Theme
2. Production Systems Management
Production systems management draws together all the components of research
into a farming systems perspective. This approach enables site-specific results
to be blended into recommendations that can be applied to broader target areas.
Long-term experiments on the productivity of farming systems, particularly
those integrating crops and livestock, and the management of soil and water
resources, are geared to optimize cropping sequences and the development of
appropriate ways to intensify production in the dry areas. Optimizing soil
water use is a particularly important area in which ICARDA is a co-convener
with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), of the Optimizing Soil Water Use (OSWU) Program, within a “CGIAR
Systemwide Soil Water and Nutrient Management (SWNM) Consortium.”
Management of crop pests and diseases is increasingly handled in an integrated
fashion in order to reduce the environmental and economic impact of chemical
interventions. ICARDA views pest and disease management as a dimension of
the entire farming system rather than as one component of the production practices
for a single crop. ICARDA participates in three sub-programs of the “
CGIAR Systemwide Integrated Pest Management Program.”
The following projects
are in operation under this theme:
Project 2.1. Integrated
Pest Management in Cereal and Legume-based Cropping
Systems in Dry Areas
Production in Dry Areas
Feed in Dry Areas
Rangelands in
Dry Areas
Project 2.2. Agronomic Management of Cropping Systems for Sustainable
Project 2.3. Improvement of Sown Pasture and Forage Production for Livestock
Project 2.4. Rehabilitation and Improved Management of Native Pastures
and
Project 2.5. Improvement of Small-Ruminant Production in Dry Areas
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