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Why Conservation Agriculture in rainfed drylands in Morocco
Crop yield in the rainfed Mediterranean environment in Morocco, the hot spot for climate change, is highly affected by rainfall variability, temperature extremes, and declining soil quality. Several research findings ...
Improving faba bean (Vicia faba L.) for sustainable agriculture in drylands
Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a major cool season food legume in many countries grown under rainfed and irrigated production systems around the world. Faba bean productivity and production are threaten by abiotic (heat, drought, ...
Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners
Restoration efforts in the Mediterranean Basin have been changing from a silvicultural to an ecological restoration
approach. Yet, to what extent the projects are guided by ecological restoration principles remains ...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan for Modernization of Crop Breeding Programs in Arab Countries
This document provides an overview of the monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plan for the project, “Modernization of Crop Breeding Programs in Arab Countries.” Implementation of MEL in research for development ...
Introducing legumes for improving nutrition and economic resilience of cereal-based agri-food systems of the African and Asian drylands
Improving nutrition and economic resilience with cereal-based agri-food systems adapted to the drylands under a climate crisis in Africa and Asia: informing policies, guiding investment and increasing the capacities at ...
ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, ...
Conservation Agriculture and Agronomic Innovations for Mediterranean Rainfed Systems
Training course on: conservation agriculture and agronomic innovations for Mediterranean rainfed systems In Rabat Morocco
ICARDA Country Brief Series: Morocco
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) country brief series provides a snapshot of the work ICARDA has done and what is ongoing in the different countries in which ICARDA operates. It ...
Drylands of the Mediterranean Zone: Biophysical Resources and Cropping Systems
This chapter focuses on cropping systems at the land bordering the Mediterranean and considers the climatic characteristics of the region where rainfall is the dominant factor for crop growth. It highlights the quantity ...
Can Retention of Crop Residues on the Field Be Justified on Socioeconomic Grounds? A Case Study from the Mixed Crop-Livestock Production Systems of the Moroccan Drylands
Conservation agriculture (CA) involving zero tillage, crop diversification, and residue retention
is considered a panacea for several interrelated problems in agricultural production. However, in
the mixed crop-livestock ...