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Gendered Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Change, and the Barriers to its Adaptation in Mopti Region in Mali
The current study presents the farmer and community perceptions of the causes and effects of climate change, the barriers to adoption
of the resilient practices, and the present level of practices adoption in Mopti region ...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana: Enhancing Impact through Demand Driven Innovations
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, has launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
(PMKSY) to address India’s key agricultural challenges in the 21st century i.e., to reduce poverty ...
Baseline survey of orange-fleshed sweet potato knowledge, farming and consumption, and dietary practices among households with children aged 6-59 months in selected districts of Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya regions of Tanzania
Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) as a staple food besides providing necessary body energy in human diet
provides significant amounts of Vitamin A addressing both Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and body energy
needs. The Viable ...
ICARDA’s Strategy for Biometrics and Statistics Support to its Research (2016-2020)
This document describes the goals and objectives of Biometrics and Statistics Section (BSS), highlights current status and the challenges in the changing agricultural landscape to sustainably support the livelihood and the ...
Adoption and Economic Assessment of Improved Technologies in ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Regional Program_ Technical Report
The scarcity of arable land and water have limited the growth of AP agriculture. With the limited potential for agriculture sector, optimizing use of these limited resources for technology transfer in agricultural development ...
Food banks and technology parks
The indigenous fruit and vegetable trees of Mali in the Drylands of the West African Sahel grow in varied but well adapted environments. The highly diverse indigenous trees are year-round sources of food and nutrition ...
Field testing of an innovative solar powered milk cooling solution for the higher efficiency of the dairy subsector in Tunisia: Technical Report 2 (2016a)
Solar Powered Milk Cooling: Field testing of an innovative solar powered milk cooling solution for the higher efficiency of the dairy subsector in Tunisia: Technical Report 2 (2016a)
Economics of Land Degradation Initiative: Report for the Private Sector
With around one third of the world’s arable land
degraded, estimated annual losses of 6.3 to 10.6
USD trillion, and a projected need to increase food
production from land by 70 per cent by 2050, we
simply cannot afford to ...
Technical report: Training Course on Soil Analysis - Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics and Soil Fertility - February 21-25, 2016
Water is the major limiting factor of agricultural production in the dry areas of the Central and
West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) regions. Despite the fact that agriculture accounts for
around 80-90% of freshwater usage ...
Restoring Ethiopian drylands at scale
The goals of this review are to: (i) identify options with proven success and high potential for up-scaling in Ethiopian drylands, (ii) analyze factors underlying relative success in different agro-ecologies and under ...