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Innovative solutions to help dryland farmers cope with land degradation and increasing water scarcity.

A participatory approach to livestock breeding which is adapted to the realities of smallholder farmers is raising productivity and generating higher incomes in Ethiopia.

Building climate-resilient, integrated crop-livestock farming systems with a strong market orientation can be a key driver of productivity, food security, and the sustainable use of natural resources.

Investments now will secure the future productivity and resilience of dryland agriculture.

Addressing the financial, cultural, and legal constraints that undermine the productivity of women farmers across the dry areas of the developing world.

Enhancing the efficiency of research, improving the precision of interventions, and informing policies.

Countries emerging from conflict and instability need urgent help to rebuild their devastated agricultural sectors. ICARDA uses experience gained over the past four decades to help rural people recover and thrive.

Understanding gender norms helps address the constraints that affect the resilience of both men and women.

In the face of complex dryland agro-ecosystems, research efforts often address only a part of the problem rather than deal with all its dimensions. This restrictive sectoral approach tends to rely on narrow perspectives, unrealistic...

The dry areas of the developing world face extreme levels of land and water degradation, and climate change is making an already desperate situation significantly worse. Farmers have to contend with less rainfall and more erratic distribution...