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Index-based insurance for income stabilization for smallholder farms in Central Asia
Climate change is one of the major challenges for agricultural producers worldwide. In Central Asian countries,
climate-driven irrigation water variability is a major source of risk. Future projections indicate even ...
Program Theory of change and Impact Pathway - Last Update 2015
A theory of change (ToC) describes how a research-in-development project or program induces expected outcomes and impacts by describing the causal interrelationships from the project/program’s activities to outputs, outcomes ...
Vulnerability of rainfed wheat to stripe rust in Arab sea action site
Vulnerability of rainfed wheat to stripe rust in Arab sea action site
Bioeconomic modeling for systems research
This document introduces concept, economic principles and algorithms of bio-economic modelling for farming system research.
Agropastoral livelihood system typology for coping with socio-ecological diversity: A demonstrative case in Karauzyak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Smallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the ...
Combating Micronutrient Malnutrition With Biofortified Lentils
Over two billion people in the developing world are malnourished and affected
especially by micronutrient malnutrition. More than 47% of women and pre-school
children in developing countries suffer from iron deficiency ...
Estimation of genetic variability for Cotton leaf curl virus disease, fiber quality and some morphological traits using multivariate analysis in exotic Gossypium (Diploid and tetraploid) species
This study was designed to evaluate the germplasm imported from USA for cotton leaf curl virus, fiber quality and yield components. Seventy nine cotton genotypes were evaluated using statistical procedures such as correlation ...
Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation.
This study examines the site-specific, social, political, ecological, and economic contexts that shape agricultural practices and policies in two desert resettlements of Sa’yda and Intilaq, also called the New Lands that ...
Measurement of Total Factor Productivity and its Determinants: Case of Wheat Sector in Tunisia
The main objectives of this study are to quantify the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth
of the durum wheat sector in Tunisia and to identify its main determinants. The Malmquist
index approach was applied for the ...
Socio-ecological Informatics Platform for Global Agri-food Systems Sustainability: Connecting Big Data, Systems Thinking, International Community of Practice to Big System Image
An Express of Interest (EoI) aims at developing and using an agri-food system informatics (hereafter referred as agro-informatics) platform that promotes geo-informatics, interdisciplinary interoperability of multidimensional ...