Could payments for environmental services improve rangeland management in Central Asia, West Asia and North Africa?
Although several institutional and management approaches that address the degradation of the rangelands have been tested in the dry areas of Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA), impact has been limited. Nonetheless, the development of National Action Plans to combat desertification highlights the interest of governments to tackle this issue.
Seed systems and millet crops in marginal environments of India
Village seed systems and the biological diversity of millet crops in marginal environments of India
The study relates village seed systems to biological diversity of millet crops grown by farmers in the semi-arid lands of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, India. In these subsistence-oriented, semi-arid production systems the environment is marginal for crop growth and often there is no substitute for millet crops.
Determinants of millet diversity at the household-farm and village-community levels in the drylands of India
Seed provision and dryland crops in the semiarid regions of Eastern Kenya
Over the last two decades, several seed-related programs have been initiated in eastern Kenya to improve farmers’ access to quality seeds of dryland cereals and legumes. They are provided during two occasions, regular and emergency times. But very often, the formal supply mechanisms limit their role in provision of seeds other than maize.