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Economic and Environmental Evaluation of Different Irrigation Systems for Date Palm Farming System in the GCC Countries: Case of Oman
In the frame of the ICARDA project “Development of sustainable date palm production systems in the GCC
countries of the Arabian Peninsula”, researchers succeeded to introduce one promising technology (subsurface drip ...
Assessment of Genetic Polymorphism in Durum and Bread Wheat Accessions of Azerbaijan
The present paper aims at analyzing the genetic diversity among 110 bread and 110 durum wheat accessions and local varieties using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Eight ISSR primers generated a total of 107 ...
Dates Drying Techniques
Dates of Phoenix dactlifera were dried in a specially designed chamber made of polyethylene carbonate sheets. Experiments have demonstrated that the use of "polyethylene carbonate" chambers have shorthand the drying period ...
Restoration of Badia ecosystem services for enhanced community livelihood Technical final report 2018 _ Rangelands
In arid ecosystems, it is necessary to come up with strategies which significantly improve rangeland production to better the lives of smallholder farmers. The use of intermittent contours for water harvesting to boost ...
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 ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2017: Pathways to impact for building thriving and resilient communities in dry areas
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures ...