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ICRAF-DS Annual Report 2015
In 2015 ICRAF undertook drylands research in two transects of the West African Sahel (WAS) and the Ethiopian action site in East and Southern Africa (ESA). The research was supported through 0.7 million USD of W1/2 funding ...
Quantification of Risk Associated with Technology Adoption in Dryland Systems of South Asia
Climate change increasingly becomes a challenge for smallholder farmers. Strategies that will
help farmers to cope with vulnerability are important. These strategies comprise a variety of
interventions ranging from technical, ...
Baseline survey for agricultural biodiversity in Anantapuramu and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh
Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization belonging
to CGIAR consortium with a vision that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and
sustains the planet. It delivers scientific evidence, ...
Trees and Watershed Management in Karamoja, Uganda. Evidence on Demand. Climate & Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods. A quick desk study commissioned by DFID Uganda
Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda. Having suffered historical injustices,
it now faces many difficulties, including civil and administrative challenges. Karamoja
performs poorly on development indicators ...
Global Geo-informatics Options by Context (GeOC) Tool for Supporting Better Targeting and Scaling-out of Sustainable Land Management: Designing the System and Use Cases
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) are required to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). SLM options are fitted to the social, economic and ecological contexts. The high contextual diversity of drylands in particular ...
Use and conservation of agrobiodiversity for increased agricultural sustainability, smallholder wellbeing and resilience to climate change in India - Andhra Pradesh
Because of large scale
industrialization, fast urbanization, mega hydraulic projects and surface road/rail network, many
of the natural ecosystems /habitats have been destroyed resulting in increased number of
endangered ...
Use and conservation of agrobiodiversity for increased agricultural sustainability, smallholder wellbeing and resilience to climate change in India - Rajasthan
Because of large scale
industrialization, fast urbanization, mega hydraulic projects and surface road/rail network, many
of the natural ecosystems /habitats have been destroyed resulting in increased number of
endangered ...
Smallholder agricultural livelihood livelihood type-specific behaviour analyses for better targeting adoption of sustainable land management: A demonstrative case analysis in Pontieba, south-western Burkina Faso
The support to the transition of Agricultural Livelihood System in dryland areas poses the need of better sizing actual farming system structure and functioning. This study was conducted in the frame of a research on dry ...
CRP Dryland Systems - CIAT - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
As part of continued demonstration and out-scaling exercises, we have introduced drought resilient bean varieties complemented with various agronomic practices during the 2014/15 season. Results show that the new varieties ...