A recent study under the project ‘Municipal waste compost in UAE: Importance, feasibility and use’ by a group of scientists from the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) suggests that co-composting of sewage sludge with green waste significantly dilutes heavy metals and improves nutritional quality of the final product called ‘co-compost sludge’. This...

The program aims to improve, among other things, dialogue and cooperation among three riparian countries of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers through increased access to information and knowledge transfer regarding water management in the region. The riparian countries have different levels of development, and capacity, in managing water on national...

Historically, pastoralists have been marginalized, and policies have been geared towards encouraging, and in some instances forcing, their settlement and sedentarization. Misunderstanding of their livelihoods has also led to abandonment of their customary institutions and practices. However, scientific evidence shows that mobile pastoralism is the most sustainable way of using...

A new project implemented by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), in collaboration with the Tunisian Office of Livestock and Pasture (OEP), aims to improve the red meat value chain by eliminating feed gaps and providing adaptation strategies to drought. The project promotes: Development of business...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), today launched the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries” during a regional event taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The project will also...

Quinoa, once a staple food of only the indigenous people in the Andes, has become a darling of food aficionados around the world in recent years. So popular it has grown that even some fast food restaurant chains have now dishes and salads with it on their menus. Its exceptional...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a comprehensive series of studies on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa with the aim of catalysing the work of development and agricultural practitioners towards sustainable and inclusive development of in the NENA region. Dr. Alfredo...

Ce numéro propose une relecture de la place de l’oléiculture dans l’histoire de l’Ouest méditerranéen et plus particulièrement le Maroc. L’olivier y est considéré comme un modèle des relations sociales et environnementales : la distribution de la diversité génétique, les flux de gènes entre oliviers et oléastres, ou l’équilibre entre...

This document presents the outcomes of the technical meeting on “Social Protection as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in the Near East and North Africa” held in Beirut, Lebanon from 29 to 30 March 2017, organized by the Regional Initiative on Small-Scale Family Farming, an initiative of the Regional Office...

Periodic drought is a threat to food and water security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The region is already facing challenges from the limited water supply, political instability, and desertification. So droughts bring unwanted additional pressures on natural resources, impacting economic and social development. The project...

Wheat is the world‟s most widely cultivated cereal. By 2050, global demand for wheat is projected to increase by 60%. In the CWANA region which ICARDA is tasked to serve, wheat is the basic staple and food security crop, contributing over 60% of people‟s daily calorific and protein needs. Due...

The 2017 Near East and North Africa (NENA) edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition comes under the theme of “building resilience for food security and nutrition in times of conflict and crisis”. The report establishes a baseline against which to measure future progress towards achieving SDG 2...

The CIHEAM Watch Letter n°38 in February 2017 on "Rural innovation and digital revolution in agriculture " wishes to provide a regional Mediterranean overview in terms of innovation in rural areas and the role of ICT in agriculture. This issue is resolutely prospective and rich in the presentation of various...

L'ouvrage « Secret des oasis et du palmier-dattier » entre incontestablement dans la série des « beaux livres » à texte : abondamment illustré, souvent en pleine page, par des photos de qualité, il est construit autour d'un texte technique et qui aborde de nombreux aspects du sujet. Une première partie est consacrée aux oasis...

The MS. in RCODE aims to train future graduate students and professionals such as planners, extension associates, human service providers, economic development specialists, or other local, regional or state policy-makers, practitioners or administrators, well grounded in development initiatives to enhance their careers in rural development and improve the livelihoods of...

Les oasis offrent un éclatant foisonnement de vie en plein désert chaud, là où la nature agressive développe justement une tyrannie absolue. Il est remarquable, de même, qu'elles aient quasiment monopolisé l'épanouissement des toutes premières grandes civilisations humaines, avec notamment les immenses oasis d'Égypte et de Mésopotamie. Les oasis du...

Plusieurs études ont montré que les champignons mycorhiziens arbusculaires (CMA) aident les plantes hôtes à tolérer les contraintes biotiques et abiotiques notamment le déficit hydrique et la fusariose vasculaire du palmier dattier ou bayoud. Notre étude a permis l'évaluation des potentiels mycorhizogènes des sols de palmeraies du Tafilalet et de...

Le bayoud, maladie vasculaire causée par Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, est la menace principale pour le palmier dattier au Maroc. L'effet de la solarisation et de fumigation par le metam sodium, seules ou combinées, sur les champignons telluriques en général et les Fusarium spp. en particulier, a été étudié en milieu réel. Entre 0 et...

Agriculture is an important part of the Jordanian national economy. The majority of the rural population in Jordan is involved in agriculture, and many livestock farmers live in areas close to the border with Syria, from where hundreds of thousands of refugees, many with their livestock, have fled since 2011....

Ce travail propose une approche par modélisation interdisciplinaire pour décrire et détecter la diversité des systèmes de culture dans les oasis du Maghreb. La méthode conjugue des concepts issus de la sémiotique et de la systémique. Elle s'appuie sur des méthodes de statistique multivariée utilisant des jeux indépendants de données...