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An innovative, cost-effective approach to pollinator protection is raising farmer yields and incomes in Morocco. Success here offers critical lessons for other dryland countries worried about declining pollinator populations

New breeding technologies offer great promise for expanding the area of durum wheat production in Sub Saharan Africa.

Durum wheat is an important food crop in the world and an endemic species of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A new publication (Durum Wheat: Origin, Cultivation and Potential Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa - May 2019, 20 pages) convincingly...

Promoting and delivering new technologies and innovations to farmers – a process known as agricultural extension – helps farmers to address multiple challenges.

The development and dissemination of resilient crop varieties offer a critical defence against the negative impacts of climate change.

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.