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ICARDA Annual Report 1990
A major service performed by International Centers associated with the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research is the collection, conservation and
evaluation of germplasm. ICARDA's role is particularly ...
Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1983/84
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 ...
Legume Program Annual Report 1992
The aim of the Legume Program is to encourage and support national efforts, in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) and other developing countries with similar ecologies, in improving the productivity and yield stability of ...
Food security in changing Arab environment
The Arab region has the largest food deficit in the world, due to the strained natural resource base and vulnerabilities to climate change implications, which put tremendous pressure on achieving food security. During the ...
Genetic Resources Unit Annual Report 1993
In the 1992/93 season (from October 1, 1992, to September 30, 1993) the Genetic Resources Unit at ICARDA continued the ongoing activities in genetic resources collection, acquisition, characterization, and preliminary ...
Caravan 22: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
This issue of Caravan provides examples of ICARDA's work with its partners to help ensure sustainability of livelihoods for the poor in marginal areas.
Caravan 28: Research that works for people and communities
Agricultural research for development: meeting the challenge of bringing science to farmers.
This issue of Caravan looks to the field to present approaches and examples that have been developed through our research with ...
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 ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1988
The 1988 Report strives to attain a balance between the two approaches. It
is divided into two parts. Part One highlights the major developments in the
Center's research conducted during the year with special reference to ...
Economic Impact of International and National Lentil Improvement Research in Developing Countries
Lentils, one of humanity’s oldest food crops, originated in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East (Webb and Hawtin, 1981). As a food, lentils provide valuable protein and, unlike several other food legumes, few anti-nutritional ...