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Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries
A research for development initiative working across ten countries to raise wheat production and reduce the Arab World’s growing dependence on costly wheat imports.
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 ...
The potential of small-scale rainfed agriculture to strengthen food security in Arab countries
In most Arab countries, domestic agricultural production is insufficient. The gap between production and demand is likely to increase due to climate change and other factors. This review paper examines the challenges and ...
Returns to Investment on Barley Improvement Research in Dry Areas
Barley, one of the earliest crops in human history, is grown in over 100 countries. In the West, it is used mainly for animal feed or as malt for producing beverages. In developing countries it is a staple food for millions ...
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 ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems WANA COFIN-ECG-56-ICARDA Progress report 2011-2012 Cropping Season
Food security of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region countries is very closely related to cereal and food legume production; the most important annual crops in many countries of the region. Nowadays most of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems - Final Completion Report
The project, Enhanced Smallholder Wheat-Legume Cropping Systems to Improve Food Security under Changing Climate in the Drylands of WANA, has been effective in its planned objectives.
The overall goal was to contribute to ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems WANA COFIN-ECG-56-ICARDA Progress Report 2013-2014 Cropping Season
GOAL (Impact): Enhanced food and nutritional security, improved livelihoods of rural communities and agricultural sector growth in the countries of WANA in the face of increasing climatic variability and change.
PURPOSE ...