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Wheat leaf and stem rusts in the Nile Valley and Red Sea region: Incidence, spore movement, pathotypes and effective resistance genes.
Research on wheat rusts started in the 1988/89 growing season in Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP), with available resources from the countries involved. It was further strengthened when the Netherlands ...
Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries
A research for development initiative working across ten countries to raise wheat production and reduce the Arab World’s growing dependence on costly wheat imports.
Improving wheat production in the CWANA region
Wheat is the principal staple food in most countries of the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, accounting for 45% of the region’s per capita calorie intake with an average wheat consumption of about 200 ...
Wheat breeding for multiple stress tolerance at ICARDA: Achievements and prospects
Wheat is the principal food crop in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region with average consumption of 200 kg/capita/year. The productivity of wheat in the region is very low (2.5 t/ha) principally due to ...
Genome-wide association study for adult plant resistance to yellow rust in spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Yellow rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is a common and serious fungal disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) all over the world and particularly in the Central and West Asia and North Africa region. ...
Nile Valley Program for Wild Oats and other Weeds Control in Winter Cereals and some other Winter Crops
The achievements of the wild oat program of the 2000/2001 winter season are involved in the ninth annual report which includes the impact of applying wild oat control package in 79 thousand hectares which resulted in about ...
التقرير الخاص بالاجتماع الذي تم انعقادة بكلا من مركز سيدي سالم (محافظة كفر الشيخ )،ومنطقة الانطلاق بالنوبارية (محافظة البحيرة ) خصوص دراسة خصائص سبل العيش، وتأثير واعتماد الابتكارات الزراعية
Recommendations for extension programs in Kafr Sheikh and Noubariya, Egypt, based on survey findings with 400 farmers (200 men and 200 women) and discussions with 60 local extension agents.
Adoption of Mechanized Raised Bed Technology for Sustainable Farming System in Sharkia and Assiut Governorates
This report outlines the results of studying two surveyed samples in Assiut and Sharkia governorates in Egypt, each comprising 80 farmers. To identify and compare the various impacts of using raised bed machine (RBM) on ...
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 ...
On-farm water energy food carbon-footprint nexus index for quantitative assessment of integrated resources management for wheat farming in Egypt
To improve the farming efficiency, Egypt has been struggling to narrow the water, energy, and yield gaps owing to exacerbated water shortage. For quantitative diagnosis of farming performance, the paper presented an on-farm ...