Researchers explained that bringing land restoration to scale often relies on interventions where the benefits to the farmer may not be immediate and often require collective action for intervening and managing common property resources.
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The document discusses the history and future of agroforestry research. It describes how agroforestry was initially studied in the 1970s and championed by organizations like ICRAF. It notes ongoing threats of agroforestry being marginalized within forestry and agriculture. However, it presents the concept of "Evergreen Agriculture" as a way to position agroforestry centrally in reinventing agriculture for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Examples of Evergreen Agriculture projects and opportunities for further research are provided.
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This document discusses the potential for large-scale land restoration in Africa through agroforestry practices. It provides evidence of successful regreening initiatives in countries like Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia that have restored millions of hectares of land. Agroforestry approaches like farmer-managed natural regeneration have been shown to improve soil fertility, buffer water cycles, protect from drought, and increase yields while having costs as low as $14-20 per hectare. The document argues that investing in evergreen agriculture could reverse land degradation across Africa and proposes a project to scale practices to 500,000 farmers across 8 countries, restoring over 1 million hectares of land.
The document discusses the history and future of agroforestry research. It describes how agroforestry was initially studied in the 1970s and championed by organizations like ICRAF. It notes ongoing threats of agroforestry being marginalized within forestry and agriculture. However, it presents the concept of "Evergreen Agriculture" as a way to position agroforestry centrally in reinventing agriculture for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Examples of Evergreen Agriculture projects and opportunities for further research are provided.
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A sweeping tour of everything that agroforestry has to offer, from the frozen wastes of northern Europe to the drylands of the African Sahel. This presentation explores the mechanisms behind the successes of the mixing of trees and crops or trees and livestock and suggest some answers to the question regarding its relatively slow spread. It is the presentation that was used in this masterclass: https://vimeo.com/264522227
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1) Cheetahs have large home ranges of over 800 square miles and can travel across 20 farms, threatening livestock.
2) The Cheetah Conservation Fund works to reduce conflicts between cheetahs and farmers through programs like livestock guarding dogs and education.
3) With over 600 guarding dogs provided since 1994, these programs have significantly reduced predation on livestock and threats to cheetahs, helping conserve cheetah populations.
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- This would include developing indigenous and local knowledge alongside new technologies, ensuring benefits are shared fairly, and stimulating inclusive rural and urban economic development.
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Virtual training in the use of remote sensing for the agriculture sector in P...ICRISAT
A virtual hands-on training program on developing geospatial maps for supporting insurance products using Google Earth Engine and semi-automatic techniques was conducted for participants in Pakistan as part of the project “Strengthening Post-COVID-19 Food Security and Locust Attacks”. The nine participants were from the PARC Agrotech company (PATCO) technical team and crop reporting service teams from Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. They were introduced to remote sensing and its applications in agriculture. Hands-on training using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Image Processing Software – ERDAS 2015 and various automatic classification techniques was provided along with several applications for using these modern tools.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus to collaborate on mainstreaming nutrition research an...ICRISAT
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus signed an agreement for scientific and technical collaboration between the two global organizations. Mr Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus, and Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, signed the Memorandum of Understanding, which is made and entered into by IFPRI on behalf of its HarvestPlus Program. On the occasion, Dr Hughes said, After 17 years of fruitful collaboration on biofortification research, we have now decided to elevate this partnership. ICRISAT and HarvestPlus will work together more closely, making available micronutrient-rich varieties, high-quality seed and related technologies to the farming communities and consumers. This will contribute to eliminating micronutrient malnutrition in the drylands.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
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Contributi dei parlamentari del PD - Contributi L. 3/2019Partito democratico
DI SEGUITO SONO PUBBLICATI, AI SENSI DELL'ART. 11 DELLA LEGGE N. 3/2019, GLI IMPORTI RICEVUTI DALL'ENTRATA IN VIGORE DELLA SUDDETTA NORMA (31/01/2019) E FINO AL MESE SOLARE ANTECEDENTE QUELLO DELLA PUBBLICAZIONE SUL PRESENTE SITO
The Antyodaya Saral Haryana Portal is a pioneering initiative by the Government of Haryana aimed at providing citizens with seamless access to a wide range of government services
This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
ICRISAT Governing Board 2019 PC meeting: Why we can’t ignore conflicts over natural resources in fragile environments - by Dr Michael Hauser
1. Why we can’t ignore
in fragile environments
conflicts over natural resources
2. 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
EVENTS
Africa
E. Africa
N. Africa
S. Africa
W. Africa
Resource conflicts threaten
stability,
FATALITIES
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
food security and human well-being.
Source: AGLED (ICRISAT, 2018)
Africa
E. Africa
N. Africa
S. Africa
W. Africa
3. Geospatially manage
grazing areas
Estimate biomass,
geotag livestock, digital fences
Rebuild trust, secure land
tenure, reform policies
Intensify dryland crops for feed
and fodder, crop residues
Develop value chains for fodder,
meat and diary products
Support cashless transactions
for grazing rights, forages, manure
What if we had the
sciencefor reframing resource
conflicts?
5. Nigeria l
Adamawa
and Yobe
States
Uganda l
Karamoja
Region
Tanzania l
Dodoma
Ethiopia l Afar,
Somali
Kenya l
Turkana
Unlock opportunities in
peacebuilding.
India l
Rajasthan
and UP
Contribute to the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development.