Knowledge Management Portal

A brief overview of the two-day regional workshop, "“Bridging Knowledge Creation and Sharing for Natural Resource Management and Climate Resilience," sponsored by IFAD through the cross-regional project, "Strengthening Knowledge Management for Greater Development Effectiveness in the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia and Europe"

Schmiedeknechtia Friese, 1896 is a very rare genus of parasitic bees belonging to the Ammobatoidini tribe (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Only 6 species of Schmiedeknechtia are known worldwide and all are characterized by a particularly small size ranging from 3 to 5 mm in body length. Their carapace exhibit very short and sparse hairs in the form of patches of pale, often white, scalelike appressed hairs, giving a spotted rather than banded appearance to the bee.

Pollinators play a key role in our ecosystems. However, farmers often lack knowledge concerning pollinators, they use tillage, chemicals and plant monocultures without thinking on the impacts on pollinators. Mohamed Chokri is involved in the IKI-pollinator project as FAP- farmer, he has the opportunity to evolve knowledge about pollinators. By the end of our field trials with smallholder farmers in Settat region, Mohamed changed his management strategies and techniques completely. Now he protects and supports pollinators.

Learn more about a beautiful wild species we found in Morocco. Wild bees are the most important pollinators in natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide. They are very diverse in terms of color and shape, but also in terms of nesting behavior and flower preferences. This might be useful to know for anyone loving nature and in particular for farmers. Here we describe the nesting behavior and flower preferences of the Hairy-Legged Mining Bee Dasypoda visnaga.

The project "Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use and Soil Fertility in NEN and LAC Countries" has been designed to combine an adaptive research program, including integrated capacity development, with the active development of a delivery mechanism for CLCA systems to serve as impact accelerators in both targeted regions. The adaptive research component will include a subcomponent, which involves extensive socioeconomic and market data collection to be used for optimizing adapted CLCA packages for different agroecologies and socioeconomic contexts.

From 1st to 4th July 2019, the project “Strengthening knowledge management for greater development effectiveness in the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia and Europe” (IFAD-KM) supported participants representing project stakeholders such as INRA, ONCA, and IAV Hassan II from Morocco to take part in another IFAD-ICARDA hosted learning event through a traveling workshop on CA.

Bees, butterflies and flies play an essential role in pollinating plants. Without them, humans would have a hard time finding food. Some 75 percent of our most-cultivated crops depend on insect pollination. 87% of all flowering plants need pollinators, we would lose them and their ecosystem services in case of pollinator loss. Cross-pollination also enriches the genetic diversity of plants, which in turn helps them adapt to climate change.

The representatives of the ministries of agriculture, water resources, forestry committee, hydromet and other agricultural agencies of Uzbekistan discussed the development of climate information platform in Tashkent on 11 June 2019.