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Yield Gap Analysis: Modelling of Achievable Yields at Farm Level
The world population is expected to reach about 8 billion by 2025 (United Nations, 2006), before it stabilizes at about 10-11 billion towards the end of the 21st century. Most of this increase in population is expected to ...
Economic and food security benefits associated with raised-bed wheat production in Egypt
Countries in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are dependent on imports of wheat to meet their food security
needs. Mechanized raised-bed wheat production is an effective means of increasing productivity and ...
A Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Policies for Water and Food Security
Key messages and recommendations from the International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas - Cairo, Egypt, 24-26 June 2013
Dryland Systems - Science for better food security and livelihoods in the dry areas
The CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems (known as Dryland Systems) embodies a new approach to integrated and ‘holistic’ agricultural research. It combines several research disciplines, including crop improvement, ...
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale
The Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale project aims to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor ...
Improving agricultural water productivity: A necessary response to water scarcity and climate change in dry areas
Water resources in the dry areas are limited. Most of the available water is tapped and only limited new water is expected from non-conventional sources. As more water will be needed for other priority sectors, less water ...
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale_Project brochure
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale project brochure.
Water and livestock
Projected increased demand for food in developing countries over the next 30 years implies a correspondingly great need for additional agricultural water unless integrated research and development can achieve much higher ...
Achieving Food Security and Reducing Poverty through Land Restoration
Land restoration and avoiding further degradation can be a key pathway to achieving food security and exiting poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in Africa’s drylands. Achieving the UN’s SDGs requires ...
Integrated watershed development for food security and sustainable improvement of livelihoods in Bahrani, Pakistan
ICARDA, in association with the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Vienna), the Barani Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), the Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute (SAWCRI), the National ...