Cactus Pear - the ‘Green Gold’ of Jordan ICARDA icarda.org/media/news/cac…

📄Fruits of #documenting cactus pear, a drought-tolerant crop on PANORAMA - Solutions for a Healthy Planet 💡The solution is used in dry areas for nutritional & income creating purposes. More bit.ly/3rHJMwR 🤝By Mounir Louhaichi & Sawsan Hassan. Thanks International Fund for Agricultural Development Indian Council of Agricultural Research. ICARDA UniPa ICAR - IGFRI, Jhansi

.Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) in collaboration with ICARDA scientists released 118 datasets covering several agricultural subjects from crop improvement to water harvesting & more across #Africa, #MiddleEast #CentralAsia. More 👉 data.mel.cgiar.org #OpenDataDay2021 CGIAR Digital Transformation #OneCGIAR

#Published Rural Solution 🌵Cactus pear Tackling malnutrition and improving #livelihoods What’s involved? 🌱Best-bet agronomic practices 🧑‍🌾Business development among farmers More bit.ly/2PBqUSH Thanks ICARDA International Fund for Agricultural Development Sawsan Hassan Mounir Louhaichi

#Documented Rural Solution A site-specific holistic approach to rangeland degradation What’s involved? 🔧Technical methods 🧑‍🌾Social processes Leading to sustainable #landmanagement More 👉bit.ly/3aoTaPx Thanks International Fund for Agricultural Development ICARDA Mounir Louhaichi Sawsan Hassan

Cactus Pear is considered the green gold of Jordan for its significant environmental and socio-economic benefits to #rural communities in dryland. Read more about the new technology WOCAT ⬇️

Cactus pear or the “green gold” of the drylands is an ideal solution for tackling malnutrition and improving livelihood.🏜️ Lean more in this blog by Global Landscapes Forum (GLF): 👉ow.ly/6Kk050EThba #ThinkLandscape Food and Agriculture Organization

ICARDA scientists studied various indigenous rangeland plants to discover their human health benefits and their attributes as feed for #livestock and #wildlife, after an exceptional wet season in #Tunisia in 2017/18. Learn more: icarda.org/media/news/stu…

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"Rangelands are an essential source of feed and health for livestock. The ongoing degradation of this ecosystem since the 1980s has meant that rangelands only contribute 20% of goats, sheep and cow's nutrition today - at a time when feed prices are soaring." Dr. Mounir Louhaichi

DGF is responsible for 2/3 of Tunisia’s 5M ha of rangelands &implements a rotation approach to make sure that land can rest. Our partnership with ICARDA is crucial to develop new, grazing management procedures & diagnose & prioritize interventions." Jamel Kailene - DGF Tunisia

"What really makes a difference to preserve rangelands in the dry areas has less to do with reducing the number of livestock able to graze, but everything to do with shorter periods of grazing versus longer ones." Mouldi Gamoun, rangeland ecologist

"As a farmer, I want to be able to let my animals graze in rangelands when there has been sufficient rain and vegetation is plentiful, while still receiving the compensation provided by the OEP in dry years." Mohamed Daadaa, Tunisian farmer

🔔#TODAY ICARDA's Dr. Mounir Louhaichi Research Team Leader, at the X International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal opening session Cactus Congress 2022 📍 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, Stay tuned for more ICARDA's interventions! ⬇️ eventos.galoa.com.br/cipc-2022/page…

“ICARDA has been a lead center within the CGIAR to promote spineless cactus pear in countries across the dry areas. These efforts have led that cactus pear was selected among the top 50 innovations of the One CGIAR” said Mounir Louhaichi 📍 Cactus Congress 2022 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

“Cactus pear with its unique traits, service provision & multi-functionality it can help to mitigate the effect of climate change & enhance the livelihood of poor farmers.” said Sawsan Hassan ICARDA Research Associate, Forage Systems 📍 Cactus Congress 2022 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

ICARDA #PostCovid #RASP #SEP #friendship when #gender, #forages, #economics, and #scaling meet in #Tunisia #womeninscience #bestposteraward

#Tunisia ICARDA #partnersincrime best team 💗❤️ 🤟🏾 💪

Great discussions and progress at the 2nd annual meeting of CGIAR #LivestockClimate Initiative in Kenya. cgiar.org/initiative/34-… Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT ILRI.org ICARDA

Discover how native species are revitalizing degraded silvopastoral systems in dry regions! 🌳 🗞️ Read the fascinating insights in our latest article: icarda.org/media/news/nat…