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How to Keep it Adequate: A Validation Protocol for Agent-Based Simulation
Agent-based models are used in a huge diversity of contexts, which complicates the establishment of a shared understanding of model validity and adequate methods for model construction, inference and validation. Starting ...
E-Extension and Digital Augmentation of the Egyptian Agricultural Sector
A major challenge is how to create authentic information and innovations for agricultural extension in the digital age. It can be challenging for extension agents and agriculture extension workers to provide farmers with ...
Water and Agriculture in Egypt
The purpose of this working paper is to support the Government of Egypt’s Strategy for
Sustainable Agricultural Development towards 2030 (SADS‐2030). This strategy paper was
published in 2009 and was concerned with 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. ...
Farming Systems Research at ICARDA
The International Center for Agricultural Research for the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is located in Syria. Its headquarters are in Tel Hadya, a 948 ha farm 30 km south of Aleppo.
ICARDA was founded in 1977 and had its administrative ...
Adapt the LSITP tool on existing databases and discuss different scenarios of technologies or management improvement at the farm and household level using three livestock systems’ areas in Egypt as a case study
This working paper has been developed within the CRP Livestock program in order to test the LSIPT tool and simulate different scenarios of technologies or management improvement at the farm and household level using three ...
Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”
This paper explores how women and men participate in irrigation activities in Egypt, drawing from a survey administered to 200 men and 202 women and qualitative information from 150 interviews. Women participated in ...
Comprehensive assessment and sustainable use of treated sanitary sewage in irrigation - A case study, Egypt
The main purpose of this study was to focus on the reuse of TWW for agricultural purposes. The study presents the current and the potential use of wastewater for irrigation and the related guidelines and laws regulating ...
Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas
Synthesis of contributions and policy dialogue at the International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas .
Toward a framework for countries and development partners for long-term investment in ...
A Review of Variety Release Procedures and Related Issues with Recommendations for Good Practice
This working paper is a synthesis of experiences gained from studies carried out in Egypt, Ethiopia and Pakistan in 2011/12. The main purpose is to analyse the issues that arise in variety release and to make recommendations ...