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Mechanization to Drive A Process for Fertilizer Subsidy Reform in Egypt
Publicly available estimates suggest that close to 30%
of total employment in Egypt is generated from the
agricultural sector (World Bank, 2016). In percentage
terms, the figure is in line with many economies, both
industrialized ...
Rural Transformation through Targeted Regional Innovation Systems: Why parastatal co-operatives matter in the Middle East and North Africa
Draft manuscript to be submitted for peer review to Journal of Peasant Studies on December 21st
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Estimates suggest that 8 million Afghan households are dependent on incomes derived from crop
production and livestock rearing. Livestock provide a source of income and nutrition, as well as an
economic asset which can be ...
Cooperatives: can they deliver for rural women?
Article within Caravan issue 30 entitled 'Gender focus: prioritizing the needs of women farmers'
Overlooked benefits and services of grasslands to support policy reform
Despite their ecological, economic and social importance, Mediterranean grasslands continue to receive limited scientific, political and media attention. Grasslands are typically viewed as underutilized space, able to be ...
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 ...
Power to the partners? Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as an approach for more pluralistic agricultural extension service in Egypt
Agriculture remains a key and sensitive economic sector in Egypt. Given contemporary geo-political concerns
that limit access to international markets, it continues to remain responsible for the production of food and
fiber ...
Innovation Platforms in Agricultural Research for Development: Ex-ante appraisal of the purposes and conditions under which innovation platforms can contribute to agricultural development outcomes
Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research for development projects and programmes. Their basic tenet is that stakeholders depend on one another to achieve agricultural development ...
Repositioning agricultural innovation systems in post-Soviet Central Asia
Transforming a centrally planned system of agricultural production to one where individual farmers are accorded choice in crop mix and land use management practices is much more than structural change. Embedded within this ...
Training Course On Economic Assessment, Adoption of Agricultural Technologies & Value Chain Analysis of Agricultural Commodities
This training workshop is organised by ICARDA-APRP in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in Oman from 24-28 April 2016. The main aim is that of furnishing researchers and government officers ...