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Gender, livestock rearing, rangeland use, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia
Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation and management in Tunisia, and the effects of climate change upon women’s livelihoods, are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, ...
Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Livestock Production in Tunisia
Women's contribution to rangeland management in Tunisia and climate change implications on their livelihoods in rangeland areas are a policy blind spot. Current perceptions in rangeland policy circles is based on a widely ...
Barley Straw Use for Animal Feed and Soil Mulch in Ethiopian Highlands Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems
Barley straw serves as livestock feed and mulch for soil and water conservation in the mixed barley-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. High demand for barley straw biomass in the system creates competition between ...
Patterns of Use of Residue Biomass in Cereal–Sheep Production Systems of North Africa: Case of Tunisia
This paper analyzes the complex relationships of factors influencing residue biomass management in cereal–sheep production systems in semi-arid areas of Tunisia. The Bayesian belief network (BBN) methodology was applied ...
Progress report on modeling geographic distribution of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. in Tunisia
In the present work, we built a model to predict habitat suitability of ticks of Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in order to raise awareness about ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Tunisia. This study could also be extrapolated ...
Beer, Barley, Livestock, and Milk: Who Adopts Agricultural Innovations in Rural Rajasthan?
Research conducted in developing countries suggests that most agricultural innovations end up reinforcing existing socio-economic hierarchies based on gender and class. However, most of this research appears to be based ...
Rangeland Women: Why Supporting Them Could Save Tunisia’s Degraded Ecosystems
Across the drylands, there is a widespread misconception surrounding rural women's involvement in rangelands.
Women's roles in livestock rearing, crop cultivation, and climate change adaptation, are either diminished or ...
Livestock mobility in the state of Rajasthan, India
An image about herd Mobility in Rajasthan, India
ICARDA - MEL contribution to AGROVOC
The report explains ICARDA's contribution to AGROVOC through the MEL unit by introducing new terms and concepts covering the livestock domain to AGROVOC (February 2021).
Feasibility Study for Milk Processing Unit at Household for the Agro Pastoral Communities in Jordan
This study aims to develop an economic feasibility study of on-farm sheep and
goat milk processing, packaging, and marketing through an inclusive business model and modalities plan
to encourage these householders to ...