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Training of trainers on the use of WOCAT-LADA tools and Restoration of degraded lands for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) - IUCN
As a result of the grat collective efforts between the International Union for Conservation of Nature - Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN ROWA), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in Jordan, The International Center for ...
An integrated approach to maintaining cereal productivity under climate change
Wheat, rice,maize,pearlmillet,andsorghumprovideoverhalfoftheworld'sfoodcalories.Tomaintain
global foodsecurity,withtheaddedchallengeofclimatechange,thereisanincreasingneedtoexploit
existinggeneticvariabilityanddevelopcul ...
Publication Review: Lessons learned in sustainable land management in drylands
Extreme weather conditions such as drought and floods, a changing and more variable climate, and the unsustainable use of the natural resources are amongst
complex factors that drive land degradation. This in turn negatively ...
Inter‐annual Declines of Terrestrial Net Primary Production and Carbon Use Efficiency: Global Patterns and Hotspots over 2000 ‐ 2014
Terrestrial net primary production (NPP) generates products of biological origin, on which much of other ecosystem services depend. The primary production provides a basis for food production, biogeochemical cycles, carbon ...
Number of improved lines to be shared with NARS partners for multi-environment testing
This report contains list of International nurseries shared with NARS partners in Target regions during 2016. The total number of faba bean nursery were 8 with 216 improved lines; the total number of chickpea nursery 9 ...
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 ...
ICARDA’s Strategy 2017-2026 for Biometrics and Statistics Support to its Research: Enhancing Research Quality for Innovation and Knowledge Sharing in Biodiversity, Germplasm Enhancement and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
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 ...
Gap in science and practice of land restoration
Urmila Pujari belongs to the Bhumia tribe of eastern state of Orissa in India, a culturally rich and one
of the largest tribes in India. The tribe relies on farming for livelihood, but very few farmers cultivate
pulses ...
Tillage impact on soil erosion by water: Discrepancies due to climate and soil characteristics
No-tillage (NT) is promoted for soil and water conservation, but research
findings on overland
flow and
soil erosion are inconsistent across different ecosystems, with some studies showing no benefits of NT
over conventional ...
Putting Economic and Environmental Sustainability Hand in Hand to Protect Our Lands
Land degradation is an underestimated global concern with far-reaching
implications affecting the ability of land to provide food and incomes. Globally, a
large portion of the vulnerable human populations—the rural poor—live ...