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Food security in changing Arab environment
The Arab region has the largest food deficit in the world, due to the strained natural resource base and vulnerabilities to climate change implications, which put tremendous pressure on achieving food security. During the ...
Economic Impact of International and National Lentil Improvement Research in Developing Countries
Lentils, one of humanity’s oldest food crops, originated in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East (Webb and Hawtin, 1981). As a food, lentils provide valuable protein and, unlike several other food legumes, few anti-nutritional ...
The development of integrated crop-livestock production systems in the low rainfall areas of Mashreq and Maghreb
Integrated barley -livestock production systems in the low rainfall areas of the Mashreq and Maghreb region (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia) were improved through the development of ...
Adoption and Impact Assessment of Improved Technologies in Crop and Livestock Production Systems in the WANA Region
This publication documents the empirical results of uptake by end-users, constraints to
adoption, and impact of the technologies. The results have important research and policy
implications toward increased investment in ...
Rainfed Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas
The world’s ability to produce enough food to feed the growing population is further constrained by water scarcity, particularly in dry areas. Water is an increasingly scarce resource and the FAO estimates that nearly 1.8 ...