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Mechanization to Drive A Process for Fertilizer Subsidy Reform in Egypt
Publicly available estimates suggest that close to 30%
of total employment in Egypt is generated from the
agricultural sector (World Bank, 2016). In percentage
terms, the figure is in line with many economies, both
industrialized ...
Water, Policy, and Agriculture Productivity in Egypt
When water scarcity restricts agricultural production, expanding water resources is only one option to increase or maintain output; investments in research to raise land and water productivity can also release constraints ...
Permaculture Design and Business Plan for Sustainable Livelihoods Programming: Low-Cost, Sustainable Solutions for Food and Nutrition Insecure Agro Pastoral Communities: Permaculture as a development tool to managing dry land resources
This fact sheet provides an overview of permaculture programming as a response to food and nutrition insecurity for agropastoral communities. It emphasizes the role of permaculture as a sustainable, non-donor dependent ...
Enhancing a Traditional Water Harvesting Technique in Jordan’s Agro-pastoral Farming System
This Policy Brief draws lessons from research conducted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Jordan, focusing on the ...
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 ...
Developing a policy framework for agricultural extension systems in Tunisia
In the face of declining natural resources linked to overutilization, population growth, and climate change,
Tunisian national extension services need to review their priorities and reform their modes of service delivery.
New ...
Total Factor Productivity in Tunisian Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants
Policy brief with the following Key messages:
1. Intensification of production systems is needed to improve food security;
2. International trade should not be hampered;
3. Productivity growth in has occurred because of ...
Utiliser les TIC pour permettre aux petits exploitants d’accéder aux systèmes d’innovation agricole
L’innovation offre des opportunités d’emplois, et permet aux jeunes et aux femmes d’accéder à l’information, aux technologies et aux marchés. En outre, l’innovation permet de résoudre des problématiques d’alimentation et ...
Assessing the perceptions of ecosystem services and ecological restoration activities by the local community of agricultural landscapes of northern Jordan Valley
This Research for Development Brief (R4D) aimed to investigate the trade-offs and synergies between
the rehabilitation of the marginal dryland ecosystem (uplands), a sustainable community-based resource management and the ...
Repositioning agricultural innovation systems in post-Soviet Central Asia
Transforming a centrally planned system of agricultural production to one where individual farmers are accorded choice in crop mix and land use management practices is much more than structural change. Embedded within this ...