Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility and Productivity in NEN and LAC Countries – Progress Highlights: Year (3) - April 2020 to March 2021

Mourad Rekik, Aymen Frija, Zied Idoudi, Santiago López Ridaura, Nasreddine Louahdi, Boubaker Dhehibi, Dina Najjar, Udo Rudiger, Enrico Bonaiuti, Laura Becker, Zohra Djender Ghallem, Hatem Cheikh M'hamed, Mina Devkota Wasti, Barbara Rischkowsky. (11/3/2021). Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency, Soil Fertility and Productivity in NEN and LAC Countries – Progress Highlights: Year (3) - April 2020 to March 2021. Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

The brief highlights the most important achievements of the IFAD funded CLCA Project in North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria) and LAC (Mexico & Bolivia) countries during its third year (April 2020 – March 2021). The brief presents an overview of the major research deliverables and derived knowledge products which have been used for scaling conservation agriculture in the considered countries. It also provides a summary of the conceptual approaches and practical tools used to scale different CLCA innovations. The brief further sheds light on the different knowledge management and capacity development activities undertaken by ICARDA, CIMMYT, and NARS partners, as well as their main achievements and impacts.