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A new comprehensive rangeland management tool for dryland areas can help promote sustainable land use

Drylands, such as this one in southern Tunisia, are tough terrains with little rainfall, yet people and animals have always inhabited and depended upon them. Photo M. Louhaichi/ICARDA Written by Judy Kimani and Mounir Louhaichi What is often under-appreciated and at times not recognized is that...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Evolving gender roles across Tunisian rangelands

Credit: ICARDA In Tunisia, the traditional common rangelands governance system, which previously defined rangeland resting periods and access for user groups, has disappeared. This system used to help manage and preserve valuable resources, but has now been replaced by an “open access” regime which...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Traditional grazing-management practice makes an impact in southern Tunisia

[Written by Mouldi Gamoun, Jutta Werner, and Mounir Louhaichi, ICARDA] Degradation of rangelands is a major global concern, but land degradation processes in the rangelands are poorly understood. This lack of understanding has contributed to poorly-informed interventions and policies that have...

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