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Preliminary review of datasets to inform the development of IGAD member state baselines
The activities detailed in this report form part of the work necessary to provide a foundation upon which to develop these tools. The TC aims to provide the IGAD member states with baseline datasets and appropriate ...
Innovation platforms in practice: lessons learned from SARD-SC wheat initiative in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sudan
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (SARD – SC) is a multi-national initiative led by the CGIAR and funded by the African Development Bank. With an aim to enhance food and nutritional ...
Innovation platforms: A novel tool for improving food legume productivity and farmer’s livelihood, and enhancing food security in Morocco
Food legumes (Faba bean, lentils, chickpea and pea) are important crops that come in rotation with
cereals in the rainfed regions of Morocco where the cereal/food legume cropping system predominates.
While these crops were ...
CRP Dryland Systems - IWMI - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) managed to progress in 2015 in terms of researching on evidence for agricultural water management within the context of a systems approach. Water is one of the key enablers ...
Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems
The development and trialling of composite indicators, the pilot spatial tool and
indicators for use in Monitoring and Evaluation has resulted in evidential gaps in
the data. This summary paper documents these initial gaps ...
Caravan 31: Coping with climate change in dry areas
This issue of Caravan showcases some of ICARDA’s efforts of coping with climate change in dry areas with improved water land management and resilient production systems. These include initiatives in conservation agriculture ...
A Review of Variety Release Procedures and Related Issues with Recommendations for Good Practice
This working paper is a synthesis of experiences gained from studies carried out in Egypt, Ethiopia and Pakistan in 2011/12. The main purpose is to analyse the issues that arise in variety release and to make recommendations ...
Improving wheat production in the CWANA region
Wheat is the principal staple food in most countries of the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, accounting for 45% of the region’s per capita calorie intake with an average wheat consumption of about 200 ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2017: Pathways to impact for building thriving and resilient communities in dry areas
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures ...
Workshop for Dryland Systems: ESA Flagships Evidence-based Transformation
This presentation was given during the Strategic Gender Research Planning Workshop.