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Innovation profile of feed pelletizing technology
Compressing agro-industrial by products into nutrient dense livestock feed pellets is a worthwhile innovation to compete with expensive and imported feed pellets. This innovation consists of a small-scale compressor ...
Superior and yet Not Sown? The Impact of Improved Winter and Spring Wheat Varieties in Turkey
Wheat is one of the major agricultural commodities in Turkey. The country is among the 10 largest wheat producers in the world. The Turkish Agricultural Research Directorate and ICARDA/CIMMYT wheat improvement program ...
Les TIC au service du changement dans l’agriculture tunisienne : exploiter le pouvoir de l’innovation dans le domaine agricole pour un impact à grande échelle, et tirer les enseignements de l’expérience du projet ICT2Scale en Tunisie
L’innovation offre des
opportunités d’emplois,
et permet aux jeunes et
aux femmes d’accéder à
l’information, aux technologies
et aux marchés. En outre,
l’innovation permet de
résoudre des problématiques
d’alimentation ...
The Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of Red Palm Weevil in Egypt and Saudi Arabia: An Ex-ante Evaluation
Dates are economically, socially, culturally, and ecologically important fruit crops in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) countries. Dates also play important roles in the history, heritage, and socioeconomic life of ...
Potential Use of Forage Mixtures for Soil and Water Conservation, Agricultural Sustainability, and Climate Change Adaptation in Northern and Central West Tunisia
This policy brief provides empirical evidence on the profitability of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices and forage mixtures, implemented to mitigate soil erosion and land degradation in Northern and Central West Tunisia.
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 ...
Livestock keepers in rural Ethiopia are willing to pay for livestock market facilities
This brief summarizes the key policy findings of a recent
article published by ICARDA scientists. Based on stated
preferences elicited from a sample of 360 randomly selected
farm householders, the study revealed that ...
ICARDA-European Commission partnership (1990-2011)
This brief highlights cooperation between the European Commission and ICARDA for programs over the past two decades to improve food security and the livelihoods of rural populations in the world’s dry areas.
Supplemental Irrigation: A promising Climate-Smart Practice for Dryland Agriculture
Supplemental irrigation - the addition of
limited amounts of water to essentially
rainfed crops to improve and stabilize
yields when rainfall fails to provide
sufficient moisture for normal plant
growth - is an effective ...
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 ...