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The creation of a household resilience index using limited data from the IGAD region
Given that data in the Horn of Africa is limited, one is more likely to obtain relatively complete data when using a model comprised of a more limited set of targeted indicators. In this way, a model of resilience should ...
Detection of significant new races of the wheat stem rust pathogen in Africa and Middle East
Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a destructive disease on bread and durum wheat. Following the identification and distribution of Ug99, major national and international efforts have been made ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...
Lance Robinson on measuring resilience in drylands of East Africa
Lance Robinson, Governance and Resilience Scientist, ILRI, at the side event,
“Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa.”; IFPRI 2020
conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, ...
Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Presentation of Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - Project Completion Report April 2017
This technical report is a synthesis of activities undertaken between March 13th,
2014 and March 12th, 2016. Countries of engagement for this initiative were
Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Yemen. As of March ...
Influence of putative forest refugia and biogeographic barriers on the level and distribution of genetic variation in an African savannah tree, Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss
Phylogeographic studies of tropical and subtropical
tree species provide an ideal method to study the role of forest
refugia in the structuring of genetic diversity in contemporary
populations. To date, most studies have ...
Market access and trade issues affecting the drylands in the Horn of Africa
This brief addresses the rationale and priorities for investments in trade in livestock and other agricultural commodities
such as market development and access, cross-border trade, and sanitary, phytosanitary and food ...
Modeling potential livestock losses and vulnerability due to drought in the IGAD region
The Horn of Africa is predominantly comprised of arid or semi-arid lands, and is a naturally drought-prone region. With increasing pastoral or agro-pastoral land use, the environment and pastoral communities in this region ...