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CRP Dryland Systems - ICRISAT - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
The research for development efforts at DS sites in India used multi-disciplinary and systems approaches that build on the indigenous coping and adaptation strategies to achieve enhanced resilient and sustainable intensification ...
Analyze drivers for sustainable management of CPRs
The study was undertaken in three villages in western Rajasthan, India: Govindpura/Jodhpur, Dhok/Barmer, and Damodara/Jaisalmer. The selection of sites was based on community and experts’ consultation, secondary data and ...
Potential of Small Ruminants in Andhra Pradesh for promoting rural livelihoods: Institutional and policy gaps to be addressed
Small ruminants play an important role in the food and nutritional security of millions of rural people
especially the landless, marginal and small farmers in rainfed regions in India as well as in Andhra
Pradesh. The ...
Establishment of Seed Plots by Participatory Entrepreneurs
Wheat and lentil are important crops to ensure food and nutritional security in dryland region. However, yield of these crops is quite low. Farmers plant local varieties using their own unimproved seeds. Low crop yield ...
Participatory Selection of Promising Wheat, Chickpea and Lentil Cultivars (Chakwal-Pakistan)
3 promising variety (Wheat, Chickpea and lentil) selected based on farmers evaluation and data analysis (report);
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvi-pasture systems on community lands for enhanced eco-system services
Three Pasture development committees were formed together with a women subcommittee to ensure the role and responsibility of women for proper management of CPRs in three villages. In silvi-pasture system of Govindpura soil ...
Crop, tree and animal breed diversification and improvement in Niger, West Africa: Progress report
This is progress report on the Crop, tree and animal breed diversification and improvement activity in the KKM transect. The objective is to assess crop, tree and animal diversity and their uses in dry areas in Niger. ...
Evaluation of Bush and Climbing Beans under different Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management Regimes in Linthipe and Kandeu, Malawi
CIAT is undertaking action research based on mother-bay approach in Linthipe and Kandeu, in the Dedza and Ntcheu districts of Malawi, respectively. The overall aim is to improve bean production through introduction of ...
Integrated Pest management in food legumes in rotation with cereals in a crop system. West Asia and North Africa
The report covers demonstration of IPM options for managing diseases and weeds of faba bean and improving the skills of farmers in protecting their crops and enhance integrated pest management of insects, diseases, viruses ...
Effect of best-bet sustainable land management technologies of minimum till, agroforestry shrubs and box ridges on yield of maize (SC403) in Nsipe, Malawi
Food insecurity is a serious challenge to most of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this region, production levels of small-scale farmers, who contribute a significant proportion of the maize produced, has been far much ...