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Regional Workshop on Community Approaches
The UNDP/GEF-supported Dryland Agrobiodiversity Project and the IFAD-supported Integrated Research on Durum Economics Network (IRDEN) project jointly organized a training workshop on 'Community Participatory Approaches' ...
Natural Resources and Environmental Economics Research Perspectives in Dryland Regions: The New Priorities
Presentation given during the training Course "Impact Assessment and Livelihood Analysis in Systems Research" ICARDA, Amman - Jordan 07 – 18 May 2017
Introducing the CGIAR research program on dryland systems
Presentation on Introducing the CGIAR research program on dryland systems
ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, ...
Role of geoinformatics in ensuing global food security with special reference to dryland agroecosystems
Agriculture plays an important role in providing
food security in developing countries. Better agricultural
information is one of the key factors in understanding current
trends and status that determine food security from ...
Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas: Abstracts
The dry areas of the developing world occupy some 3 billion hectares and are home to one-third of the global population. About 16% of the population lives in chronic poverty, particularly in marginalized rainfed areas. ...
Exploring the Program’s Field Sites in El-Karak
Exploring the Program’s
Field Sites in El-Karak
Importance of agrobiodiversity and options for promoting its onfarm conservation and sustainable use: Case of West Asia dryland agrobiodiversity project
West Asia encompasses the mega-center of diversity of species of global importance (wheat, barley, lentil, and many forage legume and fruit tree species) whose conservation will contribute to sustaining agriculture and ...
ICARDA Country Brief Series: Jordan
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) country brief series provides a snapshot of the work ICARDA has done and what is ongoing in the different countries in which ICARDA operates. It ...
Geoinformatics for nourishing drylands
At a global perspective drylands :
- Cover 41 percent of the Earth’s surface
- Support 30 percent of the world’s population
- Support 50 percent of the world’s livestock
- Grow 44 percent of the world’s food
- Are home to ...