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Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach
This study estimated the economic value of agricultural climate services for strengthening the
resilience of smallholder farmers to climate variability and risks in Ethiopia. Using a choice
experiment approach, the study ...
CAC e- Newsletter September, 2013: New boost to conservation of endangered fruit, nut tree species in Central Asia
A multi-year project has recently got under way to study the diversity of some fruit and nut tree species in Central Asia and threats facing this richness in the region, and to tailor more effective conservation ...
CAC News No 55-56. January-June 2013
In this issue:
a) Swiss-funded regional water project meets with success
b) Better livelihoods, more opportunities for rural women in Central Asia
c) Yellow rust-resistant wheat to boost food security in Central Asia
d) ...
A need for sustainability considerations in development interventions
A common misconception among many development practitioners is that interventions that increase household income are to be hailed. However, short-term benefits could possibly come at the expense of sustainability. By ...
Faba bean Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption and Seed Use in Ethiopia
Grain legumes play a crucial role in Ethiopian
agriculture, with a 12.4 % share of the total
land cultivated and 9.88% of the total grain
production. Faba bean is the most important
pulse crop, ranking first among all pulse ...
Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach
This study estimated the economic value of agricultural climate services for strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate variability and risks in Ethiopia. Using a choice experiment approach, the study ...
CAC e- Newsletter September, 2013: Climate change challenges smallholder potato growers in Central Asia to use less water
Resource-poor smallholder farmers in Central Asia often struggle to make a profit out of their agricultural activities. On the one hand, they lack skills and technologies to tackle effects of climate change such as water ...
Ties that Bind: China and ICARDA. A productive partnership spanning three decades
ICARDA’s collaboration with China has grown steadily since the early 1980s and now incorporates a wide range of activities – from capacity development to crop improvement and the exchange of germplasm. Focused on strategic ...
Food and nutritional security through improved production practices in legumes in Afghanistan
Restricted maximum likelihood method was used to assess the performance of introduced
improved varieties of chickpea and mungbean (an important plant protein source in Afghanistan)
in comparison to local varieties using ...
In Arabian Peninsula: Enhancing Rural Livelihoods and Efficient Use of Scarce Water Resources
Smallholder farmers in the Arabian Peninsula region are severely constrained by the region’s extreme aridity, scanty water resources and erratic rainfall. Conditions have become even more challenging as over %95 of the ...