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Artículo de revista especializada
Sustainable development of mixed farming systems in a newly reclaimed area in Egypt

A linear programming (LP) technique was adopted to determine the optimum combination of crops and livestock production on small mixed farms in a newly reclaimed area in Egypt. Three locations reflected the different types of producer; traditional farmers, early retirees, and university graduates. One LP model with two scenarios was...
Egypt
2008 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Artículo de revista especializada
Les nouvelles stratégies et les perspectives de l'élevage traditionnel au Maroc dans le contexte de la mondialisation

Au Maroc, l'élevage connaît un regain d'intérêt et, à côté des grandes étables modernes, une intensification, tant chez les pasteurs que chez des petits spéculateurs villageois. L'intégration au marché généralisée n'implique un souci particulier d'amélioration de la qualité que pour une minorité. Des encouragements dans le sens de l'amélioration de...
Morocco
2008 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Documento de trabajo
Agricultural productivity growth, employment and poverty in Egypt

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of agricultural productivity growth for generating employment and alleviating poverty in Egypt. Specifically, it attempts to answer the following questions: How important is agriculture for income and employment generation in rural Egypt? What is the relationship between agricultural productivity and...
Egypt
2008 - The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)

Artículo de revista especializada
Mobility and feeding strategies in the pastoral systems of the Syrian Badiah

The pastoral system of Syria, like most of West Asia and North Africa, is under stress with growing sheep population and continuous degradation of the rangelands. While the research and development society is strongly promoting community rangeland management in a participative and collaborative way, it is essential to characterize and...
Syrian Arab Republic
2008 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Informe
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)

Revista especializada
Caravan - Special issue on climate change

This issue of Caravan describes some of ICARDA's work on climate change. It contains overviews of the key issues, and articles describing research in specific areas: for example, how genetic resources – landrace varieties, wild relatives, indigenous livestock breeds – can be used to make small-scale agriculture better adapted to...
2008 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Documento técnico
Organic farming in the Mediterranean

Towards further development
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAMB) has initiated since 1999 data collection on the organic sector in the Mediterranean area. Since 2005 a separate chapter in « The World of Organic Agriculture » has been dedicated to the Mediterranean area, and IAMB has committed itself to supporting the global...
Egypt - Jordan - Lebanon - Syrian Arab Republic
2008 - The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAMB)

Artículo de revista especializada
Evaluation of different traditional water management systems in semi-arid regions (case study from Iran)

In semi-arid regions, where rainfall is scanty, many water management systems were developed to provide irrigation water for agricultural through the centuries ago. In many part of Iran, the water requirements of most crops are not fully met by precipitation. Whereas, rural communities mostly subsist on farming and animal husbandry....
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2007 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Actas de conferencia
Les adaptations de l'agriculture familiale en grande hydraulique : quelques enseignements de la plaine du Gharb, Maroc

Après plus de deux décennies de gestion étatique de la mise en valeur agricole dans les périmètres de la grande hydraulique, les agriculteurs sont de plus en plus sollicités pour se prendre en charge et inventer de nouveaux modes de coordination. Cela semble, a priori, ne pas se mettre en...
Morocco
2007 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)

Documento/nota de orientación
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)

Informe
The status of rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa

This study is one of a series of IFAD/PN joint activities with the FAO/Investment Centre(FAO/IC) undertaken during 2006/2007. Its main objective is to provide IFAD and its partners with updated knowledge about the status of rural poverty in the NENA region to enhance their capacity to design and implement more...
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Hoja informativa
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty in Jordan

Many of Jordan’s rural poor people live in extremely difficult conditions. This fact sheet briefly analyses the main constraints they face: limited access to alternative sources of income, limited opportunities to diversify their farming enterprises because of low rainfall, poor soil quality and the topography of the land that they...
Jordan
2007 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Hoja informativa
Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty in Sudan

 The fact sheet briefly analyses the root causes of poverty in the country.  More than two million rural people have been displaced by the Darfur conflict alone. In addition, erosion, loss of soil fertility and damage to watersheds are affecting resources. Agricultural productivity is decreasing as a result of a...
Sudan
2007 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Boletín informativo
Pressure on water resources in the Mediterranean Region

In aggregate terms there is no lack of water in the Mediterranean Region. But geographical distribution of rainfall is very uneven and there is a marked shortage of water in the South and East. Using the Falkenmark water stress index (less than 1000 m³/inhabitant/year) as a benchmark, we find that...
2007 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Revista especializada
Caravan - High-value crops, value-added crop and livestock products

ICARDA’s mission is to alleviate poverty by improving the livelihoods of farming communities. Often, the key is to add value to primary crop and livestock outputs. This issue of Caravan provides glimpses of the Center’s work to help farmers and pastoralists add value to their products, and thereby improve their...
Tunisia - Türkiye
2007 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Informe
Research for Development in the Dry Arab Region: The Cactus Flower

an dryland communities cope with the global changes sweeping the world today? Is their predicament limited to their difficulty of building livelihoods on precarious natural resources? Can development research and external interventions offer any sustainable and fruitful partnerships to this end? This book relates the story of a relationship between...
2006 - Southbound, IDRC

Artículo de revista especializada
Small ruminant production systems in north Lebanon: technical and economic analysis

 study was conducted to evaluate small ruminant production systems and productivity in the northern area of Lebanon. Fifty-one small ruminant holders were monitored over two years focusing on the technical and economic situation of the herd. Another 19 farmers were covered by a technical and economic questionnaire of analysis in...
Lebanon
2006 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)

Revista especializada
Caravan - Special issue on International Year of Deserts and Desertification

This issue of Caravan looks at different aspects of desertification; and how ICARDA and its partners are working together to help farming communities find effective, sustainable solutions. These collaborative efforts have generated significant impacts at community level – higher crop yields, more sustainable farming systems, more incomegenerating opportunities for the...
Jordan - Lebanon
2006 - International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Artículo de blog
Conserving water, boosting incomes in Jordan's Yarmouk valley

Jordan is a chronically water-scarce country, and less than five per cent of the land is arable. For farmers, little or no rainfall means severely reduced cultivation and production – and increased hunger and poverty. Those who find other ways to supplement their incomes generally earn very little. To address...
Jordan
2006

Informe
Les obstacles aux transferts technologiques dans les petites et moyennes exploitations agricoles des zones arides et semi arides du Maghreb.

Le secteur agricole des pays du Maghreb est caractérisé par des petites et moyennes exploitations agricoles qui de part leur nombre (plus de 3 millions) et leur diversité (élevage, céréaliculture mais aussi légumes, fruits, oléiculture, phœnicoptéridé), constituent des acteurs importants dans le développement et le fonctionnement du secteur agricole. Cependant,...
Algeria - Morocco - Tunisia
2005 - Forum Euroméditerranéen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques (FEMISE)
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