Resources Tagged: Dryland Farming

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  1. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) - Drylands and pastoralism

    With research, training and advocacy, we help build climate resilience, productivity and equity in the dryland areas of East Africa, Ethiopia, the Sahel and Sudan
    Dryland Farming Key Resource

  2. Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) - Baobab Magazine

    Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) is an International NGO that facilitates information and knowledge exchange to and between extension workers or infomediaries and arid lands communities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The information exchange activities focus on small-scale sustainable...
    Dryland Farming Key Resource

  3. International Crops Research Institute for the semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

    The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international non-profit organization that undertakes scientific research for development.
    Dryland Farming Key Resource Underutilized Crops

  4. Crops of Drier Regions of the Tropics

    1985-10-19
    Dryland Farming

  5. Food from Dryland Gardens

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    1991-02-01 Review by Dr. Martin Price Most publications review the most recent books. I have found that the most useful books are not necessarily the most recent-in fact, they are sometimes out of print. ECHO reprinted a few valuable but out-of-print books over the years (Edible Leaves of the Tropics;...
    Dryland Farming Vegetable Gardening

  6. Water Harvesting: Guidelines to good practice

    2013-01-01 This new publicationon “Water Harvesting – Guidelines to Good Practice”was mandated by IFAD, prepared byWOCATin collaboration with MetaMeta and RAIN and funded by SDC and IFAD. Water security is a prerequisite to achieve food security.Water harvestingoffers under-exploited opportunities for the...
    Water Security Water Harvesting Dryland Farming Water Supply Sand Dam Microcatchment Terraces Rainwater Harvesting

  7. La collecte de l’eau: Directives pour de bonnes pratiques

    2013-01-01 Ces directives donnent une vue d’ensemble des bonnes pratiques éprouvées de collecte de l’eau dans le monde entier. Celles-ci constituent un guide de référence pratique tout en offrant un support et une expertise technique spécifique pour l’intégration des technologies de collecte de l’eau dans...
    Water Security Water Harvesting Dryland Farming Water Supply Sand Dam Microcatchment Terraces Rainwater Harvesting

  8. Innovations for Food Security in Drylands Areas

    2015-02-04
    Dryland Farming

  9. 2016 ECHO International Agriculture Conference Topic Summaries

    2017-01-16 This article summarizes several of the plenary sessions presented at the 2016 ECHO conference in Florida. If you were unable to attend the conference, or would like to review some of the talks, many of them can be viewed on ECHOcommunity. Other 2016 presentations that appear there include...
    Biogas Agroforestry Linguistics Rainwater Harvesting Dryland Farming

  10. Baobab

    Baobab trees are large, robust trees that originate from Africa and are found in arid to semi-arid areas. The trees typically grow up to 20-30 meters (m) tall with a diameter of 2-10 m.The tree is mostly grown for its sour fruit and leaves, which are known to be notably nutritious.It is also...
    Baobab Dryland Farming West Africa