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Driving factors affecting the adoption of ICARDA-improved lentil varieties on lentil growers’ livelihoods in West Bengal
Over the last six decades, there has been an unsatisfactory gain in pulse productivity in India, which is a severe threat to resilient livelihoods and the overall food and nutritional security of the country. Despite the ...
Raised-Bed Farming System Technology (RFST) in Egypt: Qualities and Determinants of Adoption in Different Agricultural Livelihood Conditions.
Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) has been recognized as an important component of integrated water management to achieve higher productivity in intensive irrigated systems, such as those found in the Nile Delta. ...
Factors Influencing Farmers’ Decisions to Adopt Improved Technologies in Semi-Arid Farming Systems: A case study of the barley variety Kounouz and feed blocks technology in Tunisia
Despite the high potential of innovative agricultural technologies to boost productivity, incomes, and food security for farmers, the adoption rate by smallholders in Tunisia’s livestock-barley systems is very slow. This ...
Economic Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Forage Mixtures Cropping Under Different Agroecosystems in Northern and Central West Tunisia
Soil erosion and land degradation are critical challenges in Northern and Central West Tunisia. This report assesses the profitability of different forage mixtures used as a key rotation practice to mitigate these challenges. ...
Adoption and Economic Assessment of Improved Technologies in ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Regional Program
The objective of this report is threefold. Firstly, the report is to investigate costs and benefits associated with ICARDA-APRP technologies adopted by Arabian Peninsula (AP) farmers and identify the most effective and ...
Value Chain Analysis and Potential Competitive Advantage of the Date Palm Sector in Qatar: Challenges, Opportunities, and Key Indicators
The study aims to assess the date palm value chain and potential competitiveness of the Qatari date palm sector in the international market using three indicators: Market Shares (MS), Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA), ...
Developing a Policy Framework for Agricultural Extension Systems in Tunisia
The Tunisian government is facing many challenges in delivering effective extension services to communities across the different regions within the country. Therefore, in the face of declining natural resources linked to ...
Adoption and Impact Assessment of Improved Technologies in Arabian Peninsula Countries: Towards an effective agricultural technology transfer system
This study examined the sources of information on improved agricultural technologies introduced by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA's) Arabian Peninsula Regional Program (APRP) ...
Improving dissemination strategies to increase technology adoption by smallholder farmers in Tunisia
With the human population increasing drastically in recent times, improving agricultural productivity will be important in maintaining livelihoods and raising living standards. This project investigated the adoption of ...
Enhancing the Livelihood and Food Security of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
This study uses information and survey data collected from refugee households, refugee workers’ bosses, camp leaders and local and international humanitarian organizations. The sustainable livelihoods framework is applied ...