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Weakening the blows of Sand and Dust Storms through better Land Management
To limit SDS threats to global drylands' rural livelihoods, population health, and economies, ICARDA partnered with FAO in October 2020 to implement the 'Catalyzing investments and actions to enhance resilience against ...
New ISI publication on enabling factors for farmer-driven pollinator protection
The replication of the FAP-cucumber trial in Uzbekistan (2013-2014) in Morocco (2015-2016) demonstrated the agronomic replicability of Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP). However, it also revealed that in countries ...
Catalyzing a Greater Supply of Seed Potato in Kenya - Agrilink
Apical cuttings have the potential to greatly expand the supply of seed potato. This appropriate technology is poised to contribute significantly to improving access to seed and the accompanying increases in yields and ...
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 ...
Brochure for agricultural advisors
Within the IKI project, we train extension staff in Morocco and some other countries on Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP). Responding to a request by the Moroccan extension service Office National du Conseil ...
FAO/ICARDA webinars on measuring evapotranspiration - now open
The webinars cover a number of evapotranspiration measurement themes including underlining the time and space scale of measurement applications and analyzing their accuracy and suitability for use in arid and semi-arid ...
How a new beekeeping tech project is addressing gender inclusivity
How a new beekeeping tech project is addressing gender inclusivity
An Innovation Perspective to IFAD Impact Investments: How Ready is the Conservation Agriculture System in Moldova for Impact at Scale?
The Scaling Readiness approach combines an innovation systems perspective for impact and a rigorous evidence synthesis method, using metrics developed initially by NASA and further developed by the EU. It links current ...
Achievements of Date Palm Integrated Pest Management and Agricultural Extension and Technology Transfer Systems in Abu Dhabi
ADFCA is tackling major date palm pest infestations in Abu Dhabi through precision-system-informatics, farm-system optimization
Improved sheep fattening with youth entrepreneurship focus results in improved beneficiary incomes and fatter sheep
Youth increased the fattening weights of rams from 56-122g/day to 94-198g/day (44-67%) and were able to sell sheep at a higher price, from ETB 1200-2500 to ETB 2200-4000 (45-70%) after receiving training on improved sheep ...