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Seed Info No. 35
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and
North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs, and thus improve the supply of quality ...
Breeding and genomics status in faba bean (Vicia faba)
Faba bean is an important legume crop because of its high‐yield potential and nutrition‐dense grains. There have been significant achievements in faba bean improvement in the last four decades, which led to the doubling ...
Mitochondrial DNA variation reveals maternal origins and demographic dynamics of Ethiopian indigenous goats
The Horn of Africa forms one of the two main historical entry points of domestics
into the continent and Ethiopia is particularly important in this regard. Through the
analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop
region ...
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 ...
Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1984/85
The main objective of the program is to provide a mechanism for the multi-location testing of the genetic material of chickpea, faba beans, and lentils originating from national and International programs.
The testing aims ...
IFAD Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - AWPB Year I March 2014 - March 2015 - Revised Dec. 2014
The project on “Integrated Agricultural Production Systems for the Poor and Vulnerable in Dryland Areas” (Phase II) has two objectives or components: the first is the development of profitable and climate change-proof ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1995
Achieving sustainable increases in agricultural productivity in the dry areas is a real challenge.
Rainfall in these areas is, by definition, low and variable. Conventional water resources are
limited, and the share available ...
ICARDA’s New Strategic Plan 2017-2026 Highlights
Non-tropical dry areas cover over 40% of the world’s land surface with a growing population of more than 2.5 billion people. These people grow 44% of the world’s food and keep half of the world’s livestock, yet one in six ...
Germplasm Program Legumes Annual Report 1997
This report summarizes the key accomplishments and efforts of the Germplasm Program Legumes at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in 1997.
Integrated Agricultural Production Systems Nile Valley - Project Completion Report April 2017
This technical report is a synthesis of activities undertaken between March 13th,
2014 and March 12th, 2016. Countries of engagement for this initiative were
Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Yemen. As of March ...