadre Inter-Institutionnelle
Le 16 novembre 2022, la cérémonie de signature de la convention cadre relative à la gestion et le transfert de la connaissance s’est tenue au siège de l’Office National du Conseil Agricole, en présence de Messieurs le ...
We Need Youth! Small mechanization to preserve Moroccan Oases
The University of Florence, in collaboration with the University of Moulay Ismail and ICARDA, proposed the
introduction of small machines as a possible solution to reduce the drudgery of farm work, facilitate field
operations, ...
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 ...
Maintaining production in water-scarce environments
Can conservation agriculture deliver for farmers across the Arab World?
Education of youth in agriculture can reduce migration
Education of youth in general and in agriculture specifically allows youth to remain in the rural areas (which they wish to do) and create a livelihood in agriculture; professionalisation of agriculture improves agricultural ...
New ISI publication on enabling factors for farmer-driven pollinator protection
The replication of the FAP-cucumber trial in Uzbekistan (2013-2014) in Morocco (2015-2016) demonstrated the agronomic replicability of Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP). However, it also revealed that in countries ...
Egypt looks to avert water crisis driven by demand
Egypt has relied on the Nile, Africa's largest river, since the time of the pharaohs. For thousands of years, annual floods dumped rich silt on the banks, allowing the country to serve as a Mediterranean grain reserve. But ...
Mainstreaming gender in agricultural research key to development
The day-long workshop on “Gender mainstreaming for inclusive research and developmental outcomes: Concepts, approaches and lessons learned” was held on October 9 in Cairo, Egypt. Jointly organized by ICARDA, FAO and CGIAR ...
Pushing toward the integration of crop-livestock and conservation agriculture
Tunisia – A modern farming town in northern Tunisia, Siliana is one of the first places in this progressive North African country of 11 million people to adopt conservation agriculture and its use in crop-livestock systems. ...
Joint meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM network on sheep and goats
Blog about joint meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM network on sheep and goats during 23-25 October 2019. Meknes, Morocco. Efficiency and resilience of forage resources and small ruminant production to cope with global challenges ...