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ICARDA Strategic Plan 2017-2026 Summary

Conference Papers & Reports
October, 2017
Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia
land
research
To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, ICARDA’s Strategic Plan 2017-2026 outlines our research and organizational approach for action to achieve our vision of thriving and resilient communities in the dry areas of the developing world.
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Земельные ресурсы и продовольственная безопасность Центральной Азии и Закавказья - Land resources and food security of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2018
Egypt, Turkmenistan, Spain, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia
Land & Food Security
land use
food security
land management
land
This book is aimed at finding answers to questions about what the current situation with soil resources in the region of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus as related to food security, and how we can improve the food supply through the impact on the soil. The book consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to common issues of food security and sustainable development, and to the role of soil resources in their maintenance. The second part is about land resources, the assessment of their degradation and successful practices of their recovery.
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Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

January, 2003
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Morocco, South Africa, Mali, China, Mauritania, India, Senegal, Sudan, Niger, Oceania, Western Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Northern Africa, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia
Land & Food Security
development
land
sustainable development
land tenure
food security
With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia. Highlighting the roles of women and men in dryland areas for food security, land conservation/desertification, and the conservation of biodiversity, it makes available key findings on a number of projects and programs in the regions.
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What drives the global land rush?

January, 2011
Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ghana, Russia, Moldova, Ethiopia, Belarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkmenistan, Philippines, Libya, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Bahrain, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Oceania, Western Asia, Europe, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land
land tenure
Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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Sustainable drylands management: a strategy for securing water resources and adapting to climate change

January, 2003
India, Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
climate change
land
sustainable development
This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan.In both cases the adaptation programme is presented, including infrastructural strategy and social involvement, followed by results of the programme, subsequent impact on the community and examples of further achievements and successes in local areas.
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Land grabbing under the Cover of Law: Are BRICS-South relationships any different?

January, 2014
South Africa, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia, Northern Africa
land
land grabbing
There is a general consensus among academics, politicians and social movements, that BRICS as ‘new donors’ are increasing both their quantitative and qualitative role in defining what is considered to be ‘the world economic order’.
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Carbon, land and water: a global analysis of the hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation through afforestation / reforestation.

January, 2006
Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Asia, Northern America, Northern Africa, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land
This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures. It is recommended that the implicit hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation should be more formally articulated within the international environmental conventions, and recognized within future UNFCCC negotiations on the CDM-AR provisions.
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Water harvesting and supplemental irrigation for improved water use efficiency in dry areas

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
India, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Burkina Faso, Western Asia, Northern Africa
farming systems
land
farmland
This paper aims to describe the state of theart of both water harvesting (WH) andsupplemental irrigation (SI) techniques in the temperate and sub-tropical dry lands, especiallyin the countries of WANA that are characterized by a Mediterranean-type climate. In addition,three case studies of water harvesting are presented (see annex). These were selected from the case studies presented at the FAO Expert Consultation Cairo (1994). By sharing with us the success and the failure of these endeavors, the authors of the case studies illustrate many of the points that are made in the text.
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Irrigation-induced river salinization: five major irrigated basins in the arid zone

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2000
United States of America, India, Australia, Egypt
farming systems
land
farmland
This publication reports on a study of the increase in river salinity and the implemented control programs in five major irrigated basins in the arid zone. The study is limited to salinity.
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Climate change and land tenure

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Egypt, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Mali, China, Namibia, Peru, Russia, Niger, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, India, Senegal, Sudan, Brazil, Ghana
land policies
land
climate change
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
Land Tenure Working Paper 2. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change. It assesses the implications of ongoing anthropogenic climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions for land tenure and the role that land policy can play in climate change adaptation planning in the developing world.