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= Regional Inception Workshop for East and Southern Africa for the CGIAR Drylands Systems Research Project = === Nairobi, International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI === ==== Dates: 5 June to 7 June, 2012 ====

The Regional Inception workshop for East/ Southern Africa for the //CGIAR Research Program on Integrated and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems for// // Improved // //Food Security and Livelihoods in Dry Areas// program discussed the key constraints and challenges of producing food in the regions drylands.

The participants also described what they thought a success story of sustainable food production in water scarce areas looked like. It includes a healthy environment and appreciation that some lands are best left undisturbed because they are not productive at all either for agriculture or pastoralism. During the workshop, participants finalised the characterising and mapping out project sites and confirming the roles of each of the partners.

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