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DRYLANDS

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DRYLANDS

Occupying 40% of the earth’s land area, dryland areas are home to 2.5 billion people – 30% of the world’s population. These regions are forced to contend with severe environmental degradation, increasing climate variability, and severe demographic challenges. Read more
SYSTEMS APPROACH

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SYSTEMS APPROACH

Applying state of the art ’systems thinking,’ Dryland Systems takes research for development ideas much further than traditional approaches, combining innovative partnerships, diverse technologies, and appropriate policies. Read more
RESEARCH FOCUS

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RESEARCH FOCUS

Dryland Systems’ research agenda is guided by sound science and objectives that target wellbeing and the sustainability of a region’s natural resource base. Read more
IMPACT

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IMPACT

Dryland Systems aims to strengthen food security and generate higher and more secure incomes for tens of millions of people across the dry areas. It will also raise the productive capacity of natural resources and reduce degradation across 11 billion hectares. Read more

A proactive gender and youth strategy for drylands agriculture

Is having gender as a cross-cutting theme across the impact pathways going to be enough to deliver equitable benefits for men and women?
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New Guidance on Drylands Energizes the Opening of East and South Africa Regional Planning in Malawi

The regional Dryland Systems planning for East and South Africa kicked off yesterday afternoon in Lilongwe, Malawi, laying out a tall agenda for the five-day meeting.
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Prioritizing gender at the Dryland Systems planning meeting for East and Southern Africa

With preparations under way for the final implementation meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, two full days have been added to the agenda to exclusively discuss and formulate a gender strategy.
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Identifying activities to sustain the Program through the short to medium term

The effective and successful implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems is dependent on detailed and well thought out work plans that reflect expertise, available resources, and opportunities.
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Dryland Systems: Work plans taking shape in South Asia

The second day of the South Asia implementation meeting for the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems began with an update on the work plans being developed over the course of the two-day workshop.
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Dryland Systems: An integrated and systematic reflection of CGIAR priorities

The aims of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems are ambitious – a necessary requirement given that the dry areas of the world cover 42 per cent of the earth’s surface and are home to the majority of the World’s poor. Moreover, these regions have benefited the least from agricultural re
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Events

A Gender Strategy for the Dryland Systems Program

20-21 September 2013, Malawi

Target Region Implementation and Partnership Workshop

17- 19 September 2013, Malawi

DT-11: Desert Technology 11 International Conference

19 - 22 November, San Antonio, USA

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