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| Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT-TSBF) |
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| Desert Margins Program (with ICRAF, ICRISAT, ILRI) |
Engaging farmers in research and scaling-up CORAF projects on sustainable soil management Soil-water decision support systems training Monitoring and evaluating local development plans |
| Fertilizer micro-dosing and drought tolerant varieties technology transfer for small farmer prosperity in the Sahel (with ICRISAT) |
CORAF project on microdosing Intensification and diversification of cropping systems |
| Combining water harvesting techniques and nutrient management to sustain food production in the drylands of West Africa (with ICRISAT) |
CORAF project on water harvesting/nutrient management |
| Promoting use of indigenous phosphate rock for soil fertility “recapitalization” in tropical Africa |
CORAF project on indigenous rock phosphate |
| Potential for payment for environmental services (PES) approaches to contribute to equitable and sustainable management of soil and water in upper catchments (CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food) |
Water and people in catchments |
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| Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) |
| Managing dry forests for sustainable livelihoods in semi-arid countries of southern, eastern and west Africa |
African dry forest project |
| Nature, wealth and power (.pdf) |
| Building the capacity of institutions to mitigate conflicts and better manage woodland and savanna resources |
| Policies and incentives for managing the Miombo Woodlands to meet household needs in southern Africa |
| Climate change, water and forest fires |
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| International Maize and Wheat Center (CIMMYT) |
| Wheat with enhanced water productivity |
Rainfed wheat systems ICARDA/CIMMYT Wheat Improvement Program |
| Resource conservation technologies for maize and wheat cropping systems |
Food security and income in the Limpopo Basin Yellow River Basin (China) rainfed conservation agriculture |
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| International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
| Improved land management to combat desertification |
Project document (pdf format) |
| Manage scarce water resources and mitigate drought |
Project document (pdf format) |
| Integrated gene management |
Project document (pdf format) Conserving dryland agrobiodiversity in Middle East ICARDA Seed Unit ICARDA and CIMMYT power of partnership |
| Diversification and sustainable improvement of rural livelihoods |
Project document (pdf format) |
| Poverty and livelihood analysis |
Project document (pdf format) |
| Knowledge management and dissemination for sustainable development |
Project document (pdf format) Farmer participation in research |
| Regional programs |
North Africa Nile Valley - Red Sea West Asia Arabian Peninsula Highlands Central Asia and the Caucasus Latin America Afghanistan rehabilitation Mashreq & Maghreb countries |
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| World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) |
| Land degradation surveillance in drylands |
West Africa Drylands Project |
| Desert Margins Program (with CIAT, ICRISAT, ILRI) |
Agroforestry regulations in the Sahel |
| Agroforestry practices for sustainable management of drylands |
Agroforestry in Action series - links to dryland work Trees for improved fallows Agroforestry for soil fertility improvement in southern Africa |
| Southern Africa - genetic improvement of indigenous tree fruits |
Fruit tree products in southern Africa |
| Eastern Africa - restoring degraded drylands |
Sensing soil condition with near infrared reflectance spectroscopy Fighting hunger with infrared spectroscopy in western Kenya |
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| International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) |
| Desert Margins Program |
Home page Crop-livestock development with ILRI |
| New Sahel Project |
Sahelian eco-farm African market garden Acacia senegal biodiversity garden Acacia senegal-based bioreclamation of degraded lands Crop diversification |
| Dryland agroecosystem sustainable management |
Project summary Combining water harvesting and nutrient management (with CIAT-TSBF) Organic fertilizer dynamics in the Sahel Sequestering carbon in dryland soils |
| Breeding tropical dryland crops |
Global theme: crop improvement Crop improvement and seed sector reform in eastern/southern Africa Commercializing smallholder crops in eastern/southern Africa Crop improvement networks in eastern/southern Africa Pearl millet improvement in west/central Africa Sorghum research network in west/central Africa Global theme: biotechnology for drought, salinity tolerance |
| Dryland markets and policies |
Global theme summary Relief, recovery and food security in eastern/southern Africa |
| Dryland ICT for knowledge – sharing |
Virtual Academy for the Semi-Arid Tropics Agricultural implications of climate variability |
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| International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Land resource management for poverty reduction |
Overview Research theme: managing natural resources |
| Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights |
Overview |
| Food systems: disaster prevention, relief, and rebuilding after crises |
Theme summary |
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| International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Desert Margins Program |
Program overview |
| Better policy and management options for pastoral lands |
Project overview |
| Land Use Change Impacts and Dynamics (LUCID) Project |
Project home page |
| Climate-Land Interaction Project (CLIP) |
Project home page |
| Improve livelihoods in the Sahel through bio-economic decision support systems at household level (with ICRISAT) |
Project home page |
| Agricultural transitions in West Africa: Impacts on agropastoral livelihoods, livestock mobility and the environment |
Project summary |
| Sustaining water and nutrient productivity |
Project summary |
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| International Water Management Institute |
| IWMI Drought Information Centre |
Home page |
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| Africa Rice Center (WARDA) |
| Irrigated rice in the Sahel |
Irrigated rice project summary |
| Sustainable intensification of rainfed lowland rice systems for enhanced livelihoods in dry areas |
Project summary Inland Valley Consortium Technical efficiency of rainfed lowland rice (pdf) Managing drought in rainfed rice ecosystems |
| Seasonal floodplain water management (through Water & Food Challenge Program, with WorldFish) |
Community-based fish culture in seasonal floodplains (pdf) |
| Technology transfer |
ROCARIZ rice research-for-development network INGER rice germplasm network |
