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Developing a guideline to enhance NARS’ R4D impact and strengthen the institutional linkages between NARS actors in Egypt
The agriculture sector plays a critical role in the economy of developing countries, where the
agricultural sector contributes about 15% of the GDP and employs about 25% of total
employment. Agriculture employs almost ...
Field Data Analysis and Reporting Activity 7.1: Analyze the Data of the Field Measurements
Reliable spatiotemporal measurements of evapotranspiration (ETa) are important for water resources planning, management and monitoring, efficient irrigation scheduling, and development and monitoring of climate change ...
Output 9: Comparison Between Field Data and Remote Sensing Data Analyzed Comparing Evapotranspiration Retrieved Through Various Remote Sensing based Models with Ground Measured Data
Evapotranspiration (ET) measurement on a real-time basis at a large scale with high temporal
frequency is important for agricultural water use and water resource planning. Identifying the differences
between potential ET ...
The gendered impacts and coping strategies of the COVID 19 pandemic in rural Egypt and Tunisia
Through a survey carried out with 100 male and 100 female dryland farmers in rural Egypt and Tunisia,
we examine how COVID-19 affected them, and identify coping mechanisms they employed to maintain
crop and livestock ...
Activity 5.1: Implement a distance coaching of the Regional Network members through a virtual platform, in parallel to the Field Measurements activity
ICARDA and FAO-RNE in partnership together initiated a project to establish a Regional
Network for field (crops and orchards) ETa measurements (NENA-ETNet) with an initial
participation of five countries of the Near East ...
New drought tolerant barley genotypes for the drylands of Egypt
In West Asia and North Africa (WANA), barley grain and straws are the main feed source for small
ruminants (goat and sheep), a valuable dietary contribution in rural areas and the principal economic
output.
In Egypt, barley ...
A gendered analysis of shifts in adaptive water management in the Nile Delta of Egypt
Understanding the logic behind farmers’ decisions to opt for specific adaptive water management practice is important to appreciate the challenges and opportunities they face, and to promote adoption of sustainable water ...