Featured Blogs
June 19, 2019
This approach offers an opportunity to characterize complex causalities and attribute realistic weights to specified causal linkages, as is relevant for the study of natural resource governance.
July 02, 2019
Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation exists due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
July 02, 2019
10 out of 12 of Jordan’s underwater basins are overpumped. A new NGO, the Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), was launched to engage local communities in land management and rehabilitation.
June 16, 2019
A diagnosis of the livelihood situation of the Syrian refugees in Beqaa valley.
Recent Blogs
July 02, 2019
Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation exists due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
July 02, 2019
10 out of 12 of Jordan’s underwater basins are overpumped. A new NGO, the Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), was launched to engage local communities in land management and rehabilitation.
June 16, 2019
A diagnosis of the livelihood situation of the Syrian refugees in Beqaa valley.
January 15, 2019
What does it take to accelerate the adoption of livestock integration in Conservation Agriculture among rural farming communities?
January 10, 2019
A water supply and management project is supporting host communities in a country where resources have been over-utilized and basic services stretched.
January 07, 2019
New and surprising insights of an ICARDA study on livestock production identify steps to reduce the workload of rural women.
January 03, 2019
Farmer's First: a concept driving the implementation of pulse initiatives that aim to increase production and close yield gaps.
December 03, 2018
How can MENA countries strengthen the resilience of their agricultural sectors to limit climate displacements?
December 02, 2018
The CGIAR’s global comparative research initiative, GENNOVATE, offers critical insights into rural development programming across five continents.