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A participatory farming system approach for sustainable broomrape (Orobanche spp.) management in the Near East and North Africa
Broomrapes (Orobanche spp.) are aggressive and damaging parasitic weeds which have a tremendous impact on agriculture in East Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Despite the availability of technologies ...
Generation and exploitation of EST-derived SSR markers for assaying molecular diversity in durum wheat populations
Durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. turgidum convar. durum (Desf.) MK] is an important cereal crop economically and nutritionally in the Central Asia and Caucasian, West Asia, and North Africa (CWANA) regions. Durum ...
Caravan 24: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
Articles in this issue describe how value-addition options were identified for herbal and medicinal plants in a remote valley in Morocco; how cactus species – that combine hardiness with high market value – are being ...
Mashreq and Maghreb Project Achievements and Lessons Learnt from Phases I and II
In the low-rainfall areas of the countries in West Asia and North Africa (WANA), rural livelihoods are primarily based on agro-pastoral production systems in which small ruminants (sheep and goats) represent the principal ...
ICARDA. Ex post Impact Assessment of Natural Resource Management Technologies in Crop–Livestock Systems in Dry Areas of Morocco and Tunisia
Alley-cropping systems using fodder shrubs (Atriplex (sandbush) and cactus (Opuntia ficus indica)) have been introduced in the marginal lands of Morocco and Tunisia through a natural resource management project coordinated ...
Scaling-up Strategy and Action Plan
The aim of research is to contribute to development a nd improvement, as much as possible, of livelihoods. Unfortunately, generally, many research results do not find their way to development projects and stay i n the ...