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Supplemental Irrigation: A Highly Efficient Water‐Use Practice - 2nd Edition
Rain-fed agriculture accounts for about 80% of the world’s farmland and two-thirds
of global food production. Despite the higher risks and generally lower
productivity compared to irrigated areas, rainfed agriculture will ...
Conservation agriculture: Opportunities for intensified farming and environmental conservation in dry areas (English)
A synthesis of research and trials with smallholder farmers in drylands systems benefits and constraints to adoption.
Farmer experiences and potential for uptake in Iraq, Syria, Morocco and Tunisia.
This report presents ...
Water and land productivities of wheat and food legumes with deficit supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean environment
Selecting appropriate crops and applying deficit irrigation can help increase water productivity in waterlimited
regions such as the Mediterranean. The objective of this study was to develop water production
functions of ...
Seed Info No. 43
Seed Info is designed to stimulate information exchange and regular communication between seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
The role of limited irrigation and advanced management on improving water productivity of rainfed wheat at semi-cold region of upper Karkheh River Basin, Iran
In order to evaluate the role of a limited irrigation (LI) and agronomic management on
improving rain water productivity, a field study was conducted during 2005-08 winter cropping
seasons of wheat at multiple farms across ...
Centre Commissioned External Review of the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program (IWWIP) Final Report
Centre Commissioned External Review of the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program (IWWIP) Final Report
Conservation agriculture: Opportunities for intensified farming and environmental conservation in dry areas (Arabic)
This report is a synthesis of concepts, practices and interventions coming from ICARDA’s research with country partners on improving livelihoods, the performance of agricultural production systems and sustainable agriculture ...
Domestic production: a solution to African import dependence
The impressive performance of improved varieties of high-yielding, heat-tolerant wheat developed in Sudan has
convinced Nigerian decision makers that a viable solution to their country’s growing dependence on wheat
imports ...
Assessment of wheat yield gap in the Mediterranean: Case studies from Morocco, Syria, and Turkey
The WANA region has 137 million hectares of arable land of which 35 million hectares are sown to wheat, mostly grown under rainfed conditions with productivity in the range of 0.5–1.5 t/ ha. Wheat products are integral ...