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Here are some relevant articles from various sources on agriculture in dryland areas. |
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More Aid for African Agriculture
Policy implications for small-scale farmers.
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Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought
Report produced for the Commission on Sustainable Development 16 and 17 (2008-2009).
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News from Drynet
This is the second edition of the global news issue from the Drynet project on local concerns and views on drylands.
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Climate change and adaptation in African agriculture
Stockholm Environment Institute
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Where the land is greener: soil and water conservation initiatives
This website from WOCAT links to a book which provides an analysis and practical policy guidance on soil and water conservation (SWC) from a global perspective using 42 case studies, each describing a technical intervention (from traditional to innovative) with a specific implementation approach (from project-promoted to spontaneously). By identifying common elements of success, the publication presents the positive efforts for productive conservation efforts at the local level with simultaneous global environmental benefits.
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Bioreclamation of degraded lands in the Sahel
The New Agriculturist is featuring an article on the rehabilitation of degraded lands.
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Claims and Facts on Jatropha curcas L.
Global Jatropha curcas evaluation, breeding and propagation programme. Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen, the Netherlands, Report 158, 42 pp + annexes.
Jongschaap, R.E.E., W.J. Corré, P.S. Bindraban, W.A. Brandenburg, 2007.
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The Prospects for Improving Science-Policy Communication in the Desertification Regime
The Role of Uncertainty
Size: 340 kb
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Microfertilizing sorghum and pearl millet in Mali
Agronomic, economic and social feasibility
Size: 91,2 kb
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Beyond Any Drought
Root causes of chronic vulnerability in the Sahel
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Constraints and Opportunities of Horticulture Production and Marketing in Eastern Ethiopia
DCG Policy Brief No. 1
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4257, June 2007
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Trees are our backbone
Integrating environment and local development in Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
IIED Issue paper no. 145.
Size: 930kb
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How Will Agriculture Adapt to a Shifting Climate?
IFPRI Forum, December 2006. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute
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Investing in the Recovery of Arid Lands
Working document presented at the international workshop on the cost of inaction and investment opportunities in dry, arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas held in Rome from December 4-5 2006.
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Migration and Livelihoods: The Voluntary Resettlement Program in Ethiopia
Master thesis, Noragric.
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Where the land is greener
Case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide.
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Research for Crop Salt Tolerance under Brackish Irrigation
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Towards Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities
FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 181
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Chronic poverty and the environment: a vulnerability perspective
The relationships between poverty and the environment are highly contested. This paper highlights some of the key thinking on poverty-environment relationships, and introduces a framework focusing on the importance of environmental vulnerability in explaining poverty dynamics.
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Is combating desertification an environmental global public good? Elements of an answer...
Originally considered as a local development problem, combating desertification is viewed more and more as a global environmental issue at the international level. May combating desertification be considered a global public good?
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Demand Driven Agricultural Advisory Services
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A system of drought insurance for poverty alleviation in rural areas
A feasibility study of a practical method of drought insurance that is self-sustaining and ready for use by poor farmers, NGOs and other development organizations.
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Gender and desertification: Expanding roles for women to restore drylands
This is a report written by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
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Beyond more Crop per Drop
This short document was produced for the 4th World Water Forum to provide key messages within the framework of the water-food-environment nexus. The main aim is to present opportunities in the waterfood-environment nexus, in terms of specific interventions or intervention packages that have large potential net benefits for society.
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Fruits and Vegetables Production and Management
Here is a manual which serves as a technical guideline for vegetable and fruit production and management developed by experts in the field of horticulture from Mekelle University staff, Department of Dryland Crop and Horticultural Sciences. In order to serve local users (Development Agent’s and farmers) the manual was prepared in Amharic language.
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Empowering landless youth by distributing hillside land
This Promising Practice was developed by the Development Fund and illustrates the work of REST in Tigray, Ethiopia which thanks to its encouraging results may provide inspiration for others. This publication describes the project, the actors involved and highlights some impacts, challenges, and lessons learned.
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Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia
This research by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in an agricultural area facing resource constraints. The study uses a bioeconomic model
to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.
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New directions for African agriculture
This policy briefing from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) discusses the reasons why agriculture is contributing to poverty reduction in some areas but not all by looking at three possible reasons for this discrepancy: technical fixes, market and institutional fixes, and policy fixes.
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Article on DCG's IPNM project from Mali
Here is an article on DCG's Integrated Plant Nutrient Management project in Mali. The article is based on an interview of Dr. Jens Aune from Noragric. The article is in Norwegian.
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A Promising Practice: Integrated Plant Nutrient Management in Mali
This document describes an Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (IPNM) project that took place in Mali. The success of this DCG project and lessons learned are highlighted.
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Poverty and Environmental Degradation in the Drylands
An Overview of Problems and Processes.
Noragric Working Paper No. 29
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Success Stories in Africa's Drylands: Supporting Advocates and Answering Skeptics
The goal of this paper is to convince donor agencies and ministers that investing in drylands is economically rational.
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