How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation
There has so far been no shared understanding of validity in agent-based simulation. We here conceptualise validation as systematically substantiating the premises on which conclusions from simulation analysis for a particular modelling context...
Agricultural livelihood systems typology for coping with diversity in smallholder farming system research: A demonstrative case in South-western Burkina Faso
Smallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the farm types in a location...
Agricultural Livelihood Types and Type-Specific Drivers of Crop Production Diversification: Evidence from Aral Sea Basin Region
Understanding the factors driving the farmers’ decisions to diversify their crop production is important for management strategies and policies promoting climate-smart agricultural development. Options for diversification and its associated...
Projecting wheat demand in China and India for 2030 and 2050: Implications for food security
The combined populations of China and India were 2.78 billion in 2020, representing 36% of the world population (7.75 billion). Wheat is the second most important staple grain in both China and India. In 2019, the aggregate wheat consumption in...
Genetic Variation for Traits Related to Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Vigna Species
Phosphorus (P) is a major limiting nutrient reducing crop yields especially in weathered soils of the subtropics and tropics. P exhibits poor mobility and availability to plants in soil. To overcome P deficiency in soil, phosphatic fertilizers...
Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA, recently led a series of high-level consultations on priorities for the ICARDA breeding research agenda until 2030.
Corinna Woellner joined ICARDA’s Partnerships and Grants Unit in Cairo, Egypt, in 2020—initially as a freelance proposal writer and, in 2023, as a project development manager. With over ten years of experience in designing and implementing...
