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SEWANA (South Europe, West Asia and North Africa) Durum Research Network
The importance of durum as a major food in the Mediterranean region is well
established. ICARDA, in collaboration with the NARSs of WANA and South
Europe, and CIMMYT, have been working for almost 17 years toward the ...
Dynamic Crop Production Responses to Realizations of Weather and Production with Application in Jordan
Uncertainty of output quantities and prices shape farming decisions across the globe. This axiom holds true in the semi-arid areas of Jordan too, where farmers must adapt throughout the calendar year to manage production ...
Sunn Pest Management. A Decade of Progress 1994-2004
Scientists from 23 countries in CWANA and Eastern Europe (where wheat and barley crops suffer Sunn Pest infestation) met at ICARDA headquarters on 19-22 July 2004 for the Second International Conference on Sunn Pest on the ...
Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops
Yellow rust is an important disease of wheat, particularly in the Caucasus, Central and West Asia, the Nile Valley, and the Horn of Africa, where it has caused recurrent severe damage since time immemorial. Epidemics ...
Production and Improvement of Cool-Season Food Legumes in the Sudan. Proceedings of the National Research Review Workshop, 27-30 August 1995, Wad Medani, Sudan
Faba bean, lentil, and chickpea are among the most important food legume crops in Sudan, providing a major part of the daily diet for the population. Because of their high protein content, they also provide a major portion ...
Attitudes towards Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tajikistan
CA is the new approach not only for integrated crop-livestock conservation agriculture
but also as CA itself. There is a little knowledge about CA in Tajikistan especially on its effect of
economic assessment on cost-benefit ...
The Challenge of Production System Sustainability: Long-Term Studies in Agronomic Research in Dry Areas
This document contains the abstracts of presentations and workshop conclusions.
The workshop was a 'state-of-the-art' review of sustainability studies in dry-area production systems. with a particular emphasis on the ...
Promising forage options to enhance livestock production in Mediterranean climate agricultural systems
The increasing demand for food, fibre and animal products inevitably requires intensifying agricultural production worldwide. This can present a number of environmental and farming systems challenges in Mediterranean climate ...
On-farm soil and water management for building Sustainable Agricultural systems in Central Asia
Present material summarizes conference proceedings of the second steering committee of the Asian Development Bank Funded Project: On-farm soil and water management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems in Central Asia.
Improvement of Crop - Livestock Integration systems in West Asia and North Africa
The West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region is characterized by a high population growth rate, large and rapidly increasing food deficits, highly variable income levels both within and between countries, limited arable ...