Research program - Resilient Dryland Systems

Sep 2011IMOD

Innovate Grow ProsperInclusive Market Oriented Development

Research ProgramResilient Dryland Systems

Vision: A prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics

Goal : Reducing vulnerability to drought and climate change while increasing diversity and value

System perspectiveIntegrated approach that combines component technologies and practices within natural resources and social and policy contexts, and includes the analysis of trade-offs and constraints

Activities include:• Analysisandintegrationofbiologicalandsocio-economicorlivelihoodsystems• Impactsandtrade-offsinbiologicalandlivelihoodsystemsacrossdifferent

scales

Adaptation to climate change (CRP7/CCAFS)• Ex-antemodelingcropmanagementandgenetictraitsforfutureclimates• Analoguesitesforlearningandtestingadaptationpractices• GHGemissionsandmitigationundercurrentandintensifiedsmallholderdrylandsystems.

Sustainable intensification and managing risk (CRP1.1)• Site-specificnutrientmanagementandmicro-dosing• Conservationeffectiveagriculture• Crop-livestock-treesystems• Developingmarketlinkagesandinnovationplatformsforlivestock-cropsystems• Diversificationoflivelihoods,especiallyforwomen• Improvingcropmanagementoflegumesandcereals.

Water, land and ecosystems (CRP5)• Integratedwatermanagementthroughmodelwatersheds,capacitybuildingandpolicyadvocacy

• Croppingandirrigationsystemstoincreasewaterproductivityandprofitability•Modelingimpactwatershedinterventionsatscale• Decision-supportsystemsforwaterandnutrients.

ResilientDrylandSystems(RDS)worksacrossthreemainCGIARResearchPrograms(CRPs)–CRPs1.1,5and7.RDSworkswithCRP3s(cropimprovement)oncropmanagementandwithCRP2(Policies,InstitutionsandMarketstoStrengthenFoodSecurityandIncomesfortheRuralPoor)onresilience

RDSwillfocusitsresearchactivitiesinpriorityareas/sitesoftheCRP1.1,5and7,usingsystemsperspectivestobuildsynergiesbetweenCRPs