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The IFAD funded SKiM Knowledge Management Portal, is a beacon of publications, news, data and information coming from research for development organizations, academia, government bodies, national agricultural research systems and extensionists across the globe. The Portal is built to enhance the outreach of the scientific and organizational knowledge aggregated, fostering partnership building and information sharing across users and institutions, strengthening knowledge management and providing the basis for more advanced knowledge visualization (OpenRXV powered SKiM Explorer ).
Publications
SKiM - The importance of being a startupper in a constantly changing world
22 Sep 2021
Startup models were always designed for a
high-risk-and-uncertainty environment.
Established businesses need to think and act
more like startups. They have to continuously
experiment and discover new ways to create value,
validate and adapt their model, recognize and
adapt to changes more rapidly all while continuing
to execute and scale the business.
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start-up Publications
SKiM - Youth Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation
21 Sep 2021
In 2050, the countries of the African
shore should count a number of
under 25s higher than that of the
other two joint banks: according to
the forecast scenario, 111 million
young people under the age of 25 will
live in the countries of the African
shore against 50 millions of those on
the Asian side and 42 million on the
European side. More than 50% of the
"Mediterranean youth" will be
concentrated in just five countries:
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and
Egypt (2019, United Nation).
Publications
SKiM - Technology Transfer for Water Resources Management
21 Sep 2021
In the past years the policy choices
privileged the big hydraulic
infrastructures in irrigation giving
priorities to the quantitative aspect
rather than the qualitative (Supply
Management).
Publications
SKiM - Mediterranean Innovation Partnership (MIP) Network for Youth Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer in the Agrifood Sector
21 Sep 2021
1. MIP report is an annual edition of “Innovation processes in the Mediterranean actors,
policies and future perspectives of the innovation chain”. It is the fruit of joint
collaboration among the representatives of MIP country members Albania, Algeria,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
2. It is a unique document as there is no bibliography (data bank) covering the
Mediterranean countries regarding the topics listed in this report and collected «in
loco»;
3. Survey method consists into questionnaires (via e –mail), interviews (face-to-face
interview of the respondent), phone calls and bibliography;
4. Challenges: no available data online, no official reference in the countries (mapping
ISO, N.start-ups), no easy collaboration.
Publications
Resistance to Orobanche crenata Forsk. in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.): exploring some potential altered physiological and biochemical defense mechanisms
19 Jul 2021
Management of broomrape (Orobanche crenata Fosk.) that causes important damages on lentil production becomes a veritable concern in the Mediterranean region. Eighty lentil accessions were evaluated for resistance to O. crenata under field and controlled conditions. Both genotypes ILL6415 and ILL7723 expressed the highest resistance level under field and pot experiment with low Orobanche infestation and relatively high seed yield (50.1 g m−2). Such resistance was associated with physiological and biochemical changes in metabolites profiling. In total, 109 and 115 metabolites were identified in the lipophilic phase of both ILL6415 and ILL7723, respectively, against only 92 metabolites recorded for susceptible check Zaaria. Significant differences were observed in metabolite concentrations (fatty acids, sterols alkanes) between roots and shoots of susceptible and resistant infested plants. Accumulation of α-linolenic acid and arachidic acid was more pronounced in the resistant genotypes ILL6415, ILL7723 which could be associated with resistance pathways involved in the resistance to O. crenata.
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resistance,lens culinaris medik Publications
SKiM - Sudan Symposium Manuscripts Package
21 Jun 2021
Knowledge Management Workshop manuscripts package from Sudanese national partners.
Publications
Olive agroforestry can improve land productivity even under low water availability in the South Mediterranean
21 Feb 2021
Agroforestry systems can be an effective means of stabilizing or even enhancing crop yields under climate
change. Although trees compete with crops for soil resources in agroforestry, they can also improve crops’
growing conditions, especially, by providing shade under drought. They can promote higher crop yields and
higher harvest quality in the drylands. However, the beneficial effect of tree shade may depend on the seasonal pattern of rainfall, which determines the compensation between yield components. In this study, we evaluated two annual crops (durum wheat and faba bean) in olive agroforestry in northern Morocco. We manipulated water supply in a field experiment to span the high inter-annual rainfall variability at the site and tested whether olive trees reduce or improve crop yields. We assessed the effect of water addition on crop growth, yield components, and final yields and estimated the land equivalent ratio of olive agroforestry. Agroforestry limited crop growth and yield whatever the water regime. The magnitude of grain yield reduction was around 50 % for both crops in 2018, probably due to shade. The number of grains per unit area was the most impacted yield component in both 2018 and 2019. In contrast, water addition only had limited effects on faba bean yield, although it enhanced wheat grain yield by 11 % and the number of wheat spikes by 13 %. Agroforestry improved individual grain weight by 39 % for wheat and 17 % for faba bean, and enhanced the protein content of wheat grains and straw by 4 % and 9 %. However, improvements in grain weight and in protein content were not sufficient to compensate for yield loss due to shade. Despite lower crop yields, we show that agroforestry systems are still more land productive than sole crops and trees, even under arid conditions. We show how changing water supply may impact the performance of olive agroforestry in a drier future.
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faba bean;,stress-gradient hypothesis,tree-crop interactions Publications
SKiM - Distance Learning
24 Nov 2020
CIHEAM Bari’s activities are located under the Component 2: Capacity development and
knowledge systematization and consequently they aim to strengthen human and institutional
capacities to manage the systematization of good practices. The experience of the "lock down" due
to COVID 19 has paradoxically exalted positively, despite the drama of the event, the importance
of systems for carrying out various remote activities through recent online technologies on the
Web (smart working, e-learning, web meetings, webinars, etc.).
The objective of the training was to answer the partners needs for capacity building and to extend
on demand the session E-Learning and Remote Technical Assistance (RTA): the experience of
CIHEAM Bari that was advanced during the training above mentioned. Those tools are mainly used
for Knowledge sharing that is one of the knowledge management main processes.
In this follow-up, the general principles of distance information and training, the management
methodologies of information systems, the criteria for the presentation and delivery of content and
some technological applications for web meetings and webinars were presented (Annex 1).
Training a limited number of participants is only the jumping off point and the trained persons at
their turn will share their knowledge with others. Moreover, the SKiM learning week multimedia
material was organized and set up as online open access course that will give the opportunity to a
larger number of persons to access to knowledge (https://mip.iamb.it/index.php/training).
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