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Villages develop strategies to adapt to climate change (Uzbekistan)
This brief is intended to inform local-level extension and rural development agencies and development partners (including non-governmental organizations), or research teams, of a process that communities can use to better ...
Initiating and maintaining income generating activities for Jordanian women
This briefing describes preliminary work on a project that is providing income-generating opportunities for women in southern Jordan. It is aimed at policymakers, donors, and other potential partners and supporters.
A new approach for mapping and assessing degraded lands (Tunisia)
This summary describes the work of the LADA (Land Degradation and Assessment in Dry Areas) project that identifies and describes geographical areas suffering from land degradation in the governorates of Tunisia. Through a ...
Direct planting: a potential means of raising the productivity of dry land agriculture (Tunisia)
This briefing describes preliminary work on a pilot project in Tunisia that is investigating the efficacy of direct planting techniques. It is aimed at policymakers, donors, and other potential partners and supporters.
Replenishing depleted aquifers in arid areas (Tunisia)
This briefing describes preliminary work on a pilot project aimed at constructing recharge wells to replenish depleted aquifers. It is aimed at policymakers, donors, and other potential partners and supporters.
Regenerating rangelands in eastern Morocco
This brief is intended to inform potential beneficiaries, development and extension agencies (including nongovernmental organizations), and decision-makers and planners of the availability of this successful innovation for ...
Community empowerment strengthens rehabilitation efforts in Yemen
This briefing describes preliminary work on a water harvesting rehabilitation project in Yemen that is implementing an innovative strategy of community engagement. It is aimed at policymakers, donors, and other potential ...
Encouraging local communities to conserve their natural environments (Tunisia)
This briefing describes preliminary work on a conservation project that is strengthening links with local communities and incorporating ecosystem services into regional economic development plans. It is aimed at policymakers, ...
Small-scale water desalination increases farm-level food security and income in the driest areas (Tunisia)
This summary informs decision makers and planners at national and regional level about a potential approach to transition degraded drylands with available but saline groundwater, to irrigated legume production. It is also ...
Building climate-change resilience in rangeland systems in Uzbekistan
This brief describes work on a pilot project aimed at restoring degraded rangelends in Uzbekistna and increasing climate-change resilience of local communities. It is aimed at policy-makers, donors, and other partners and ...