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Joint meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM network on sheep and goats
Blog about joint meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM network on sheep and goats during 23-25 October 2019. Meknes, Morocco. Efficiency and resilience of forage resources and small ruminant production to cope with global challenges ...
A New Comprehensive Rangeland Management Tool for Dryland Areas Can Help Promote Sustainable Land Use
A blog on a new comprehensive rangeland management tool for dryland areas which can help to promote sustainable land use. Published on ICARDA and ILRI websites.
Reflections on Afghanistan forage initiative event blog
The blog provides a reflection and thoughts of Afghani participants about the visit of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) delegation and its stakeholders with the support of ICARDA to Jordan and Egypt ...
Promoting sustainable solutions to overcome feed shortages
Livestock farmers across the Dry Areas of the world are forced to contend with multiple constraints – not least the limited availability of feed, a resource that is becoming scarcer with the effects of climate change: lower ...
New research published studying plants' diversity in arid and desert rangelands in Tunisia
This blog is highlighting the efforts of ICARDA scientists in characterizing various indigenous rangelands plants to discover their human health benefits and their attributes as feed for livestock and wildlife.
Traditional grazing-management practice makes an impact in southern Tunisia
Degradation of rangelands is a major global concern, but land degradation processes in the rangelands are poorly understood. This lack of understanding has contributed to poorly-informed interventions and policies that ...
Science workshop on sustainable rangeland governance and restoration in tunisia and senegal
The vast rangelands of Tunisia and Senegal are critical for the livelihoods of pastoral communities, providing grazing land for their herds and other essential resources and ecosystem services. However, these fragile ...
Native species restoring degraded silvopastoral systems in dry regions
This blog explores the importance of restoring degraded silvopastoral systems in arid North Africa, specifically Tunisia, where human activities, such as overgrazing and cultivation, coupled with unpredictable weather ...
Speaking Common Rangeland Truth to Power
Speaking Common Rangeland Truth to Power
Restoring rangelands: the art of flexible livestock management
A blog about the importance of the flexible grazing management strategies to meet rangeland resources sustainability targets. In Tunisia, livestock used to obtain over 80% of their feed from rangelands- today, this has ...