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Intercontinental Networks Between Africa and Asia Across the Indian Ocean: What Do Village Chickens Reveal?
The prehistory of the Indian Ocean world can be likened to a complex historical jigsaw puzzle, and has attracted deep interest from various dis- ciplines (Chaudhuri 1985; Pearson 2011). The objective has been to find and ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2000
This Annual Report of ICAKLIA for 2000 is the first to reflect the new structure of reporting,
which is based on the five CGIAR themes: Gerrnplasrn Enhancement, Production Systems
Management, Natural Resource Management, ...
Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary
Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they continue to be an important livestock resource in ...
Farming Systems Research at ICARDA
The International Center for Agricultural Research for the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is located in Syria. Its headquarters are in Tel Hadya, a 948 ha farm 30 km south of Aleppo.
ICARDA was founded in 1977 and had its administrative ...
Opportunities and challenges of diversified in cropping and livestock systems in small scale farms at desert reclaimed lands, Egypt
A farm survey was conducted in 2013/14, over 174 small-scale farms in the newly desert reclaimed lands of Egypt. Five zones have been investigated according to date of settlement: 1 old reclaimed land (1960s), 2 newly ...
GIS-modelling of land-use trends: impact of drought in the Naghamish Basin (North Western Egypt)
The basic features of the Naghamish Basin and agro-ecosystem in the North West Coastal Zone of Egypt (climate, soils and vegetation cover) are mapped to analyse the wear and tear of physical components of the environment ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1987
ICARDA Annual Report 1987
Evolution of a milkshed and role of alternative milk collection centres in Egypt
In Egypt, an agro-industrial company, in association with a non-governmental organization, began setting up milk collection centres within producers’ organizations in 2011. The project was very active in the Beni Suef ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1980-1981
The 1980-81 cropping season at ICARDA differed from the two preceding win tears (one very dry and one very wet) in that the total rainfall was close enough to the long-term mean to constitute an average year It also differed ...
Potential Shift in Dryland Cropping Systems in Middle East and North African Countries.
Agro-ecosystems are critical in the livelihoods of > 80% of rural communities in Middle East and North Africa. A shrinking natural resource base, increased land degradation and severe water scarcity impact food production ...