Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture: Research Lessons and Opportunities
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ICARDA and ICRISAT are nonproft international agricultural research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). They focus on sustainable agricultural development for the dryland poor. They also convene a global, multi-institutional partnership known as the Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture Consortium (DDPA) to provide research contributions towards the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The Global Mechanism was established by the UNCCD to promote actions leading to the mobilization and channeling of financial resources to developing countries to combat desertification. To learn more about us, visit Acknowledgements The topics of desertification and drought cover a vast range of subject matter, so this paper would have been impossible without the expert insights of scientists from around the world. We began this exercise with an internet discussion group and workshop carried out through IFAD, UNCCD Global Mechanism, and CGIAR support for the formation of an international partnership initiative called the Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture Consortium (DDPA). This was followed by the circulation of several draft manuscripts and iterations of the review/redrafting process.
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