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Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility and Productivity in NEN and LAC Countries – Project Progress Report: Year (II) – April 2019 to March 2020
2nd Annual Progress Report [April 2019 to March 2020] for the IFAD-Funded CLCA Project: “Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility ...
Patterns of Use of Residue Biomass in Cereal–Sheep Production Systems of North Africa: Case of Tunisia
This paper analyzes the complex relationships of factors influencing residue biomass management in cereal–sheep production systems in semi-arid areas of Tunisia. The Bayesian belief network (BBN) methodology was applied ...
Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility and Productivity in NEN and LAC Countries – Progress Highlights: Year (3) - April 2020 to March 2021
The brief highlights the most important achievements of the IFAD funded CLCA Project in North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria) and LAC (Mexico & Bolivia) countries during its third year (April 2020 – March 2021). The brief presents ...
Dietary change in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa: historical changes and future food consumption perspectives
The objective of this brief is to provide an outlook on historical dietary changes and future trends of diets by 2050 in selected Asian, SSA, and MENA countries. The study further focuses on the anticipated importance of ...
technical report - “Research on the effective scaling of soil and water conservation technologies under different agroecosystems in North and Central West Tunisia” (SWC@Scale)
The objective of this project agreement is to inform the development ProSol project (led by DGACTA – Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries) on the best scaling pathways for enhanced Soil and ...
Field-level impacts of improved lentil varieties in Bangladesh
In the 1980s, the expansion of irrigated Boro rice and growing susceptibility of traditional lentil varieties to diseases led to decline in dry-season lentil production in Bangladesh. The advent of improved lentil varieties ...
Vers une meilleure ingénierie des projets de développement pastoral
La présente note de politique synthétise et capitalise sur les acquis des recherches socioéconomiques entreprises par les chercheurs de l’IRA et de l’ICARDA sur l’ingénierie des projets de développement pastoral et ses ...
Conceptualizing and modeling wheat yield gap drivers under different Agroecological contexts in Tunisia
To meet growing food and feed demand, agricultural production needs to be increased (FAO, 2017). Indeed, by 2050, agriculture need to produce almost 50% more food and feed than it did in 2012. Intensification of agriculture ...
Data on how tree planting and management practices influence tree seedling survival in Kenya and Ethiopia
Understanding which trees farmers prefer, what determines their survival and enhancing farmer knowledge of tree management is key to increasing tree cover in agricultural landscapes. This article presents data on tree ...
Towards enhanced pastoral development projects engineering: effects on rangeland governance
The Tunisian experience on rangeland and pastoral development during the four last decades shows that pastoral development projects engineering has encountered several problems due to the complexity of rangeland resources, ...