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Sociotechnical Innovations for leveraging systems transformation, water management and food security under climate change: Concepts and illustrations in the dry areas
Oral presentation on “Sociotechnical innovations for leveraging systems transformation, water management and food security under climate change: concepts and illustrations in the dry areas” – delivered on September 12th. ...
Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session
Blog about Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session Antalya, Turkey, 25 - 29 November 2019. Objectives of the meeting: Countries to discuss ways to further improve the effectiveness of the Commission ...
Quantification of Land Degradation and Productivity of Agro-Ecosystems under Changing Climate and Land Use
Agro-ecosystems in dry areas are sensitive to changes in climate
and land use. The productivities of these agro-ecosystems are
highly variable in both spatial and temporal scales. Accurate and
up-to-date information on ...
Land Tenure, climate change and livestock mobility in Central and Southern Asian Grasslands
the conference paper describes the current effects of climate change on Central and Southern Asia Grasslands, present status of tenure and livestock mobility and explores the future effects of CC and potential mitigation ...
Time to reevaluate agriculture as Cape Town runs dry
Blog about cactus pear potential to mitigate climate change. it tells the case of Cape town where resurrection plants were required to cope with water scarcity cactus pear was one of the options. the blog is published in ...
Silvopasture for the state of Rajasthan (India)
Blog on silvopasture entitled "Improving Dryland Agronomic Practices one Pastoralist at a Time"
New e-learning course to tackle complex challenges of managing dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
a blog about the e-learning course, "Transforming Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems" introduced by The Committee on Forestry Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems (COFO-WG) and the ...
The shift from pastoral to agro-pastoral livelihood: current challenges and future research priorities
Nomadic pastoralism is a precarious lifestyle and a significant form of land use involving some form of mobility within extensive rangeland areas (WISP, 2007). Pastoralism provides 10% of the world’s meat production and ...
Changing the perception of smallholder farmers about cactus pear in Pakistan
The increasing demands on water and feed resources across the world’s dry areas require alternative sources of animal feed – specifically crops with better water-use efficiency. One alternative with the potential for ...
Ecosystem services and environmental benefits in livestock systems: Definition of terms, and valuation methods
Livestock systems, as socioecological entities, contribute diverse ecosystem services and environmental benefits. In this brief, we define seven prioritized ecosystem services and three environmental benefits within livestock ...