Radio Scripts
Package 77
March 2006
The Long Dry Season: A Tale of Greed and Resourcefulness
Appendix I - Desertification Resources
If you want to know more about desertification, or if you want to direct a member of your audience to more information, the best resources are often local ones - expert farmers, herders, and other persons in the community. These individuals can often provide the most practical local solutions to a situation. But there are also times when you will want to contact individuals from further afield, or direct audience members towards external resources, including national research institutes, universities, international development agencies, and UN-level organizations.
The following list offers just a few examples of these types of organizations. The Internet is a good place to look for contact information for organizations in your region or country. For example, the ISNAR website provides links to universities with agriculture programs and agricultural research organizations in African countries.
Resources for desertification:
- Local expert farmers
- National research institutes, e.g.,
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
PO Box 57811 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: (254 2) 583301-20. Fax: (254 2) 583344. - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research,
PO Box: 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Telephone: +251-011-6462633-41; Fax: 251-011-6461294 - Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger (INRAN),
Standard Direction Générale, BP 429, Niamey. Tel: 72-41-96.
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
- Local, regional, or national universities with agricultural departments or programs, e.g.,
- Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Botswana College of Agriculture
- University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry, Mozambique
- Addis Ababa University, Debra Zeit, Ethiopia
- International non-governmental organizations, e.g.,
- Oxfam
- Action Aid International Head Office,
PostNet Suite #248, Private bag X31
Saxonwold 2132, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 880 0008. Fax: +27 11 880 8082
E-mail: mail.jhb@actionaid.org
Website: http://www.actionaid.org/
- International research institutes who work on agricultural issues:
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Subregional Office for Southern and East Africa
PO Box 3730, Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: (+263 4) 253 656/791 407
Cable address: FOODAGRI HARARE
Telex: 26040 FAO ZW. Fax: (+263 4) 703 497
Email: fao-safr-registry@fao.org - Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
Temporary Headquarters,
01 B.P. 2031, Cotonou, Benin
Tel (229) 21 35 01 88
Fax (229) 21 35 05 56
E-mail warda@cgiar.org
Website: http://www.warda.cgiar.org/
Regional Centres in Saint Louis, Senegal; Ibadan, Nigeria. - International Livestock Research Institute
Headquarters
P.O. Box 30709 Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Tel + 254-20 422 3000. Fax + 254-20 422 3001
Telex 22040 ILRI/Nairobi/Kenya
E-mail: ILRI-Kenya@cgiar.org
Website: http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/
Regional Centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; Niamey, Niger; Ibadan, Nigeria. - International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
Headquarters
PMB 5320, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Tel.: (+234 2) 241 2626. Fax: (+234 2) 241 2221
e-mail: IITA@cgiar.org
Website: http://www.iita.org/
Regional Stations in Cotonou, Benin; Yaounde, Cameroon, Kinshasa, DRC; Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya; Lilongwe, Malawi; Maputo, Mozambique; Kano, Nigeria; Abuja, Nigeria; Lagos, Nigeria; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kampala, Uganda. - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Headquarters
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, PO Box 30677-00100 GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 722 4000
Fax: +254 20 722 4001
Email: ICRAF@cgiar.org
Website: http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/
Regional centres in Bamako, Mali; Harare, Zimbabwe. - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Headquarters in India.
Regional Centres in Nairobi, Kenya; Niamey, Niger; Maputo, Mozambique; Bamako, Mali; Lilongwe, Malawi; Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization
