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   Improving food security and nutrition in Africa

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   March, 2012

   Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa

   Land & Food Security

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   food security

   rangelands

   water management

   Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range of factors, biophysical, socio-economic and policy-related. And many of the biggest challenges – poverty, drought, land degradation, food insecurity – will be exacerbated by climate change.
   

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   Caravan 27: Research integration in practice

   Reports & Research

   August, 2012

   Northern Africa, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Eastern Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Southern Asia, Iran, Western Asia, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

   Land Degradation & Tenure

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   climate change

   land degradation

   rangelands

   research

   farmers

   This issue of Caravan describes the new program, and some of the research innovations it will build on. The issue begins with two ‘opinion pieces’ by scientists from partner organizations in the CRP. They share lessons learnt from past successes (and failures), and ideas that could be applied to dryland
   

3. Library Resource

   

   Participatory rangeland resource mapping as a valuable tool for village land use planning in Tanzania

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   February, 2012

   Tanzania

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   food security

   land management

   land use

   land-use planning

   rangelands

   sustainable land use

   This Issue Paper No.2 is part of the series Making Rangelands Secure, a learning initiative supported by ILC, IFAD, RECONCILE, IUCN-WISP and Procasur. The Making Rangelands Secure Initiative has been established by a group of organisations seeking to improve security of rights to rangelands. The initiative seeks to identify, communicate and build good practice on making rangelands secure for local rangeland users.