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Gender Research within a Systems Approach in the Dry Areas
Gender Research within a Systems Approach in the Dry Areas
Role of geoinformatics in ensuing global food security with special reference to dryland agroecosystems
Agriculture plays an important role in providing
food security in developing countries. Better agricultural
information is one of the key factors in understanding current
trends and status that determine food security from ...
Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas: Abstracts
The dry areas of the developing world occupy some 3 billion hectares and are home to one-third of the global population. About 16% of the population lives in chronic poverty, particularly in marginalized rainfed areas. ...
Morocco declaration - Pulses: solutions to food and nutrition security, agricultural sustainability and climate change adaptation
The UN International Year of Pulses 2016 provides us the opportunity to call attention to the underutilization of pulses in comparison to cereals in spite of known benefits of pulses to sustainable agricultural productivity ...
An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas
More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. Dryland agriculture involves a complex combination of productive components: staple crops, vegetables, livestock, ...
Caravan 29: An integrated ‘systems’ approach for dryland agroecosystems
The sustainable way forward: An integrated ‘systems’ approach for addressing the challenges facing dryland agroecosystems.
Dryland agroecosystems present unique complexities for more than 2.3 billion people in the developing ...
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 ...
Brief Report on the Second International Conference on Arid Land Studies (ICAL 2): Innovations for Sustainability and Food Security in Arid and Semi arid areas
The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has organized a round table meeting at ICAL2
on 12 September with various distinguished agriculture and research organizations from the Central Asia region. Dr.Shoaib ...
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 ...
Planning Workshop for the Implementation of the DS CRP Gender Strategy agenda
Planning Workshop for the Implementation of the DS CRP Gender Strategy on May 26-27, 2014