The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) is a network for capacity building through exchange of practical experience and appropriate knowledge on food security in the drylands of Africa. The DCG networks in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan consist of NGOs as well as research institutions and governmental structures. DCG Norway administers funds from Norad to research projects and from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to information and policy work linked to the UNCCD and dryland challenges.
Publications
Final Report on the Ecofarm Project in Mali
Final Report on the Ecofarm Project in Mali: Synthesis of the four years 2005-2008
DCG Report 57 | April 2010
The overall goal of the Ecofarm project was to build a sustainable agriculture system through farmers’ development of economically viable farms. To that end, the activities conducted should contribute to increased food security, including nutritional quality, increased revenues and biodiversity and ultimately environmental protection Read more »
Green Revolution
Impacts of Improved Seeds and Agrochemicals on Food Security and Environment in Ethiopia: Implications for the Application of an African Green Revolution
DCG Report 56 | March 2010
The overall objective of the study is to assess the impacts of the use of improved seeds, mineral fertilizers and pesticides on food security, human and animal health and environment in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Read more »
Land grab or development opportunity?
Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa
FAO, IIED and IFAD, 2009 | January 2010
A report on Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa by FAO, IIED and IFAD. Read more »
Tackling Climate Change
Publication by Action by Churches Together (ACT)
January 2010
The world community is confronted with a growing number of disasters caused or aggravated by climate change. This publication provides practical case studies of successful disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation projects implemented by ACT members or their partners around the world. Read more »
Agriculture and climate change: Real problems, false solutions
December 2009
Report published for the Conference of the Parties, COP15, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, December 2009. Read more »
Investing in Poor Farmers Pays: Rethinking how to invest in agriculture
129 Oxfam Briefing Paper | December 2009
Planning With Uncertainty: Using Scenario Planning with African Pastoralists
SOS Sahel UK and IIED | December 2009
Pastoralists have always lived with change, but the current pace and scale of change is unprecedented. Now, more than ever, diversification and adaptation are key to ensuring that pastoralists’ future is secure. The purpose of this booklet is to illustrate how the idea of scenario planning is being used to help pastoralists in Africa manage uncertainty and change. Read more »
Learning from the delivery of social services to pastoralists:
Elements of good practice
November 2009
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland and the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifique au Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire For The World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP) Read more »