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Adopting Climate Change with Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Why This Project?
- The lack of forage resources in several regions of the country.
Shortage of local animal feed sources and high prices of imported feed
- The abundance and diversification of by-products that can be ...
Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries
A research for development initiative working across ten countries to raise wheat production and reduce the Arab World’s growing dependence on costly wheat imports.
Economic and food security benefits associated with raised-bed wheat production in Egypt
Countries in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are dependent on imports of wheat to meet their food security
needs. Mechanized raised-bed wheat production is an effective means of increasing productivity and ...
Who are those people we call farmers? Rural Kenyan aspirations and realities
Rural Kenyan households have different aspirations and income portfolio strategies, including agricultural intensification and income diversification. This article reports on a study that interviewed 624 households to ...
Constraints for Adoption of CA Systems in the MENA Region
Lack of political and Institutional support:
- For policy-makers and institutional leaders, transformation of tillage to CA systems requires that they fully understand the large economic, social and environmental benefits ...
Role of Modelling in International Crop Research: Overview and Some Case Studies
Crop modelling has the potential to contribute to global food and nutrition security. This paper briefly examines the history of crop modelling by international crop research centres of the CGIAR (formerly Consultative ...
Molecular and phenotypic evaluation of durum wheat germplasm for hybrid production
Global food security is faced with serious challenges including population growth and changing
climate. To cope with these challenges a paradigm shift is required to ensure sufficient and
sustainable crop production. Hybrid ...