Natural resource management

  1. GFAR Successful Research Partnerships Case Study: IPMEurope
    General Objectives: the wider goal is to promote the impact and uptake of European IPM research output to manage pests of field and stored crops and livestock and thus improve livelihoods of the poor in the developing world. IPM provides economically, environmentally and ecologically sound food…
  2. Traditional Techniques of Microclimate Improvement African Network (TTMI/AN). Project for research training.
    Objectives: Problem oriented research training at African Universities, at PhD-level and supportive MSc-level, aiming at human and infrastructural capacity building for field research in environmentally sound crop, soil and water management for sustainable agriculture in semi-arid Africa. Expansion…
  3. The consortium for sustainable use of Inland Valley agro-ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa
    Objectives: The Inland Valley Consortium (IVC) is an eco-regional research partnership under the aegis of the West Africa Rice Development Association. Its aim is to adapt and develop, in concerted action and using an agro-ecological approach, suitable technologies and a knowledge base for…
  4. ILEIA collaborative research programme in Ghana (1995-1999)
    Objectives: In 1994, Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation (NEDA) asked ILEIA to initiate and facilitate a research programme mandated to make: A participatory assessment of the viability of Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) technologies in different environmental and…
  5. On-farm water husbandry in West Asia and North Africa (WANA). An ecoregional initiative
    "Objectives: to improve the efficiency of rain water use in dry environments through the integration of appropriate water-harvesting techniques and the conjunctive use of rain and other available water resources in the farming systems of these areas. Activities: research on the indigenous…
  6. Feed-blocks from crop residues and agro-industrial by-products for small ruminants. ICARDA¿s partnership with NARS
    Objectives: to optimize the use of available crop residues and agro-industrial by-products by reviving the feed-block technology in the WANA region. Activities: the introduction of feed block technology to increase the supply of supplementary to small ruminants
  7. Collaborative research on Hessian fly: an example of partnership between NARS and IARC
    "Objectives: to develop Hessian fly resistant wheat cultivars. Activities: screening for sources of host plant resistance to Hessian fly, hybridization with adapted genetic material and then selection for adapted resistant material."
  8. Crop/livestock integration in the Mashreq and Maghreb regions
    "The overall objective is to develop productive and sustainable livestock-based production systems through the integration of feed and livestock production, both within and across production systems, aiming at improving the incomes and welfare of small farmers and livestock owners/herders in…
  9. Participatory IPM development with smallholder farmers in northern Tanzania
    "Background and objectives: smallholders in rural African farming communities produce the bulk of the regional food requirements, yet their production system has many limitations including poor access to: information on improved production technology such as new high yielding varieties and…
  10. Projet: recherche sur l¿amélioration et la gestion de la jachère en Afrique de l¿Ouest
    "Objectifs: l¿objectif du projet est de réaliser un programme d¿étude, d¿amélioration et de gestion de la jachère au niveau de terroirs villageois dans des pays d¿Afrique tropicale. Il s¿agit d¿insérer le cycle culture-jachère, ou les modes de substitution à la jachère lorsqu¿elle a disparu,…
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