La diversité des contributions fournies par les systèmes d’élevage s’appuyant sur des races locales, au côté de la production de biens alimentaires et non alimentaires, est rarement abordée de front, bien qu’elle soit essentielle pour comprendre les modalités de gestion de ces races. Ce travail de recherche fait le point...

As part of the publication “Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas: obstacles and opportunities” (September 2018) and the conference “Women4Mediterranean Conference 2018 – Women build inclusive societies” (Lisbon, Portugal, 10- 11 October 2018), during which the “Empowering Women in Rural and Agriculture Areas” (UM-CIHEAM) workshop will...

L’élément concerne le savoir et les savoir-faire des mesureurs d’eau des foggaras (système d’irrigation), ou aiguadiers, des communautés ksouriennes du Touat et du Tidikelt. Les mesureurs d’eau participent à différentes opérations qui vont du calcul des parts d’eau à la réparation des peignes de répartition des eaux et la conduite...

The Emergency Livelihoods Response Plan (ELRP) 2018 guides FAO’s response in Yemen to prevent the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition from worsening. It sets out key emergency agricultural livelihood interventions to be implemented within the framework of the 2018 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan. The overall goal is to improve food...

Climate simulation models are converging in terms of forecasts for the MENA region, that already suffers scare water quantities and poor quality, with expected higher temperature and decreasing rain fall. While conventional water supply alternatives are getting more and more limited, it has been shown through many studies that water,...

This article analyses the development effects of a foreign-owned almond farm in Morocco from the perspective of its role in affecting the dualism present in the Moroccan agricultural sector. The farm was situated on lands owned by the State, leased under the framework of the Green Morocco Plan and aimed...

This course will be conjointly organized by the SEMIARID project partners: IAV-Hassan-II-Morocco, ENSA-Algeria, INRA-Morocco, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA-France, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, an international research centre of the CGIAR (ICARDA), which contributes through staff-time and direct support to trainees, and University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic-Rabat and the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP-Morocco) by...

This work aims to assess, in a comparative way, the sustainability of organic and conventional olive growing systems in the Sfax region (Tunisia). This assessment will be undertaken based on I) a multidimensional perspective considering the three classical dimensions of sustainability – environmental, economic and socio-territorial – and II) on...

This paper analyzes the vertical relationship between growers and processors in the Algerian tomato processing industry. We use extensive data on production contract outcomes for processing tomato growers (including 3,740 coordinated contracts) to examine the performance of grower-processor vertical contracts. The results indicate that the tomato grower-processor vertical relationship undergoes...

Last March in New York the sixty-second Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) took place with a priority focus on ‘Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls’. The Commission recognized in its conclusions «the crucial contributions of rural women to local and...

ICARDA has been expanding conservation agriculture in Ninawa province in northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Conservation agriculture is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, while simultaneously preserving and enhancing the environment. Through a combination of reduced tillage, crop rotations, and stubble retention, conservation agriculture allows farmers...

Soil and water conservation technologies (SWCT) are important to farmers, to the research community, as well as to the policy makers, given that declining soil health, and increasing erosion and moisture stress have implications for agricultural livelihoods, national food security, and more generally for well-being within rural communities. Yet, despite...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), has launched the project “Support sustainable water management and irrigation modernization for newly reclaimed areas”. This project will set up and...

Dans cet article, la pluriactivité décrit une situation dans laquelle un agriculteur n’est pas entièrement investi (en termes de force de travail et/ou de capital) dans les activités agricoles. La pluriactivité est parfois appelée agriculture à temps partiel, ou travail hors ferme (Mishra et Goodwin, 1997). L’article est divisé en...

Gaps in crop water-productivity and yield of small irrigated fields are estimated to be around 40 percent. To realize higher productivity gains, a package of interventions is required, not just a single one. The synergic combination of advances in affordable technology and optimal management of production factors has proven successful...

Sahelian pastoralists use mobility, diversification, and even pluriactivity as main adaptation strategies to the asymmetrical distribution of multifaceted resources. Complex relations vis-à-vis this risky environment hide slowing transitions from a traditional inward-looking to an outward-looking economy, which is characterised by increasing use of a remunerated workforce. The growing commodification of...

The agreement between the Blue Craft Club and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) targets the promotion of the initiative of women and youth to invest in the artisanal fishing sector in the Haouaria region. This agreement was signed as part of FAO's Blue Port project,...

The purpose of this project is to empower decision-makers to plan for and manage the impacts of droughts on food and water security under current and future climate conditions.

Morocco and Tunisia are considered among the countries where the scarcity of water resources may cause a serious constraint to the development of their economies. During the past, huge efforts have been made by both governments in order to satisfy an escalating water demand expressed by all users. The main...

As climate change-induced droughts are becoming more frequent and severe, especially in regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the workshop looked at how various initiatives such as the ICBA-led project “Regional Drought Management System for Middle East & North Africa (MENA-RDMS)” can help to better respond to...