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Workshop Report on Prospects for Cooperation among Local Stakeholders for Rangeland Restoration
A workshop report on Prospects for cooperation among local stakeholders for rangeland restoration
The Maghreb (North Africa) rangelands evolution over forty years: re-greening or degradation
The Sahel region is subject of several controversies over the current trends of its ecosystems. Some consider that despite the rain recovery, this region remains in a regressive dynamics, while others consider that they ...
Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia
Plants are important components of any rangeland. However, the importance of desert rangeland plant diversity has often been underestimated. It has been argued that desert rangelands of Tunisia in good ecological condition ...
Typology analysis of sheep production, feeding systems and farmers strategies for livestock watering in Tunisia
n this study, we analyzed a representative sample of sheep farms (n = 1021) using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and multivariate K-Mean classification, to characterize the production and feeding systems across Tunisia. ...
Response of arid rangelands to deferred grazing in Southern Tunisia
Rangelands in north Africa and the near east in general provide numerous goods and services that have great economic, social, cultural, and biological values. For centuries, inhabitants of rangelands have engineered pastoral ...
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 ...
Water and Livelihoods Initiative (WLI): Final Technical Report
This final technical report offers a summary of the activities completed by partners of the WLI during the lifetime of the project covering the period October 2009- September 2017. The WLI aims to improve rural livelihoods ...
Comparing yield and growth characteristics of four pastoral plant species under two salinity soil levels
The vegetation cover and the biomass production of the rangeland ecosystems are decreasing at an alarming rate. The valorization of saline water, by irrigating planted pastoral halophytes on salt‐affected soils, is considered ...
Revival of an indigenous management system in Southern Tunisia: reintroduction of the «Gdel» in private rangelands
To face the negative effects of human pressure and environmental changes, developing grazing management strategies is an important tool for rangeland sustainability in the dry areas. This study aimed at assessing the ...
Prospects for cooperation among local stakeholders for rangeland restoration
This event was organized as part of the joint scientific agreement between the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), and the Institute of Arid Zones of Medenine (IRA), carried out within ...