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International Workshop on Climate Change and Soil Salinity Dynamics: Threats and Challenges

Under the high-patronage of Dr. Khalid Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Ohaly President of the Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain and Dr. Ismahane Elouafi Director General of International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the international workshop on “Climate Change and Soil Salinity Dynamics - Threats and Challenges”...
Bahrain
2017 - International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)

Fact sheet
In Arabian Peninsula: Enhancing Rural Livelihoods and Efficient Use of Scarce Water Resources

Smallholder farmers in the Arabian Peninsula region are severely constrained by the region’s extreme aridity, scanty water resources and erratic rainfall. Conditions have become even more challenging as over %95 of the region’s land area now faces some form of desertification from wind and water erosion, and salinization. The increasing...
Bahrain - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2016 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Conference proceedings
Report of the seventh meeting of RECOFI, the working group on aquaculture

The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Aquaculture (WGA) of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) was held in Doha, the State of Qatar, from 26 to 28 April 2016 and was attended by the representatives from six Member countries. The WGA reviewed the outcome and recommendations of the...
Bahrain - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Regional Commission for Fisheries

Report
Sustainable consumption for better resource management in Arab countries

2015 Annual report of the Arab forum for environment and development (AFED)
The report analyses the determinants of demand on energy, water, and food in the Arab region, thgat  include socio-economic contexts, level of development, population growth, rate of urbanization, scarcity of water resources, the harsh climate conditions, and pricing policies. However, the region is truly heterogeneous in terms of socioeconomic contexts,...
Algeria - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Jordan - Lebanon - Libya - Mauritania - Morocco - Oman - Qatar - Sudan - Syrian Arab Republic - Tunisia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2015 - Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)

Report
Sustainable Food Consumption in Arab Countries

The need for sustainable food consumption in Arab countries has emerged from the regional concern for food and nutrition security that requires special consideration on multiple levels and disciplines. In response to population growth and demand, the current Arab food system – characterized by intensive agricultural production as well as...
Algeria - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Libya - Mauritania - Morocco - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Sudan - Syrian Arab Republic - Tunisia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2015 - Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)

Fact sheet
Sustainable natural resource management through enhanced integrated agricultural production systems

Smallholder farmers in the Arabian Peninsula region are severely constrained by the region’s extreme aridity, scanty water resources and erratic rainfall. Conditions have become even more challenging as over 95% of the region’s land area now faces some form of desertification from wind and water erosion, and salinization. The increasing...
Bahrain - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2015 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Policy brief/paper
Bahrain on the Food Security Index 2013

White paper
The agricultural sector has attracted rising concern and development focus due to the uncertainty triggered by the supply shocks experienced globally in the last five years and the ever-increasing price index for food items. Bahrain faces its unique challenges in this domain mainly as a result of a combination of...
Bahrain
2014 - Bahrain Economic Development Board

Website
Family Farming website

The website about family farmers and their farms, begun in 2014 to show the diversity of family farmers ‘Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth‘ by a collection of first hand experiences (snapshots) as an educational resource for anywhere in the world. The concept of this comes from the  International...
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2014 - Family farms.enviroed4all

Report
Report of the workshop on the social and economic aspects of fisheries in the RECOFI region

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 22–24 April 2012
The RECOFI Workshop on Social and Economic Aspects of Fisheries in the RECOFI region was held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain from 22 to 24 April 2012, following the agreement at the sixth session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries held in Rome from 10 to 12 May 2011. The...
Bahrain - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Kuwait - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Newsletter
Caravan 27: Research integration in practice

This issue of Caravan describes the new program, and some of the research innovations it will build on. The issue begins with two ‘opinion pieces’ by scientists from partner organizations in the CRP. They share lessons learnt from past successes (and failures), and ideas that could be applied to dryland systems...
Algeria - Bahrain - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Jordan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Libya - Morocco - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syrian Arab Republic - Tajikistan - Turkmenistan - United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan
2012 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Report
The role of high-value crops in rural poverty reduction in the Near East and North Africa

In their individual and joint efforts to address the problems of poverty, IFAD and its partner agencies in the NENA region are confronted by a large number of constraints, including:• The natural resource base in both quantity and quality, in particular, the prevalence ofdesert and semi-arid areas and the frequency...
Algeria - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Libya - Mauritania - Morocco - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Sudan - Syrian Arab Republic - Tunisia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2008 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Policy brief/paper
Working together to fight rural poverty

IFAD and GCC
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC) is a political, economic and social organization and a regional cooperation system among six Arab States of the Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In August 1989, IFAD...
Bahrain - Ethiopia - Kuwait - Morocco - Niger - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen
2007 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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