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Drylands and Mission Critical Research Areas for the CGIAR. A report to the CGIAR Fund Council from the Dryland Systems Task Force.
Drylands occupy 41% of global land surface and are inhabited by more than 2.5 billion people,
living mainly in developing countries with about 16% living in chronic poverty. Shockingly 42% of
children less than 5 years of ...
Socio-ecological Context Typology to Support Targeting and Upscaling of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Diverse Global Dryland
It is widely recognized that sustainable land management practices (SLM) are much
needed for improving land-based livelihoods of 2.5 billion people living in the dry areas across the
globe. Adoption and effectiveness of ...
Systems Approach to Link Big Socio-ecological Geo-data to Food Systems Sustainability
Rapid development of multi-dimensionally, multi-scale, timely updated socio-ecological geodata
presents an opportunity as potential information resource for supporting effective decisionmaking
of stakeholders involved with ...
Dryland Systems Research Questions
Several questions were put on the table for discussion during a Dryland Systems Science and Implementation meeting such as: a)How to identify best entry or leverage points for change in Agricultural Livelihood Systems, ...
Developing a Strategic Framework for Innovation Platforms in Dryland Systems
Developing a Strategic Framework for Innovation Platforms in Dryland Systems
Dryland Systems Research Questions: Within the action sites
Dryland Systems Research Questions: Within the action sites.
Opportunities to reduce the vulnerability of dryland farmers in Central and West Asia and North Africa to climate change
The world’s drylands will face not only increasing temperatures with climate change but more importantly also disruptions to their hydrological cycles resulting in less and more erratic rainfall that will exacerbate the ...
Satellite-based modelling and monitoring of grasslands, croplands and land degradation
Satellite-based modelling and monitoring of grasslands, croplands and land degradation