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Morphological characterization of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) accessions from the collection held at Agadir, Morocco
The North Africa region falls under arid and semi-arid climate and it is considered as a hot spot for climate change. To face feed shortage, increase income of the rural poor and to mitigate the effect of climate change, ...
Successful silage: Keeping forages for a long time while maintaining good quality
Silage is a technique for the conservation of green forages, using anaerobic fermentation process that develops on any moist forage high in sugars and placed in anaerobic condition. The resulting lactic fermentation is the ...
The Relevance of Rest Periods in Rangeland Management for Biomass Rehabilitation in Tataouine, Tunisia, Spring 2017
Field visits were carried out during March 2017 and allowed to identify and classify the sites subjected to rest according to the land tenure system and age of the implementation of the technique. During these visits, the ...
Sustainable Silvopastoral Restoration to Promote Ecosystem Services in Tunisia - List of participants inception workshop
Sustainable Silvopastoral Restoration to Promote Ecosystem Services in Tunisia - List of participants inception workshop held in Tunisia on 8 December 2017
Managing rangelands: promoting native grass species: Stipa tenacissima: nurse species to initiate the process of ecosystem restoration
Stipa tenacissima is a long-lived perennial grass
that dominates the Mediterranean Basin steppe,
covering more than 2.8 million ha and growing in
almost all geomorphological units. The plant
seems to prefer calcareous soils ...
Reflections on Afghanistan forage initiative event blog
The blog provides a reflection and thoughts of Afghani participants about the visit of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) delegation and its stakeholders with the support of ICARDA to Jordan and Egypt ...
ACIAR Funded Project Forage project first transition Workshop
This report provides information about the first transition workshop that held in Kabul. Attended by ARIA Staff and ICARDA project management. discussion about the project activities, achievement and to agree on the last ...
Assessment of different supplemental feeding strategies including cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) for higher sheep productivity in Chakwal, Pakistan
Small ruminant production remains the main source of income of rural population living in arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan. Sheep and goats raised in these areas are generally confronted with severe nutritional ...
Better seed for more and better forages and pastures production
Forage and pasture seed industries are interdependent. A vibrant livestock industry plays a crucial role in the national economy but requires a steady flow of high quality forage and pasture for which quality seed of ...
Problem analysis of present pastoral law texts related to rangelands in Tunisa
Identification institutional and legal limitations that hamper the development of rangelands taking into account the requirements of the rational management of natural resources, the compliance to the clauses of international ...