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Farmers’ awareness and perception of climate change impacts: case study of Aguie district in Niger
The agricultural sector is the main source of rural households’ food and revenue in Niger, and it contributes approximately 43% to the national GDP. However, there are several constraints to the sector’s development, ...
Improving faba bean (Vicia faba L.) for sustainable agriculture in drylands
Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a major cool season food legume in many countries grown under rainfed and irrigated production systems around the world. Faba bean productivity and production are threaten by abiotic (heat, drought, ...
Combining crop rotation, crop improvement and new technologies in the design of climate-smart cereal production in the drylands
This presentation was delivered during the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP24 Official side events which was held in Katowice, Poland.
Dr Jacques Wery, DDGR, ICARDA
Dr Jacques Wery, Deputy Director General-Research, International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), talks about the Systems Approach to solve complex issues facing farmers and communities in the drylands.
Genome editing technologies in sorghum
Genomes editing tools such as TALEN (transcription activator-like effector nuclease) and CRISPR/Cas9 technologies have emerged as two robust additions in the breeder’s tool kit that hold tremendous potential to precisely ...
Supplemental Irrigation: A promising Climate-Smart Practice for Dryland Agriculture
Supplemental irrigation - the addition of
limited amounts of water to essentially
rainfed crops to improve and stabilize
yields when rainfall fails to provide
sufficient moisture for normal plant
growth - is an effective ...
Durum Wheat Breeding: In the Heat of the Senegal River
Global warming may cause +4 °C temperature increases before the end of this century. Heat tolerant bred-germplasm remains the most promising method to ensure farm productivity under this scenario. A global set of 384 durum ...
Application of systematic monitoring and mapping techniques: Assessing land restoration potential in semi-arid lands of Kenya
Drylands cover over 40% of the earth's surface and support over 2 billion people, globally (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In East Africa alone, over 250 million people depend on drylands for their livelihoods (De ...
Maintaining soil health in dryland areas
Drylands cover 40% of the global terrestrial space and are home for 2 billion people, often the most vulnerable. Land use is dominated by rangelands and much less by croplands, while barren areas with sparse vegetation ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2017: Pathways to impact for building thriving and resilient communities in dry areas
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures ...