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Water and Livelihoods Initiative (WLI): Final Technical Report
This final technical report offers a summary of the activities completed by partners of the WLI during the lifetime of the project covering the period October 2009- September 2017. The WLI aims to improve rural livelihoods ...
WLI Newsletter: 2013 Highlights
The year 2013 witnessed progress both in research and overall operations of the Initiative. Two bilaterally funded programs for Iraq and Tunisia were launched offering new opportunities and models for engagement of US and ...
Middle East Water and Livelihoods Initiative (WLI)
This will ensure more sustainable ecosystems and improved rural livelihoods. Emphasis is given to building on local knowledge by using existing data, social capital, research linkages, partnerships and proven methodologies ...
Caravan 8: Review of agriculture in dry areas
This issue of Caravan, presents a few examples of the harmony of ICARDA research with nature. The collaborative long-term trials in Egypt have produced tentative guidelines which will help farmers to use less water, and ...
Caravan 26: Science for Food Security
This issue of Caravan illustrates this continuum approach. It describes some of ICARDA’s strategic research — the use of new tools such as GIS, molecular markers and thermographic imaging, and new
research methods in ...
Detection of significant new races of the wheat stem rust pathogen in Africa and Middle East
Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a destructive disease on bread and durum wheat. Following the identification and distribution of Ug99, major national and international efforts have been made ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1988
The 1988 Report strives to attain a balance between the two approaches. It
is divided into two parts. Part One highlights the major developments in the
Center's research conducted during the year with special reference to ...
Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: A source book
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is considered the most water-scarce region in the world. Currently, the average renewable water resources availability per capita is one-tenth of the worldwide average. Twelve ...
Turning Environmental Burdens into Economic Opportunities
Analysis of the global water cycle yields some encouraging numbers, with annual per capita renewable water supply about 7000 m3 (7 million liters). However, some countries have as little as 500 m3 per capita, with periodic ...
Privatization of the Seed Industry in the West Asia and North Africa region
The views of participants at a workshop on seed -industry privatization in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) were obtained through both a structured questionnaire and open-ended discussion sessions. The privatization of ...