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Assessment of the Introduction of Vetch in Crop Rotation in El-Bab
Previous studies conducted at ICARDA in the eighties showed the possibility of introducing forage legumes in the dry areas within the farming systems based on barley growing and animal production, where forage legumes may ...
Wheat farming in Syria: An approach to economic transformation and sustainability
Sustainability has recently become an ingrained concept in crop production systems worldwide, and is the cornerstone
of research programs of the global network of research centers operated by the Consultative Group of ...
Summary Report on Impact of Winter Chickpea Technology in Syria
Chickpea is second most important rainfed food legume crop in Syria,
following only lentil in terms of area planted. This has been the case for the
past twenty five years. Over the same period, the place of chickpea in ...
تأثير التقنيات الزراعية الحديثة على محصول القمح في القطر العربي السوري
يعتبر القمح من أكثر المحاصيل الغذائية أهمية في سورية، كما أنه من أكثر المصادر أهمية في الحصول على السعرات الحرارية والبروتين في الغذاء المحلي (FAO, 1984). و بلغت متوسط المساحة المزروعة بالقمح حوالي 1.5 مليون هكتار خلال ...
Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spraying for Sunn Pest Control: Farmers' Perceptions and Problems
Turkish government has been changing Sunn Pest control policy by shifting from aerial to ground
spraying. The Thrace Region is a major cereal growing area and in 2002 and 2003 no aerial spraying for Sunn
Pest was done. Our ...
Winter chickpea - improving rural livelihoods The impact of improved varieties and technologies in Syria
In partnership with the Syrian national program, ICARDA's research on winter chickpea has made important contributions to household economies.After lentil, chickpea is the most important rainfed pulse crop in Syria by area ...
Food security in changing Arab environment
The Arab region has the largest food deficit in the world, due to the strained natural resource base and vulnerabilities to climate change implications, which put tremendous pressure on achieving food security. During the ...
Using Recharge Estimation by the Water Balance Method as a Baseline for Sustainable Groundwater Management in a Water-Scarce Region of Syria
During the period of observation, groundwater abstractions by farmers in Khanasser valley, a water-scarce region of northwest Syria were largely sustainable. This was found by using the water balance method during a period ...
Impact of Modern Agricultural Technologies on Durum Wheat Production in Syria
Wheat is the most important food commodity in Syria, since it is a substantial
source of energy and protein in the local diet. During the period 1991-1995, the
annual average area planted with wheat was about 1.5 million ...
On-farm Agrobiodiversity in West Asia: Status, Threats and Impact on Rural Livelihoods
Since 1999, ICARDA has been coordinating a five-year project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to promote on-farm/in situ conservation and sustainable use of dryland agrobiodiversity. The project, implemented ...