This document begins with a description of how farmers’ seed systems and formal systems interact, then discusses some of the challenges facing farmers’ seed systems including climate...
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This summary of evaluation evidence brings together findings from 25 evaluations commissioned by WFP between 2018 and 2023. The summary offers lessons on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment...
Fragility has become a prevailing reality in an increasing number of countries in various areas, including Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA). The concept of fragility encompasses...
Since at least the end of World War II, there have been efforts on a global scale to reduce food insecurity through neoliberal, industrial, and technocratic solutions often...
Agroforestry and food production:
Establishment of “green belt” of 15,000 hectares protective forest in the Aral Sea region (estimate).
Planting of agroforestry crops such as rosehip...
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Benchmarking to improve the sustainability of rice production.
Assessment of the sustainability of rice production in Brazil and Cuba.
Goal Programming philosophy to evaluate the sustainability of...
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Economic crises take different forms and occur for various
reasons, such as political conflicts and pandemics. What all
these crises have in common is that they cause disruption...
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Declining water quantity and quality are leading to increasing soil salinity and threatening sustainability of salt-affected irrigated drylands
Experiments, simulation, and multi-criteria trade-off...
The Overview of Food Security in the Countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) provides a comprehensive review of the current status of food security in the region, highlighting the characteristics of food security...
Purpose of this note:
The aim of this note is to provide a quick overview of how IFAD projects are designed to serve irrigated smallholder farming, and to raise awareness of the different assessments...