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This manual engages smallholder farmers on women’s participation at every level of the livestock value chain, where they face influences from factors, including their skills, their access to capital; capacities, organizational skills, and their limitations. Women face higher transaction costs in marketing and are less likely than men to be served by formal financial institutions. As livestock production becomes increasingly market-oriented, women may no longer be able to compete with men or gain the same benefits. Therefore, it is imperative that gender integration in livestock development considers how to enhance the position of women and influence strategic gender relations.

A training report on entrepreneurial skills and collective action in sheep fattening youth and women groups

Tutorial video for smallholder farmers on health management for sheep fattening

Wheat is the main food crop grown in more than 2.8 million ha in Morocco and almost 16.8 million ha in 21 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries. It is primarily grown in rainfed conditions in the country and in MENA region, with diverse soil and climatic conditions and a varying range of rainfall patterns, mainly characterized by drought due to poor rainfall distribution within the season. Large disparities in attainable yield and profit gaps have been reported, and closing these gaps is important for meeting domestic demand and reducing imports. The main aim of this study was to determine field- and landscape-level yield and yield gaps for wheat and its drivers in the Central region of Morocco using ground information, remote sensing and machine learning approaches. To this end, we prepared a time series map of six vegetation indices (EVI2, CGVI, MSR, NDVI, OSAVI, and RVI) derived from Sentinel-2 images (10 m) over three consecutive crop seasons (2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021). Vegetation indices datasets were combined with the climate, soil, and crop management, and the random forest model was calibrated and validated for each cropping season. The models that gave good performance were applied to predict actual yield, potential yield, and the yield gaps at the plot level. The models were used for mapping yield at the regional scale, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region of Morocco. Based on those datasets, the main drivers of this gap were determined. The findings reveal that RVI, EVI2, and GCVI vegetation indices well predicted wheat yield for the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 seasons with R2 of 0.869, 0.863, and 0.844, respectively. The predicted rainfed potential wheat yields were 5.99, 1.53, and 4.66 t per ha, respectively for three crop seasons. Combined over all three seasons, the most important yield determinants are soil moisture, cumulative rainfall during the crop growing period, followed by actual evapotranspiration, and silt content of the soil. When combining soil, climate and management practices in 2019-2020, the major determinants are still soil moisture and the variables of climate followed by the management practices and soil texture. The results and maps produced are of great importance for predicting wheat yield in advance using in-season vegetation indices which is important for the farmers and policymakers for planning at regional and national scales.

The report describes the approach used to co-identify potential Business Models through the integration of HLPE’s agroecological principles in a variety of Value chains co-selected in the Agroecological Living Landscape ‘Kef-Siliana Transect’, Northwest Tunisia.

A historical view of forage research in Ethiopia with a focus on native forage species.

This consultation workshop was organized by IWMI through its Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo, jointly with ANAFIDE, the Moroccan National Committee for International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), and was held on December 20 and 21, 2022 at the FAIRMONT Rabat-Salé hotel. The ultimate objective of this workshop was to contribute to the development of the water reuse sector in Morocco through the initiation of a dialogue around investment options and the different financing possibilities for the treatment and water reuse for various agricultural activities and other purposes; as well as exploring various cost-benefit analysis approaches for an optimal set-up of treatment and sustainable reuse projects. The workshop falls within the framework of the CGIAR’s Regional Integrated Initiative F2R-CWANA WP 4, which is led by IWMI and works for better productivity and more sustainable integration between the Water, Agriculture, Energy and Territory systems.

Video is about the FFS on soil fertility and weed control under conservation agriculture. The FFS was jointly organized by INRA/ICARDA/ONCA and covered by Medina FM Radio. The FFS organize in Gharb Area on 29 Dec.2022. More than 80 participants were involved.