Search Results - "Egypt"

The Egyptian food subsidy system: structure, performance, and options for reform by Ahmed, Akhter, Gutner, Tamar, Lofgren, Hans, Bouis, Howarth E.

“…Egypt's food subsidy system has been a mainstay of the government's long-term policy of promoting social equity and political stability. …”
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Origins, history and relationships of indigenous African cattle by Hanotte, Olivier H., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The early sites with evidences of domesticated African cattle are Bir Kiseiba and Nabta Playa in South Egypt (11000 BP - 6000 BP). Extensive molecular genetics studies at the International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya) and at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) support an indigenous origin for African cattle. …”
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Assessing the chemical and microbiological quality of farmed tilapia in Egyptian fresh fish markets by Eltholth, Mahmoud, Fornace, Kimberly, Grace, Delia, Rushton, Jonathan, Häsler, Barbara

“…The aim of this study was to assess the chemical and microbiological quality of farmed tilapia in Egypt. We conducted a systematic literature review resulting in 38 papers meeting inclusion criteria. …”
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A post-separation Social Accounting Matrix for the Sudan by Siddig, Khalid, Elagra, Samir, Grethe, Harald, Mubarak, Amel

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Towards a comprehensive documentation and use of Pistacia genetic diversity in Central and West Asia, North Africa and Europe: Report of the IPGRI Workshop, 14-17 December 1988, Ir... by Padulosi, S., Hadj-Hassan, A., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This publication presents scientific results of the work carried out by leading Pistacia experts from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Italy, Greece and Spain. …”
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Report on “13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection”, Hammamet, Tunisia, 16-21 October 2022 by Kumari, Safaa

“…A total of 270 scientists and graduate students from Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Oman, UAE, Palestine, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia participated in this event. …”
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Epidemiology and management of legume and cereal viruses in Arab and Mediterranean regions by Kumari, Safaa, Najar, Asma, Nader, Asaad, Moukahel, Abdulrahman

“…Yield losses resulting from virus attack vary widely, from little, as in the case of Broad bean mottle virus in Tunisia and Morocco, to complete crop failure when conditions permit widespread virus infection at the vulnerable early plant growth stage, as with Faba bean necrotic yellows virus in Egypt and Syria. Cereal crops (wheat, barley and oat) in Arab and Mediterranean regions are also affected by viruses, mainly Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV, and this virus is reported to occur at epidemic levels in only Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. …”
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Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management approaches by Hosney, H., Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan, Duker, A., Steen, P. van der

“…In this regard, this paper analyses the management modalities of wastewater reuse practices in agriculture in MENA by studying two case studies from Egypt and Jordan. The result of this analysis is a proposed decision-tree tool to help decision-makers in making optimal wastewater reuse decisions based on contextual factors including agricultural field demands, location, freshwater resources, sanitation coverage, and infrastructure, as well as regulations, policies, and restrictions for wastewater reuse. …”
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Information Policy for Agricultural Research (IPAR) - Republic of Iran by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…The Iranian people-to-telephone ratio of 13.2 compares with ratios of 10.0 in Brazil, 13.5 in Thailand, 20.8 in Egypt, 22.4 in China, 38.6 in the Philippines, 47.7 in Indonesia, 56.1 in Pakistan, and 77.6 in India.…”
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Economics of the Arab awakening: From revolution to transformation and food security by Breisinger, Clemens, Ecker, Olivier, Al-Riffai, Perrihan

“…Annual growth rates in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, and Sudan averaged more than 6 percent between 2005 and 2010; and Syria, Tunisia, and Libya grew at about 5 percent on average during the same period of time. …”
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The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure by Osendarp, Saskia, Haddad, Lawrence, Fabrizio, Cecilia, Andridge, Caroline, Black, Robert E., Brown, Molly E., Bryan, Elizabeth, Campbell, Bruce M., D'Alimonte, Mary, Fanzo, Jessica, Headey, Derek D., Heidkamp, Rebecca, McCarter, Abbe, Menon, Purnima, Michaux, Kristina, Nordhagen, Stella, Silva, Lais Miachon, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

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Training of Trainers (ToT) on Policy Practices and Analysis to Support Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Services (CIS) Course Module by Ekepu, David, Nakayiwa, Florence Mayega, Majaliwa, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo, Murungweni, Chrispen, Bonou, Alice

“…The participants came from 27 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. …”
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Partage des benefices du bassin du nil bleu: la lecon a tirer d'autres bassins fluviaux. In French by Mapedza, Everisto D., Tafesse, T.

“…This study aims to assess how transboundary institutions could adopt a benefit sharing framework in the Eastern Nile River sub-basin in the context of the shifting political landscape in Egypt and the reconfiguration of political boundaries due to the division of Sudan into two countries which is most likely going to increase chances of cooperation within the Blue Nile.…”
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A participatory adoption of improved crop technologies in the savannas of West Africa: empirical study from Borno, Nigeria by Amaza, P.S., Ellis-Jones, J., Kamara, A.Y., Helsen, J., Gaya, H.I.

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Genomic footprints of dryland stress adaptation in Egyptian fat-tail sheep and their divergence from East African and western Asia cohorts by Mwacharo, Joram M., Eui-Soo Kim, Elbeltagy, Ahmed R.A.E., Aboul-Naga, A.M., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Rothschild, Max F.

“…We analyzed patterns of genomic variation by genotyping, with the Ovine SNP50K microarray, 394 individuals from five populations of fat-tail sheep from a desert environment in Egypt. Comparative inferences with other East African and western Asia fat-tail and European sheep, reveal at least two phylogeographically distinct genepools of fat-tail sheep in Africa that differ from the European genepool, suggesting separate evolutionary and breeding history. …”
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Karlskrona: örlogsstad och världsarv by Peterson, Linda

“…In 1998, 'the Naval Port of Karlskrona' was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and thus, it is equally protected as China’s Great Wall and the Pyramids of Egypt. The essay is a case study of Karlskrona, one of Sweden's most well planned cities, where famous urban planners and architects such as Erik Dahlberg and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder has been involved. …”
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The effect of non-host plant volatiles on the reproductive behaviour of the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis by Hussain, Altaf

“…Spodoptera littoralis is a major pest of cotton in Egypt, causing serious economic losses. Egyptian farmers highly appreciate biological control of the pest as synthetic pesticides are very unsustainable. …”

CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 20-24, 1996: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Group approved ICLARM's decision, opposed by TAC, to accept facilities at Abbassa offered by the Government of Egypt. It approved a guideline on the roles, responsibilities, and accountability of center boards. …”
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Profitability analysis by agricultural subsector in Colombia and its business features for the 2009-2013 term by Arias Robles, Milena Esther, Mercado Fernández, Teobaldis, Feria Díaz, Jhon J.

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The Russia-Ukraine crisis: Implications for global and regional food security and potential policy responses by Abay, Kibrom A., Breisinger, Clemens, Glauber, Joseph W., Kurdi, Sikandra, Laborde Debucquet, David, Siddig, Khalid

“…Thus, we provide descriptive evidence characterizing how food systems and policies impact vulnerability to the price shock in selected MENA countries: Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. Within these countries, we show that the crisis will differentially impact poor and non-poor households as well as rural and urban households. …”
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