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Increase in salinity levels poses a threat to many hot and arid farming areas in the Middle East and North Africa region. In some cases, farmers install desalination units to produce freshwater to irrigate high-value crops. However, the produced reject brine is an environmental hazard since it is...


Robertson, S. M.Lyra, D. A.Mateo-Sagasta, Javier[Financial analysis of halophyte cultivation in a desert environment using different saline water resources for irrigation]Financial analysis of halophyte cultivation in a desert environment using different saline water resources for irrigation

flow and the benefits derived from both built and natural infrastructure. The results provide initial perspectives not just on the monetary values of a number of ecosystem services (and how they change as flows vary and are altered by large dams) but also, importantly, aspects of equity and socia...


McCartney, Matthew P.Foudi, S.Muthuwatta, LalSood, AdityaSimons, G.Hunink, J.Vercruysse, K.Omuombo, C.[Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya]Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya

Lilja, NinaBellon, M.R.[Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center]Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Autor: Ceballos, H.

The economies of many Latin American countries have opened up to the global markets in recent years. These changes have had drastic effects on the agriculture of those countries. For instance, whereas Colombia did not import maize in 1990, ten years later it was importing more that 2 million tonn...


Ceballos, H.[Global cassava strategy for the new millenium:CIAT's perspective]Global cassava strategy for the new millenium:CIAT's perspective

Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa has not kept pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the de...


Gonzáles, CarlosSchiek, BenjaminMwendia, Solomon W.Prager, Steven D.[Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system]Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system
Autor: Mayne, J.

Questions of cause and effect are critical to assessing the performance of programmes and projects. When it is not practical to design an experiment to assess performance, contribution analysis can provide credible assessments of cause and effect. Verifying the theory of change that the programme...


Mayne, J.[Contribution analysis: An approach to exploring cause and effect]Contribution analysis: An approach to exploring cause and effect

The project titled “The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Global, Basin and Local Case Studies of Resource Use Efficiency under Growing Natural Resource Scarcity“ (2015-2018), which was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and was undertaken as part of the C...


Ringler, ClaudiaMondal, Md. Hossain AlamPaulos, Helen BergaMirzabaev, AlisherBreisinger, ClemensWiebelt, ManfredSiddig, KhalidVillamor, GraceZhu, TingjuBryan, Elisabeth[Research guide for water-energy-food nexus analysis]Research guide for water-energy-food nexus analysis

Rivas Ríos, LibardoHolmann, Federico J.[Impacto económico potencial de la adopción de nuevos híbridos de Brachiaria resistentes al salivazo: Llanos Orientales y Costa Norte de Colombia]Impacto económico potencial de la adopción de nuevos híbridos de Brachiaria resistentes al salivazo: Llanos Orientales y Costa Norte de Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture[Superior and diverse grasses and legumes delivered to NARS partners are evaluated and released: Output 4]Superior and diverse grasses and legumes delivered to NARS partners are evaluated and released: Output 4
Autor: Panin, A.

Assesses the economic impact of bullock traction technology on the farming systems in northern Ghana. Compares the technical and economic aspects of the hand-hoe and bullock traction technology.


Panin, A.[The use of bullock traction technology for crop cultivation in northern Ghana: An empirical economic analysis]The use of bullock traction technology for crop cultivation in northern Ghana: An empirical economic analysis

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