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Modeling livestock feed and fodder availablity in the ASALs of the IGAD region
In the arid parts of Africa there is a strong relationship between rainfall and plant production. This is especially prevalent in areas that receive less than 300mm rain per annum, where water is the principal limiting ...
The Economics of Land Degradation in Africa_Benefits of Action Outweigh the Costs_A complementary report to the ELD Initiative
Land degradation and desertification are among the biggest environmental challenges of our time. In the last 40 years, we lost nearly a third of the world’s arable farmland due to erosion, just as the number of people to ...
Disaster risk reduction management in the drylands in the Horn of Africa
This technical brief is part of a series prepared by experts for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought
in the Horn of Africa.
Polly Ericksen on healthy people, resilient systems
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Development of a pilot composite index using data from the IGAD region
This
report details one methodology that the TC has piloted to try to respond to this
challenge. The TC has formulated composite indices from weighted resilience
indicators and this brief summarises process of development ...
Strategy, funding, monitoring and learning @ ICARDA-CGIAR
Presentation to the Third Sahel Regional Forum organized by “African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD)”. Elements of M&E and ...
Measuring resilience—Understanding trends in land cover changes and their potential impacts on pastoral communities
Presentation of Measuring resilience—Understanding trends in land cover changes and their potential impacts on pastoral communities
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 ...