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How can extensive grazing be beneficial for the restoration of dryland ecosystems?
Presentation on knowledge on the beneficial role of extensive grazing for the restoration of dryland ecosystems. The presentation was performed by Dr. Mounir Louhaich during the FAO-GLF Digital Forum. The digital forum is ...
Incorporation of Organic Growth Additives to Enhance In Vitro Tissue Culture for Producing Genetically Stable Plants
The growing demand for native planting material in ecological restoration and rehabilitation
for agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystems has resulted in a major global industry in their sourcing,
multiplication, and sale. Plant ...
What forage tree-shrub species are recommended in alley cropping systems under west Asia conditions?
Alley cropping is an agroforestry practice of planting arable crops between trees or shrubs. The integration of forage treeshrub species in an alley-cropping system was examined as an approach to mitigate the effects of ...
Improving Forage Production Quantity and Quality Using Native Legume Species in Semi-arid Agrosilvopastoral System
Agrosilvopastoral systems provide a range of livelihood services, either directly through forage production or indirectly by the beneficial effects on soil conservation, nutrient cycling, pollutant filtering, and biodiversity ...
Does Maturity Change the Chemical-Bromatological Makeup of Cladodes in Spineless Forage Cactus?
In Kutch (Gujarat District, India), there is a growing concern about the lack of good quality forage owing to the arid climate and poor soil health. Opuntia ficus-indica has been increasingly recognized as a drought-resilient ...
Silvopastoral system restoration under changing climate and land use: improving sustainability and efficiency
Travelling workshop was conducted during 19–21 October 2022 with total number of 124 participants including farmers from Oued Sbaihia and Gueffaya, Tunisia, experts from ICARDA, the General Directorate of Forests, and the ...
Nutritive potential of native forages in arid rangelands of Tunisia
Rangelands of Tunisia show a great indigenous species diversity with considerable potential as forage for livestock. However, information on their fodder yield and quality is scanty and restricted to few species. The ...
Rangeland Biodiversity and Climate Variability
Rangeland biodiversity related closely with climate variability. Rainfall plays an important role in arid
rangeland restoration. Under favorable conditions, one-year grazing exclusion considerably enhanced
species richness ...
A Scalable and Participatory Sustainable Rangeland Management toolkit with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitate degraded rangelands
Rangelands contribute significantly toward improving livelihoods, offering food security, trade, and tourism for pastoral communities. Numerous challenges include poor government policies, loss of indigenous knowledge, and ...
A participatory sustainable rangeland management toolkit with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach
Panorama solutions on Sustainable Rangeland Management (SRM) toolkit which is tested in North Africa and West Asia (NAWA region), with a specific focus on Tunisia, Jordan and Uzbekistan, and offers a package of holistic ...