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Community based Rainfed Watershed Management
Brochure on "Community based Rainfed Watershed Management" project. A collective research, learning & demonstration project for increasing productivity and adapting smallholder farmers to climate change in rainfed dry areas.
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale - Summary
Project goal is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African
drylands by restoring degraded land
and returning it to effective and sustainable
tree, crop and livestock production, ...
Communities of Practices - Creating and Sharing Knowledge
The Communities of Practice on the restoration of degraded lands aims to foster
relationships, develop learning situated in practice, create and share new knowledge to
restore degraded land, returning it to effective and ...
Scaling out Malt Barley and Grain Legume Technologies in the Highlands of Ethiopia
ICARDA is implementing two USAID funded projects on scaling out malt barley, faba bean and chickpea technologies with the overall goal of improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands.
Turning Environmental Burdens into Economic Opportunities
Analysis of the global water cycle yields some encouraging numbers, with annual per capita renewable water supply about 7000 m3 (7 million liters). However, some countries have as little as 500 m3 per capita, with periodic ...
imGoats: Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique
Brochure on imGoats: Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique.
Nandi Potato Cooperative Society transforms potato from a subsistence to an enterprising commercial and prioritized value chain crop
Nandi Potato Cooperative Society transforms potato from a subsistence to an enterprising commercial and prioritized value chain crop
Principles of Haymaking Using Tropical Grasses and Legumes
Hay is a very popular form of forage preservation
which can be a very important source of feed in the
smallholder farming sector where veld (natural rangeland) is becoming limited. Hay is commonly made
from fresh grass but ...
Principles of Silage Making
Owing to the seasonal nature of rainfall in the subtropics,
rangeland and planted pasture only supply high quality
green forage for a quarter of the year, leaving animals to
struggle with poor quality forage for the rest ...
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale_Project brochure
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale project brochure.