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Achieving ecosystem stability on degraded land in Karakalpakstan and Kyzylkum desert
GOAL: Achieve ecosystem stability on degraded lands of Karakalpakstan and
Kyzylkum desert, thus arresting advance of desertification, increasing carbon
sequestration, expanding biodiversity habitats and ensuring socioeconomic ...
Modeling resilience with applied information economics (AIE)
We created a probabilistic decision analysis tool to model the issue of resilience in the Horn of Africa through a cooperative effort between the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa (TC) and ...
Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems
The development and trialling of composite indicators, the pilot spatial tool and
indicators for use in Monitoring and Evaluation has resulted in evidential gaps in
the data. This summary paper documents these initial gaps ...
Modeling livestock feed and fodder availablity in the ASALs of the IGAD region
In the arid parts of Africa there is a strong relationship between rainfall and plant production. This is especially prevalent in areas that receive less than 300mm rain per annum, where water is the principal limiting ...
Basis Risk and the Welfare Gains from Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya
Index insurance products circumvent many of the transaction costs and asymmetric information problems that obstruct provision of low value conventional insurance policies in developing countries. Recent years have seen ...
Development of a pilot composite index using data from the IGAD region
This
report details one methodology that the TC has piloted to try to respond to this
challenge. The TC has formulated composite indices from weighted resilience
indicators and this brief summarises process of development ...
Q&A: Dryland Systems Independent Task Force
Q&A: Dryland Systems Independent Task Force
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems Capacity Development Strategy and Action Plan 2015 - 2016
Capacity Development (CD) is one of the key pathways that drive impact for the CGIAR Research
Program (CRP) on Dryland Systems (hereinafter referred to as Dryland Systems), if well executed,
and one of the key performance ...
Annual Report 2013
Annual Report 2013
The Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: Status of, and Prospects for, Agriculture, Natural Resources Management and Rural Development
The Chinyanja Triangle (CT) is an area inside the Zambezi
River Basin, inhabited by Chinyanja-speaking people
sharing a similar history, language and culture across
the dryland systems of the eastern province of Zambia,
...