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Germplasm Program Legumes Annual Report 1997
This report summarizes the key accomplishments and efforts of the Germplasm Program Legumes at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in 1997.
A participatory farming system approach for sustainable broomrape (Orobanche spp.) management in the Near East and North Africa
Broomrapes (Orobanche spp.) are aggressive and damaging parasitic weeds which have a tremendous impact on agriculture in East Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Despite the availability of technologies ...
Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1977/78
This report summarizes the results of 1977/78 international nurseries, which were prepared and distributed by the staff of the food legume improvement program of ICARDA. A list of all the cooperators from the national ...
Guide for agricultural advisors: Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP)
The 'Conservation of pollinator diversity for enhanced climate change resilience' project has trained many ONCA advisors for extension on FAP and prepared a field guide for farmers in English and Arabic for ONCA. ONCA had ...
Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) in regions with adequate rainfall
This brochure advises farmers in regions with adequate rainfall how to protect wild pollinators and increase simultaneously farmers’ incomes. The brochure shows what is needed in this agro-ecosystem to sustain pollinator ...
Ties that Bind: ICARDA and the Arab World
Since its establishment, the International Center for Agricultural research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), based in Aleppo, Syria, has worked side by side with scientists and technicians in all parts of the Arab world to not ...
ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, ...
Strengthening national seed systems for household food security in developing countries
This report is a synthesis of the research and development work done in past years by ICARDA’s Seed Section of Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management, with a number of partner countries in Africa and Asia to improve ...
Screening of Some Chickpea Genotypes for Salinity Tolerance in a Mediterranean Environment
To understand the mechanisms that affect the response to salinity of legumes, six chickpea genotypes
were tested in sand-filled pots in the greenhouse. The chickpea seeds were irrigated with water of four
different ...
A Comparative Study for Competitiveness of Dates from the GCC countries in the World Market
In the GCC countries, date-palm sector is strategically important for the economic, social and environmental development. Therefore, markets globalization has had a huge impact on the comparative advantages of date exports ...