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Assessing the potential of dual-purpose maize in southern Africa: A multi-level approach
This paper explores the potential and challenges of increasing production of food and feed on existing maize fields in mixed crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. It integrates results from ...
Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals: Threats and potential remedies
The concern for the well-being of land is often directly related to one’s proximity to the land, be it physically, economically or culturally. Land is more precious if one’s livelihood depend on it immediately than if one ...
Scaling-up climate-Smart Agroforestry Technologies: Key achievement under Feed The Future Initiative in Mali
The SmAT-Scaling Project is funded by USAID operating under the guidance of the USAID/Mali’s
Feed the Future (FtF) strategy and implemented by a consortium headed by the World Agroforestry
Centre (ICRAF) in partnership ...
FtF Climate-Smart Agroforestry Technologies Scaling-up in Mali
Scaling-up Climate-Smart Agroforestry Technologies for improved market access, food and nutritional security in Mali (SmAT-Scaling) aims at strengthening the value chain of tree products, improving the nutritional status ...
Sustainable Land Management and Water in a context of climate change in the Sahel - Gestion Durable des Terres et de l’Eau dans un contexte de changement climatique dans les pays du Sahel
Après avoir souhaité la bienvenue à tous les participants, Dr. Tondoh a fait un tour de table afin que chacun des participants puisse se présenter, dire quelques mots sur son background et la zone du projet d’où il provient. ...
West African Sahel and Dry Savannas: Ongoing Activities
West African Sahel and Dry Savannas: Ongoing Activities
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 ...
Trees and Watershed Management in Karamoja, Uganda. Evidence on Demand. Climate & Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods. A quick desk study commissioned by DFID Uganda
Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda. Having suffered historical injustices,
it now faces many difficulties, including civil and administrative challenges. Karamoja
performs poorly on development indicators ...
ICRAF-DS Annual Report 2015
In 2015 ICRAF undertook drylands research in two transects of the West African Sahel (WAS) and the Ethiopian action site in East and Southern Africa (ESA). The research was supported through 0.7 million USD of W1/2 funding ...
Length of Growing Period over Africa: Variability and Trends from 30 Years of NDVI Time Series
The spatial distribution of crops and farming systems in Africa is determined by the duration of the period during which crop and livestock water requirements are met. The length of growing period (LGP) is normally assessed ...