rangelands
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6448
Water and Gender Research
Watershed management, efforts beyond farm level in southern Mali
Workshop report: Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems
The objectives of the workshop were to (i) share and exchange experiences and lessons on available methods and tools to identify and analyse trade-offs in agricultural systems (at different levels: from household to landscape, regional and global level), (ii) to discuss and explore how we can apply the lessons learned within and between the respective CRPs, (iii) to explore potential for synergies and collaboration between scientists and programs on trade-off analysis in agricultural systems, (iv) to discuss how results from trade-off analysis research can be translated to end-users to achi
Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review
From a broad review of 670 publications on gender and forests, ~130 were found to address the world’s dry forests. These were examined with the intent to extract gendered social, cultural, political and economic patterns of relevance in such forests. Seven interrelated themes recurred in this literature: 1) population pressure, 2) migration, 3) intra-familial and inter-group conflict, 4) hierarchy and significant power differences, 5) strict gender differentiation, 6) commercialization of crops and NTFPs, and 7) fuelwood collection.
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.