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CAC e- Newsletter December, 2014: Bringing innovations to farms
Expectations of climate change keep agricultural researchers busy the world over.
Ожидаемые последствия изменения климата заставляют сельскохозяйственное научное сообщество мира «держать руку на пульсе».
Growing More Olives with Less Water
Despite the importance of olive
production in Morocco and Syria,
the absence of modern production
methods such as irrigation prevent
the sector from reaching its full
potential. Although widespread
water-scarcity in North ...
Iraq Harvest: Progress and achievements of the HSAD-Iraq program
The main aim of the nationwide HSAD project is to assist the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture in identifying and addressing key constraints to greater competitiveness of selected agriculture and agribusiness value chains.
This ...
A SSR kit to study genetic diversity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
A chickpea simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker reference kit has been developed based on the
genotyping of the global chickpea composite collection (3,000 accessions) with 35 SSR markers.
The kit consists of three pools ...
CAC News No 61-62. July-December 2014
In this issue:
a) New center for grain seed production opens in Uzbekistan
b) Researchers identify new wheat in Turkmenistan
c) Mainstreaming integrated pest management in Central Asia
d) Scientists urge more attention ...
CAC e- Newsletter August, 2014: Mainstreaming integrated pest management in Central Asia
When faced with the threat of pest infestation, farmers in Central Asia still count largely on the conventional method; they use chemicals.
В борьбе с сельскохозяйственными вредителями фермеры Центральной Азии по-прежнему ...
A Participatory GIS Approach to Identify Critical Land Degradation Areas and Prioritize Soil Conservation for Mountainous Olive Groves (Case Study)
Climate change scenarios predict an
increase in the frequency of heavy rainfall events in
some areas. This will increase runoff and soil erosion,
and reduce agricultural productivity, particularly on
vulnerable mountainous ...
CAC e- Newsletter May, 2014: Joining forces against stripe rust, global threat to wheat production
Stripe rust, also known as yellow rust, a serious wheat disease, is a scourge on wheat production in North and East Africa, as well as Central and West Asia.
Полосатая ржавчина, также известная как желтая ржавчина, является ...
Developing scenarios to assess sunflower and soybean yield under different sowing dates and water regimes in the Bekaa valley (Lebanon): Simulations with Aquacrop
In a semi-arid environment, the main challenge for crop production is water
limitation in space and in time. Considered as appropriate tools, models are used to
evaluate the effects of water deficit on crop productivity ...
Long-Term Effects of Wastewater Irrigation on Soil Heavy Metal Contamination in Peri-urban Areas of Aleppo, Syria
The present study was conducted to assess the heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) distribution in soils of the area that had been under wastewater irrigation for more than 25 years in peri-urban Aleppo, Syria. Wastewater ...