Final report: Group Training Course on Cactus Pear Evaluation & Best-Agronomic Practices
Cactus crops are gaining increasing interest across the globe, in particular cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica), because of its unique characteristics which provide resilience to climate change impact and population pressure. Cactus pear can...
PRIMA First Training ‘Strengthening R&I Capacities In SEMC’
7 - 8 October 2019. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Cairo, Egypt. PRIMA – Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area is the most ambitious joint programme to be undertaken in the frame of Euro-Mediterranean...
Grasspea and Finger Millet pre-breeding get a boost
Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving the attention they deserve. A new project led by the Crop Trust will help improve the productivity of grasspea and finger millet by making more genetic diversity available to breeders.
Wheat-lentil fortified flours: health benefits, physicochemical, nutritional and technological properties
Lentil (Lens culinaris) is among the most consumed legume worldwide, especially in developing country. Lentil seeds provide an excellent source of iron and zinc content, and a high level of protein. Six treatments of composites flours were...
Multi-agent system for integrating ecological processes at multiple scales with human decision-making: Solutions and lessons learned from a modelling framework applied in different landscape ecosystems
Modelling socio-ecological systems, in which social and ecological systems interact each other and co-evolve, are useful for supporting decisions in managing landscape ecosystems. Inter-linking socially interactive decision-making to relevant...
Integrated impact assessment and designing of Mediterranean agricultural systems in Dry Regions
This international training course follows several doctoral programs organised within SemiArid (ERANET ArimNet, 2017-2020) project, SEAMLESS project (FP6, 2005-2010), the global FSD network (Farming System Design), and then more recently as part...
Options for improving irrigation water efficiency for sustainable agricultural development
2 October 2019. Cairo. IFPRI/ICARDA/IWMI/WorldFish seminar. Options for improving irrigation water efficiency for sustainable agricultural development. The IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series is part of the United States Agency for International...
Considering socio-ecological diversity for the adoption of new technologies: a case study in Egypt
The mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) is an effective measure to increase crop productivity and water-use efficiency in intensive irrigated systems. It presents an important package of improved technology that the agricultural sector in Egypt can take advantage of/benefit from in tackling the challenges it is facing.
Leveraging food systems to combat obesity in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)
23-24 September 2019. Cairo, Egypt. In a joint workshop on "Leveraging food systems to combat obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East and North Africa regions", the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the...
After 30 years of conflict, Somalia is coming back
Nine of the 15 CGIAR centres were present at a meeting in Nairobi to discuss how CGIAR centres, Government, FAO and donors plan to support agriculture in Somalia after 30 years of conflict.
