ABSTRACT The low rainfall areas (200-350 mm) of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are ... more ABSTRACT The low rainfall areas (200-350 mm) of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are characterized by low levels of economic activity, a high incidence of land degradation and a high percentage of rural popu- lation. Agriculture accounts for nearly 30% of the total labour force in the region. Public and private sector investment in agricultural research and technology transfer is small and hence adoption rates of improved tech- nologies are low. Coupled with increased incidences of drought, the lack of appropriate new technologies has resulted in increased poverty among small producers and environmental degradation in rural areas. More than 38 million people in the WANA region live in rural areas, and depend mainly on farming for their livelihoods. Crop-livestock systems are the predominant farming systems, with the major share of household income generated from small ruminant pro- duction. Traditionally, the source of livestock feed during winter and spring is extensive rangeland grazing. In summer and autumn livestock depend on crop areas for grazing of cereal stubbles and other crop
... 1377-2TO7 [CARDA serves the entire developing world for Ihe improvement of lentil, barley ond... more ... 1377-2TO7 [CARDA serves the entire developing world for Ihe improvement of lentil, barley ond fobo bean; oil dy-area developing countries for ... Special thanks are extended to IFAD NENA Division and particularly to Mr. Khalid El Harizi for his trust in ICARDA and Tunisia M&M ...
ABSTRACT The low rainfall areas (200-350 mm) of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are ... more ABSTRACT The low rainfall areas (200-350 mm) of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are characterized by low levels of economic activity, a high incidence of land degradation and a high percentage of rural popu- lation. Agriculture accounts for nearly 30% of the total labour force in the region. Public and private sector investment in agricultural research and technology transfer is small and hence adoption rates of improved tech- nologies are low. Coupled with increased incidences of drought, the lack of appropriate new technologies has resulted in increased poverty among small producers and environmental degradation in rural areas. More than 38 million people in the WANA region live in rural areas, and depend mainly on farming for their livelihoods. Crop-livestock systems are the predominant farming systems, with the major share of household income generated from small ruminant pro- duction. Traditionally, the source of livestock feed during winter and spring is extensive rangeland grazing. In summer and autumn livestock depend on crop areas for grazing of cereal stubbles and other crop
... 1377-2TO7 [CARDA serves the entire developing world for Ihe improvement of lentil, barley ond... more ... 1377-2TO7 [CARDA serves the entire developing world for Ihe improvement of lentil, barley ond fobo bean; oil dy-area developing countries for ... Special thanks are extended to IFAD NENA Division and particularly to Mr. Khalid El Harizi for his trust in ICARDA and Tunisia M&M ...
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