Outcome and Impact Studies: Recent submissions
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Title: Returns to Policy-Oriented Agricultural Research: The Case of Barley Fertilization in Syria
Author(s)Date: 2010-08-21Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessIn 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 ... -
Title: Food, income, and livelihoods: Impact of new agricultural technologies in Africa
Author(s)Date: 2008-06-03Type: BriefStatus: Open accessEgypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen have a combined population of 195 million, of whom 72% live in rural areas. All four economies are largely agriculture-based; but most farmers use traditional crop varieties and farming ... -
Title: Fighting poverty: Impact of improved faba bean technologies in Africa
Author(s)Date: 2008-06-03Type: BriefStatus: Open accessFaba bean is a key crop and a major source of dietary protein throughout North and North-east Africa. Demand is growing, fuelled by rapid population growth, and the gap between supply and demand continues to increase. ... -
Title: Economic and food security benefits associated with raised-bed wheat production in Egypt
Author(s)Date: 2018-05-09Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessCountries 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 ... -
Title: Are Development Projects Pursuing Short-Term Benefits at the Expense of Sustainability?
Author(s)Date: 2017-10-05Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessWhen 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 ... -
Title: Enhancing the Dairy Processing Skills and Market Access of Rural Women in Jordan
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-01Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessThis 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 ... -
Title: Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas
Author(s)Date: 2013-06-30Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessSynthesis of contributions and policy dialogue at the International Conference on Policies for Water and Food Security in Dry Areas . Toward a framework for countries and development partners for long-term investment in ... -
Title: Improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Iraq through integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizer
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-31Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessThis working paper summarizes the findings of the socioeconomic component of the research project Improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Iraq through integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizer, that ... -
Title: Impacts of Improved Supplemental Irrigation on Farm Income, Productive Efficiency and Risk Management in Dry Areas
Author(s)Date: 2017-12-29Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessThis paper provides empirical evidence that improved supplemental irrigation (ISI) can be justified on both environmental and economic grounds. Results of a stochastic frontier model which explicitly and simultaneously ... -
Title: Promoting safer & more sustainable alternatives to chemical pesticides
Author(s)Date: 2013-06-05Type: BriefStatus: Open accessThis 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. -
Title: Rejuvenating faba bean in Egypt
Author(s)Date: 2015-11-26Type: BrochureStatus: Open accessEgypt’s faba bean production, which was seriously impacted by low yield, plant diseases and weed infestation as a result of rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, is being rejuvenated through improved ... -
Title: IFAD and ICARDA
Author(s)Date: 2004-05-25Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and ICARDA dates back to their inception in 1977, and their activities have been intertwined ever since. IFAD has been a key supporter ... -
Title: Assessing the Impacts of the GAFTA Agreement on Selected Members’ bilateral Agricultural Trade: an Application of the Gravity Model
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-27Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessTrade 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 ... -
Title: Integrated joint pest management strategies in the presence of control spillovers
Author(s)Date: 2013-01-07Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessntegrated 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 ... -
Title: Scaling up best practices for managing Awassi dairy sheep to small scale sheep farmers in West Asia
Author(s)Date: 2015-11-25Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessThis 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 ... -
Title: Linking Livestock Producers and Rural Women to Global Yarn Markets
Author(s)Date: 2015-03-31Type: BriefStatus: Open accessThe 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 ... -
Title: Effective Mechanized Rainwater Harvesting: Coping with climate change implications in the Jordanian Badia
Author(s)Date: 2016-02-29Type: BriefStatus: Open accessResearch on micro-catchment rainwater harvesting techniques by ICARDA and Jordanian scientists has led to the establishment of semicircular bunds on contour ridges and furrows (using GPS laser-guided Vallerani machine) and ... -
Title: Bio-economic efficiency of creep supplementation of forage legumes or concentrate in pasture-based lamb production system
Author(s)Date: 2017-12-01Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSupplemental feeding of lambs with forage legumes or grains provides a potential option to increase proportion of prime lambs and profitability in intensive pasture-based lamb production systems. A two-year study in the ... -
Title: Financial incentives: Possible options for sustainable rangeland management?
Author(s)Date: 2016-09-15Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessLarge-scale mismanagement of natural resources emanating from lack of appropriate policies and reg- ulatory framework is arguably one of the reasons that led to resource degradation and poor livelihoods in many countries ... -
Title: Raised-bed planting in Egypt: an affordable technology to rationalize water use and enhance water productivity
Author(s)Date: 2016-02-06Type: BriefStatus: Open accessResearch on water management to achieve higher productivity in irrigated agriculture has identified raised-bed systems as an important component of improved wheat production package. Through this farmers in Egypt have ...