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Managing agrosilvopastoral systems: promoting shrub legume species; Medicago arborea L.: is an important perennial woody leguminous shrub with great forage and nitrogen-fixing potential
Factsheet about Medicago arborea description, environmental benefits, distribution, effective management and feeding value
Managing agrosilvopastoral systems: promoting halothytic drought tolerant shrub species; Atriplex mollis Desf.: mitigating highly saline soils
Factsheet about Atriplex mollis description, environmental benefits, distribution, effective management and feeding value.
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill: a sustainable fodder plant for the dry areas ( in Arabic)
Factsheet about cactus pear Benefits, utilization, Establishment and management and Effective Management
Managing agrosilvopastoral systems: promoting forage legumes species; Astragalus cicer L.: excellent perennial forage legume resistant to grazing
Factsheet about Astragalus cicer description, environmental benefits, distribution, effective management and feeding value.
Managing rangelands: promoting native shrub species, Salsola vermiculata L.: Highly palatable shrub for silvopasture in arid and semi-arid ecosystems
Salsola vermiculata is a perennial species in arid and semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and North Africa. This factsheet illustrates the benefits of Salsola vermiculata as drought tolerant and high ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill: a sustainable fodder plant for the dry areas
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill is a drought-tolerant shrubby plant with nutritional and health benefits. Able to acclimate to harsh environments, it can produce fodder with minimum inputs and can be used as a source to ...
Cactus Pear for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Drylands
INNOVATION PROFILE of Cactus pear as a drought-tolerant crop, provides food and livestock feed and thereby improves the livelihood of poor farmers in the dry areas.
Ecosystem services and environmental benefits in livestock systems: Definition of terms, and valuation methods
Livestock systems, as socioecological entities, contribute diverse ecosystem services and environmental benefits. In this brief, we define seven prioritized ecosystem services and three environmental benefits within livestock ...
Digital Vegetation Charting: a robust and cost-effective technique for estimating plant cover, leaf litter, and bare ground in grassland areas
Research for development brief: Digital Vegetation Charting: a robust and cost-effective technique for estimating plant cover, leaf litter, and bare ground in grassland areas
Sustainable rangeland management toolkit for resilient pastoral systems
INNOVATION PROFILE of Sustainable rangeland management toolkit with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach for addressing the biophysical and sociocultural aspects under changing climate and land use leading towards ...