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Ecosystem Services: What they are, why they are important and how do we value and manage them
Our health and wellbeing depends upon the services provided by ecosystems and their components: water, soil, nutrients and organisms. Ecosystem services are the processes by which the environment produces resources utilized ...
The CGIAR Collaborative Research & Capacity Building Program for the Development of Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Production Systems in Central Asia under the Conditions of Changing Climate
Increase productivity of agricultural crops through implementation of conservation agriculture, seed supply and postharvest technologies.
An Assessment of the Economics of Land Degradation for Improved Land Management in Central Asia
The goals of the initiative in Central Asia:
a) Provide economic valuation of losses (damages) from land degradation and their major ecosystem services, caused by human’s activities.
b) Validate of economic effectiveness ...
Managing Scarce Water Resources in Irrigated Drylands of Central Asia
Central Asian farmers use the Soviet era-developed method of irrigation which divides the irrigated areas in Hydro Module Zones (HMZ). Each HMZ has a set of crop-specific recommendations for irrigation based on a) soil ...
CAC Regional Program Progress Report 2014-2016 Highlights of major achievements in the region
a) Implemented through two major action sites representing Agro-pastoral and irrigated systems
b) More than 15 different activities were accomplished
c) Several national institutions and CGIAR and non-CGIAR centers contributed ...
Kazakhstan-Siberia Network on Spring Wheat Improvement (KASIB)
Russia-CAC-CIMMYT potential collaboration areas: healthy wheat grain, hybrid wheat and Perennial wheat
Vegetable Research and Development for Improved Nutrition and Livelihoods in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The priority directions in vegetable research in CAC:
a) Collection and conservation of PGR.
b) New varieties development.
c) Resource saving technologies introducing into production.
d) Save vegetable production.
e) Crop ...
Managing Scarce Water Resources in Irrigated Agri-Food Systems of Central Asia Two Case Studies
Irrigated agriculture is the backbone of Central Asian economies. Therefore, efficient irrigation water management is of crucial importance to the sustainable crop production in the region. Presented here are two studies ...
History of Collaboration and Achievements
ICARDA in Central Asia and the Caucasus - History of Collaboration and Achievements.
CIMMYT report on activities in Central Asia and Caucasus
CIMMYT report on activities in Central Asia and Caucasus