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Preliminary microscopic and mineralogical characterization of relict calcretes in Morocco
The objective of this study is a micromorphological and mineralogical characterization of the calcretes outcropping in the area of central Morocco where these formations show an interesting variability of both macro and ...
Wheat breeding for multiple stress tolerance at ICARDA: Achievements and prospects
Wheat is the principal food crop in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region with average consumption of 200 kg/capita/year. The productivity of wheat in the region is very low (2.5 t/ha) principally due to ...
A Bayesian analysis of data from on-farm trials in legumes in Afghanistan
On-farm demonstration (OFD) are conducted to provide a real-time comparison of the recommended technology and the farmer practice in farmer’s field, and are effective and easy way to convince the farmers on the potential ...
Assessment of wheat yield gap in Central Asia: Case studies from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Wheat is by far the most important grain cultivated and consumed in Central Asia. It is therefore an important crop for food security in this region. As a result of increased population growth and food demands, sustainable ...
Potential Shift in Dryland Cropping Systems in Middle East and North African Countries.
Agro-ecosystems are critical in the livelihoods of > 80% of rural communities in Middle East and North Africa. A shrinking natural resource base, increased land degradation and severe water scarcity impact food production ...
Anthroscape: A Holistic Landscape Based Approach for Mitigating Environmental Threats of 21st Century
Centuries are remembered with human achievements alike the bronze age, the iron age of archaic and the 20th century as the age of innovation. However, the 21st century will be remembered as the age of extinction due to ...
Participatory on-farm demonstrations on food legumes in Afghanistan: Role in enhancing food and nutrition security
Objective of this study was to assess the performance of introduced improved varieties of chickpea and mungbean with associated agronomic practices in comparison with local varieties through farmers’ participatory evaluation ...
Quality management in inclusive business: an Egyptian milk sourcing case study
Worldwide, dairy products demand increases in term of quantity as well as it evolves in term of quality. Agribusiness companies consider emerging markets as new Eldorado. Some of them attempt to pump into the production ...
Development of Decadal National Land Cover Database for Jordan
The main objective of this study is to introduce the first consistent long term land cover database for Jordan. The Jordan National Land Cover Database (JNLCD) consists of four land cover maps for the years 1984, 1991, ...