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AGROVOC URI:
Water and Gender Research
Water availability deficit in rainfed farming for semiarid Mzingwane Catchment Zimbabwe
Vegetation monitoring by remote sensing: Progress in calibrating a radiometric index and its application in the Gourma, Mali
Evaluates relationship between NDVI (nomalized difference vegetation index) and above-ground biomass, between maximum NDVI and end-of-growing season biomass; and between the integral of the NDVI curve or NDVI increments overtime and actual biomass. Describes atmospheric interference and technical problems affecting the special vegetation index.
Watershed management, efforts beyond farm level in southern Mali
World Food Day 2015: Siboniso Moyo on the importance of livestock insurance for dry areas
Periscope interview with Siboniso Moyo, program leader of the the ILRI Animal Science for Sustainable Productivity program and director general's representative in Ethiopia. Filmed for World Food Day 2015.
Water-smart agriculture in East Africa
Working together for impact
Despite challenges in many river
basins, overall the planet has
enough water to meet the full range
of peoples’ and ecosystems’ needs
for the foreseeable future, but
equity will only be achieved through
judicious and creative management.
Working with farmers for agricultural innovation and climate adaptation
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), in common with other CGIAR research programs, understands that farmers are at the centre of agricultural innovation and adaptation. This publication describes some of the many ways in which CCAFS works with farmers and farmers’ organizations to solve problems generated by climate change.