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A Prickly Cactus Journey: From Hellish Plant to Farmers' Darling
The cactus pear (known by its scientific name as Opuntia ficus-indica) was not always accepted in Pakistan as a source of food for animals, much less as a fruit fit for human consumption. It was commonly believed to be the ...
A new pastoral code for Tunisia: Reversing degradation across the country’s critical rangelands
In response to the severe economic, social, and environmental costs of degradation across Tunisia’s rangelands, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has worked with the General ...
List of Participants during the workshop pastoral code (Tunisia)
List of Participant to the stakeholder meeting held in Tunis and aimed at establishing a processes for sustainable collective rangeland management and governance
Bush encroachment in sub-Saharan Africa: causes, impacts, and management strategies - A review
presentation about Bush encroachment that poses a pervasive challenge to Sub-Saharan Africa's rangelands, impacting ecosystem dynamics, biodiversity, and local livelihoods. This study comprehensively analyzes bush ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill: a sustainable fodder plant for the dry areas ( in Arabic)
Factsheet about cactus pear Benefits, utilization, Establishment and management and Effective Management
Sociotechnical Innovations for leveraging systems transformation, water management and food security under climate change: Concepts and illustrations in the dry areas
Oral presentation on “Sociotechnical innovations for leveraging systems transformation, water management and food security under climate change: concepts and illustrations in the dry areas” – delivered on September 12th. ...
Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session
Blog about Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session Antalya, Turkey, 25 - 29 November 2019. Objectives of the meeting: Countries to discuss ways to further improve the effectiveness of the Commission ...
Quantification of Land Degradation and Productivity of Agro-Ecosystems under Changing Climate and Land Use
Agro-ecosystems in dry areas are sensitive to changes in climate
and land use. The productivities of these agro-ecosystems are
highly variable in both spatial and temporal scales. Accurate and
up-to-date information on ...
Land Tenure, climate change and livestock mobility in Central and Southern Asian Grasslands
the conference paper describes the current effects of climate change on Central and Southern Asia Grasslands, present status of tenure and livestock mobility and explores the future effects of CC and potential mitigation ...
Time to reevaluate agriculture as Cape Town runs dry
Blog about cactus pear potential to mitigate climate change. it tells the case of Cape town where resurrection plants were required to cope with water scarcity cactus pear was one of the options. the blog is published in ...