Mapping Desertification: Constraints and Challenges
Mapping desertification has proven to be a challenging task. Difficulties derive from its ambiguous definition and the comprehensive integration of various biophysical and socioeconomic indicators that need to be considered in the evaluation...
Démarche innovante pour la création d’une chaîne de valeur "Agneau Barbarin de Sidi-Bouzid"
Le développement de l'élevage ovin à viande a été basé principalement sur certains maillons de la filière plutôt que sur une approche de système de production intégré. En dépit, des efforts déployés pour améliorer ce secteur, la productivité du...
Innovation Platform, Farmers’ Organizations, and Market to Empower Small Farmers Benefit from an Autochthonous Meat Sheep Value Chain Under Low Input Production Systems
Regional development in Tunisian livestock has been based mainly on segments rather than on an integrated system approach and a value chains concept. Even though efforts were made to improve production, livestock productivity is still low (.7...
Identification and Mapping of Drought Resistance QTLs in Common Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) in Terbol ICARDA Station, Lebanon
This thesis was submitted by Choghag Demirjian in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MSc Degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Lebanese University, under the co-supervision of Dr. Lamis Chalak (Lebanese University) and Dr...
How climate-smart technologies from drylands research add value to national climate change plans.
Innovations from agricultural research have solutions that add value to country investment plans tto combat climate change and meeting Sustainable Development Goals.
ICARDA offers a range of tested technologies and practices. They are...
Climate-smart crops and know-how from the dry lands brings solutions to all countries
The genetic makeup of native plants and animals in drylands countries is well adapted to resist the harsh conditions that climate change brings – hotter, drier, less predictable and more extreme climate events.
