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Ecosystem Services: What they are, why they are important and how do we value and manage them
Our health and wellbeing depends upon the services provided by ecosystems and their components: water, soil, nutrients and organisms. Ecosystem services are the processes by which the environment produces resources utilized ...
Performances, Policies, Challenges and Opportunities of the Tunisian Agriculture Sector from Natural Resources Management Perspective a SWOT Analysis
A comprehensive assessment of the Tunisian agricultural potential, production, natural resources
management and policies has been presented using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
analysis. Concerning ...
Learning about sustainability and gender through Farmer Field Schools in the Taita Hills, Kenya
This research uses transformative learning theory to explore how Farmers Field Schools (FFS) of the Taita
Hills, Kenya have contributed to environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on gendered
learning. Both ...
Ensemble forecasting of short-term system scale irrigation demands using real-time flow data and numerical weather predictions
Irrigation demands fluctuate in response to weather variations and a range of irrigation management decisions, which creates challenges for water supply system operators. This paper develops a method for real-time ensemble ...
Adaptability and suitability of local cattle breeds in Egypt: Farmers and actors’ perceptions and practices of the cattle value chain
Egypt, where the mean temperature is expected to increase by 1−1.5°C over the next two decades, is particularly concerned with climate change in the Medi- terranean. Most of the research works on adaptive animal traits ...
Healing Wounds: How the International Research Centers of the CGIAR Help Rebuild Agriculture in Countries Affected by Conflicts and Natural Disasters
This study first reviews current thinking on the underlying causes of conflicts and disasters, identifying poverty as a major driver of both. Poverty breeds frustration, compelling the poor to turn to violence.
Adaptation and resilience in pastoral management of the Mediterranean Bedouin social-ecological system in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt
On the basis of the results of the ELVULMED ,MOUVE, and CLIMED research projects, this chapter presents a long-term analysis of the Bedouin society in the northwestern coastal zone (NWCZ) of Egypt, especially the resilience ...
High yielding wheat varieties with heat and drought tolerance
Wheat is an important food crop globally is facing serious threats from impacts of climate change, such as rising temperatures, recurring droughts and floods, and emergence of new pests and diseases like stripe rust, yellow ...
Water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus of urban water systems: Review of concepts, state-of-art and methods
Water supply and wastewater services incur a large amount of energy and GHG emissions. It is therefore
imperative to understand the link between water and energy as their availability and demand are
closely interrelated. ...
Agricultural Research Priority Setting Questionnaire for the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Region
Questionnaire prepared for setting agricultural research priorities for CWANA project.