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Are Development Projects Pursuing Short-Term Benefits at the Expense of Sustainability?
When evaluated purely on financial grounds, most developmental interventions targeting the livestock sector exhibit a positive impact. This study also provides empirical evidence that a project which provided loans to ...
Assessing the Impacts of the GAFTA Agreement on Selected Members’ bilateral Agricultural Trade: an Application of the Gravity Model
Trade flows of agricultural commodities have always received a lot of attention in the Arab region,
mainly due to their implications on food security, politics and competition. Most international trade theories
postulate ...
Promoting safer & more sustainable alternatives to chemical pesticides
This initiative promotes sustainable and safer approaches to the management of date palm pests in Iraq, helping to ease farmers from their dependence on chemical sprays while boosting productivity and incomes.
Linking Livestock Producers and Rural Women to Global Yarn Markets
The project used a market-driven science approach to ensure quick uptake by rural women and succeeded in establishing a self-sustaining value chain, from improved breeding and husbandry practices to production of world-class ...
Enhancing the Dairy Processing Skills and Market Access of Rural Women in Jordan
This report presents the findings of the socioeconomic, dairy processing and marketing conditions of
women in four communities in the Karak Governorate of Jordan. It is part of a project targeting rural
women that develops ...
Returns to Policy-Oriented Agricultural Research: The Case of Barley Fertilization in Syria
In 1984, ICARDA and its Syrian partners initiated farming systems research that led to a change in national fertilizer allocation policy. Evidence is assessed on the policy influence of the fertilizer-response research and ...
Integrated joint pest management strategies in the presence of control spillovers
ntegrated pest management has proved cost-effective in coping with crop pests. This article identifies characteristics of pests, controls and economic incentives that may make the development of an integrated joint pest ...
The Impact of International and National Investment in Barley Germplasm Improvement in the Developing Countries
Barley grain is used for animal feed, malt and food for human consumption. Archaeological evidence shows that barley was used in human food several thousand years ago (Bhatty, 1992). Although replaced by wheat and rice in ...
Adoption and Impacts of Improved Wheat Varieties in Morocco
This paper aims at providing credible evidence for the current levels of adoption of improved
wheat varieties and their impacts. The paper also provides evidence on farmer utilization of seeds
and evaluates the validity ...
Scaling up best practices for managing Awassi dairy sheep to small scale sheep farmers in West Asia
This working paper presents an overview of the results of an ICARDA project to provide Awassi sheep farmers in Syria and Lebanon with the latest knowledge on best practices for managing sheep to improve their income. The ...