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Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale
The present document is a brief technical report highlighting activities relating to the options by context approach. The IFAD- funded project, “Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East ...
Mapping Pest and Disease Risks in Agriculture
Mapping Pest and Disease Risks in Agriculture
Biomass in crop-livestock systems in the context of the livestock revolution
Mixed crop-livestock systems are the dominant source of livelihood supporting more
than 80% of people living in the developing world and producing 50% of world
cereals, around 34% of the global beef production and about ...
ICRISAT 2013 activities Dryland Systems CRP
Presentation of ICRISAT 2013 activities Dryland Systems CRP
Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa
In the Sahelian zone of West Africa, crops grown under a
discontinuous cover of scattered trees dominate many
landscapes and constitute the so-called parklands. These
systems reflect the ecological knowledge of the farmers ...
Making Ragelands Secure
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2.0 RECENT EVENTS
4.0 PASTORALISTS DO PLAN!
EXPERIENCES OF MURSI LAND USE
PLANNING, SOUTH OMO ETHIOPIA
5.0 PROGRESS OF THE COMMUNITY
LAND BILL, KENYA
6.0 DEVELOPING SILVOPASTORAL
SYSTEMS FOR MORE SECURE ACCESS
TO ...
Development of a sustainable intensification indicators framework: reports from the frontline in Malawi
An emerging area of science is ‘Sustainable Intensification', with a focus on efficient use of resources for agriculture, with attention to equity
and environmental services. Our multidisciplinary team is assessing the ...
Is rainfed agriculture really a pathway from poverty?
Agriculture’s potential to reduce poverty at household level is explored for rainfed crop production in
Africa and India. A literature survey of crop improvement and natural resource management interventions
demonstrates ...
Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel
Drought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop and livestock in the
West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, ...