Context In Egypt, olive cultivationis is as old as 3000+ years, as documented by wall-drawing of ancient Egyptians (Fig. 1 illustrats photos of wall-paiting of ancient Egyptians harvesting olive from …
Testing some agro-ecological practices to enhance biodiversity and the productivity of olive orchards in Tunisia
Context In Tunisia, olive is considered an important crop for its high economic and nutritional values. It is mainly cultivated under rainfed conditions for olive oil production. However, the water …
SustInAfrica Project Communication UDS
Food production in Africa over the years has realized a decline. This decline can be attributed to poor soil health, and loss of functional ecosystems due to the unregulated use …
Agro-ecological practices and ICT among African smallholder farmers: Evidence from SustInAfrica
Authors: (CIHEAM Bari – Andi Mehmeti, Generosa Jenny Calabrese, Mladen Todorovic) African agriculture and food systems are constantly under pressure due to a set of inter-connected factors including an underdeveloped …
D1.4. Smart farming and monitoring technology overview
This deliverable presents a database of recent research activities, technologies, businesses and scientific projects concerning the agricultural sector in Europe and the western world as well as initiatives working with …
D1.3. Farming practices overview
This deliverable presents an overview and information on agroecological farming practices (AEP) and the effects on productivity, farm economic and ecosystem service indicators. A systematic literature was conducted to collect …
D1.1. – Survey and assessment toolbox for data collection
In this document, we intend to present the key achievements in the progress of developing a common conceptual methodological model for data collection at baseline for a plural assessment of …
Measuring mango and pineapple fields in Tamale and Cape Coast
A report for measurement series in Ghana. Participants: The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), DexAfrica (DEX), University for Development Studies (UDS), University of Cape Coast (UCC). Authors: …
European-African collaboration to tackle challenges of African food systems
Under the lead of two Finnish research institutes, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, three new EU-funded projects have started to develop and implement …