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Seed Info No. 37
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication 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 ...
Germplasm Program Legumes Annual Report 1996
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 1996.
Association Analysis of Genotypic and Phenotypic Traits Using SSR Marker in Durum Wheat
In durum wheat, marker-trait associations were studied for six agronomic
traits using a set of 25 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers , with a set of 40 wheat
genotypes including drought, semi-tolerant and non-drought ...
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 ...
Detection of significant new races of the wheat stem rust pathogen in Africa and Middle East
Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a destructive disease on bread and durum wheat. Following the identification and distribution of Ug99, major national and international efforts have been made ...
Economic evaluation and adoption of improved technologies
In this study, an economic evaluation of water-use efficiency technologies proposed and tested by the agronomic team in the Tadla Irrigated Perimeter was carried out. To capture climatic variability, the analysis was ...
Water and Agriculture in Egypt
The purpose of this working paper is to support the Government of Egypt’s Strategy for
Sustainable Agricultural Development towards 2030 (SADS‐2030). This strategy paper was
published in 2009 and was concerned with the ...
Raised-Bed Farming System Technology (RFST) in Egypt: Qualities and Determinants of Adoption in Different Agricultural Livelihood Conditions.
Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) has been recognized as an important component of integrated water management to achieve higher productivity in intensive irrigated systems, such as those found in the Nile Delta. ...
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 ...
Approaches and Strategies for sustainable wheat production
This handbook provides practical information on wheat production. It aims to inform the work of policy makers, agriculture agencies, extension agents, non-governmental organizations, universities and research organizations, ...