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A Palestinian State in Two Years

Institutions for Economic Revival

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
September, 2009
Palestine, Western Asia, Northern Africa
Land Conflicts
adjudication
expropriation
land administration
land management
land registration
land titling
property rights
On August 25, 2009, the 13th Government of the Palestinian Authority (PA) presented a program entitled "Palestine: ending the occupation, establishing the state" (hereafter referred to as the program) outlining several national goals, including the achievement of 'economic independence and national prosperity'. The program accords high priority to the development of the public institutions of the PA in order to achieve the stated national goals.
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A Review of Libyan Soil Databases for Use within an Ecosystem Services Framework

Volume 8 Issue 5

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2019
Libya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
environment
sustainable land management
land use
food security
agriculture
Ecosystem services (ESs) are increasingly being used by many countries around the world as a framework for addressing the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This review article of the usability of Libyan soil databases for ESs and SDGs is the first of its kind for North Africa.
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Actors, Scales and Spaces Dynamics Linked to Groundwater Resources use for Agriculture Production in Haouaria Plain, Tunisia. A Territory Game Approach

Volume 9 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Tunisia
agriculture
scale
territory
Groundwater resources became a recognized enabler of important rural and socio-economic development in Mediterranean countries. However, the development of this groundwater economy is currently associated with an increased pressure on the available resource and negative implications on the socio-ecological system. Managing complex socio-ecological systems, such as those that occur in water resource management, is a multi-actor, multi-scale and dynamic decision-making process.
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Adaptability and suitability of local cattle breeds in Egypt: Farmers and actors’ perceptions and practices of the cattle value chain

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Egypt, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
Egypt, where the mean temperature is expected to increase by 1−1.5°C over the next two decades, is particularly concerned with climate change in the Medi- terranean. Most of the research works on adaptive animal traits have focused on sheep and goats in non-irrigated areas, with little interest in livestock systems in irrigated areas. However, meat and dairy products in Egypt are mainly sup- plied by large ruminants − cattle and buffaloes.
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Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Technologies by Smallholder Farmers in the semiarid region of Tunisia: Resource constraints and partial adoption

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2019
Northern Africa, Tunisia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
smallholders
Tunisia, like many other countries, suffers from land degradation. Conservation agriculture is among the proper solutions to overcome this issue. The objective of our investigation is to determine the factors that influence the adoption of CA in Siliana, one of Tunisia’s most affected regions by erosion. A field survey was conducted to collect adoption data used for descriptive analysis, and for the estimation of a choice model (Logit).
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An agriculture- and trade-focused social accounting matrix for Tunisia, 2012

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Northern Africa, Africa, Tunisia
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farmers
fisheries
forestry
agroforestry systems
food security
The purpose of this paper is to document the different steps followed to construct the Tunisian Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2012. More precisely, it describes the estimation methods and the nature of data used in the development of the SAM, which has a specific focus on the agriculture and food sectors. The SAM also features a regional disaggregation by three agro-ecological zones.
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Annual Report 2018

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
development
farming systems
poverty
rangelands
research
water management
ICARDA continued to play a critical role in the development, improvement, and dissemination of climate-resilient crop varieties last year. The varieties strengthened food and nutritional security and provided a critical defense against extreme temperatures, water scarcity, and the emergence of new pests and diseases.
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Botanical Composition and Species Diversity of Arid and Desert Rangelands in Tataouine, Tunisia

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Tunisia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
drylands
rangelands
Natural rangelands occupy about 5.5 million hectares of Tunisia’s landmass, and 38% of this area is in Tataouine governorate. Although efforts towards natural restoration are increasing rapidly as a result of restoration projects, the area of degraded rangelands has continued to expand and the severity of desertification has continued to intensify. Any damage caused by disturbances, such as grazing and recurrent drought, may be masked by a return of favorable rainfall conditions.
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Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Re-Greening of the Sahel: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relationship between Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Tree-Cover in Burkina Faso

Volume 9 Issue 6

Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2020
Algeria, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
water
The Re-Greening of the West African Sahel has attracted great interdisciplinary interest since it was originally detected in the mid-2000s. Studies have investigated vegetation patterns at regional scales using a time series of coarse resolution remote sensing analyses. Fewer have attempted to explain the processes behind these patterns at local scales. This research investigates bottom-up processes driving Sahelian greening in the northern Central Plateau of Burkina Faso—a region recognized as a greening hot spot.
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Climate Change, Land and Resource Governance, and Violent Extremism: Spotlight on the African Sahel

Reports & Research
May, 2019
Algeria, Sudan, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agropastoral systems
development
environment
food security
grazing land rights
land conflicts
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
property
property rights
rangelands
Tetra Tech’s land tenure and property rights experts examine how weak land and resource governance can fuel drivers of violent extremism. With a focus on the African Sahel, this new issue brief finds this dynamic is especially prevalent when land and resource governance challenges are coupled with environmental disruptions, resource scarcity, or migration.