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ICARDA-European Commission partnership (1990-2011)
This brief highlights cooperation between the European Commission and ICARDA for programs over the past two decades to improve food security and the livelihoods of rural populations in the world’s dry areas.
Strategies for Combating Climate Change in Drylands Agriculture
Synthesis of dialogues and evidence presented at the International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands, Doha, Qatar, November, 2012
Changes in climate patterns are having their most acute effect on people living in ...
Supplemental Irrigation: A promising Climate-Smart Practice for Dryland Agriculture
Supplemental irrigation - the addition of
limited amounts of water to essentially
rainfed crops to improve and stabilize
yields when rainfall fails to provide
sufficient moisture for normal plant
growth - is an effective ...
Food, income, and livelihoods: Impact of new agricultural technologies in Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen have a combined population of 195 million, of whom 72% live in rural areas. All four economies are largely agriculture-based; but most farmers use traditional crop varieties and farming ...
Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas: How to Overcome this Challenge with Confidence?
This presentation has been delivered in the frame of the 7th International Conference of the Higher School of Agriculture of Mograne (Tunisia) - Integrated Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (GIRNAD) ...
Lebanon and ICARDA. A three-decade partnership in research for development for improved livelihoods
Lebanon is ICARDA’s second host country and the country that witnessed the launch of the center in the mid-1970s through the ALAD program of the Ford Foundation. This process culminated in 1977 with a host country agreement ...
Evaluation of the role of ICARDA’s projects in ensuring food security and improving livelihoods in the West-Bank: Study of the Netherlands project. دراسة تقييم دور مشاريع ايكاردا في ضمان الأمن الغذائي وتحسين مستوى المعيشة في الضفة الغربية. دراسة : المشروع الهولندي
This study was conducted during the period from June 2013 to November 2014, It aims to evaluate the role of the International Center for Agricultural Researches in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) projects in enhancing food security ...
Food Security, Poverty and Diversification: Relative Contribution of Livestock Activities on Small-scale Farms in Egypt
The often-cited means to reduce poverty in rural areas is to push the sustainable
intensification of the agricultural sector or to favor a livelihood diversification strategy.
However, rural households that invest their ...
Explaining Adoption and Measuring Impacts of Conservation Agriculture on Productive Efficiency, Income, Poverty and Food Security in Syria
This study employs the Heckman selection model to identify factors affecting the adoption of zero tillage (ZT) and measure its yield, income, and consumption impacts among Syrian wheat producers. A stochastic production ...
Best Practices for Managing Awassi Sheep 1-Mating Period
This booklet is part of a ten-part series of technical Guidelines describing ‘Best practices for managing Awassi sheep’ – the dominant sheep breed in several countries across the Middle East. The series is targeted at sheep ...