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Training and Surveillance Support for Wheat Rust Diseases in Central Asia and Near East: In-Country Rust Surveillance
Through the FAO-ICARDA initiative on Training and Surveillance Support for Wheat Rust Diseases, technical backstopping, guidelines and financial support were provided to facilitate national in-country rust surveillance in ...
Wheat
Wheat is one of the most important staple crops of global food and nutritional security. The demand for wheat has been increasing substantially with the increasing human population pressure. Wheat genetic resources including ...
Evidence for genotypic differences among elite lines of common bean in the ability to remobilize photosynthate to increase yield under drought
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume for human consumption. Drought stress is the major abiotic stress limitation of bean yields in smallholder farming systems worldwide. The current work ...
Training Course on Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies
The purpose of the training is to enhance Capacity Development of government officials and researchers who are engaged in
agricultural development in Iraq and other countries, with up-to-date knowledge and enhanced capacity ...
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 ...
FAO discusses the Contribution of Livestock to Food Security in the Countries of the Near East and North Africa region
FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa concludes a two days’ regional consultation in Cairo to discuss the contribution of Livestock to Food Security in the region.
The conference gathered 65 Senior Technical ...
Understanding trends and patterns of production, consumption and trade of pulses within Middle East-North Africa (MENA): implications for research, development and policy within the region
The research community continues to express the concern over a decline in the production of food legumes within the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, despite the growth in average consumption. The underpinnings for ...
Genetic diversity and structure of goats within an early livestock dispersal area in Eastern North Africa
In this study we genotyped 14 microsatellites to assess genetic diversity, population stratification and demographic dynamics using Egyptian local goats (Zaraibi, Baladi, Saidi and Barki) and the Shami (Damascus) goat from ...
Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - SC Meeting Minutes Nov. 2015
The key accomplishments in the six targeted countries were presented by ICARDA’s project leader (Marwan Owaygen) and assessed by the Steering Committee (SC) against project’s objectives and outputs as outlined in project’s ...
Technical Report Geoinformatics Applications training 2016 Amman
Training course on how to design, implement, manage, analyze and report on research and development in GIS application and acquire up-to-date information on research and practical activities in GIS application in each ...