Research priorities to strengthen women's roles in climate-resilient agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa
A new strategy identifies priorities to advance gender equality in agriculture in the MENA region for adapting and building resilience to climate change.
Potential Of Water Harvesting as a Strategic Tool for Resilience, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Drought Mitigation in the Olive Farming System in Palestine
This policy brief informs on the importance of adapting the MIRWH technique in the olive farming system in Palestine. It combines existing knowledge of the agriculture olive farming system in Palestine with the proven technology of the MIRWH...
Phenotypic diversity of Medicago crop wild relatives growing in Lebanon
Medicago L. (Fabaceae; Papillionoidae) has high nutritive value, palatability, and ability to improve the soil fertility which puts it as one of the world’s most important forages. Medicago genetic resources are suffering from anthropogenic...
Successful Launch of AgMIP-MENA Platform: A Promising Start to Enhance Agricultural Modeling for Food Security in the MENA Region
ICARDA & Mohammed IV Polytechnic University launched the regional AgMIP-MENA Platform in cooperation with the global Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project.
Proximal thermal imaging-based irrigation scheduling for bread wheat in Egypt
Owing to the significance of leaf and air temperature differences (ΔT) under arid conditions, this study aimed to prove the proximal thermal imaging concept for irrigation scheduling under controlled irrigation amounts for wheat in Egypt. This...
Analyzing satellite data time-series for agricultural expansion and its water consumption in arid region: a case study of the Farafra oasis in Egypt's Western Desert
The harsh climate, prevalent soil properties, and a lack of water in the desert environment make controlling the vegetation cover challenging. The effects of changes in vegetation cover on evapotranspiration in the Farafra region of Egypt were...
Effect of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on the accuracy of genetic evaluation in crossbred goats
The effects of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on genetic variance, heritability, inbreeding coefficient, estimated breeding value, the accuracy of breeding value and the genetic trend were evaluated. The proportion of...
Trends in Rainfall and Temperature Extremes in Ethiopia: Station and Agro-Ecological Zone Levels of Analysis
Climate extreme events have been observed more frequently since the 1970s throughout Ethiopia, which adversely affects the socio-economic development of the country, as its economy depends on agriculture, which, in turn, relies heavily on annual...
Multilocation Evaluation of Alternative Forage Crops Grown Under Salinity Conditions in the South of Morocco
Salinity is a major problem affecting agricultural activity in many regions across the world. Therefore, practices such as biosaline agriculture and crop diversification by introducing alternative crops are key solutions to overcome this problem...
