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Seed Info No. 26
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and communication among seed staff in the Central,
West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to contribute towards the development of stronger national seed ...
Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries
A research for development initiative working across ten countries to raise wheat production and reduce the Arab World’s growing dependence on costly wheat imports.
Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) policy dialogue on: “Comprehensive assessment of pressures on water resources and its effect on the agricultural sector and food security in Tunisia”
The objective of the workshop was to share with policy makers and other national partners in Tunisia, the preliminary scenarios and results of ICARDA’s research about “the impact of pressure on water resources and its ...
Successful silage: Keeping forages for a long time while maintaining good quality
Silage is a technique for the conservation of green forages, using anaerobic fermentation process that develops on any moist forage high in sugars and placed in anaerobic condition. The resulting lactic fermentation is the ...
Returns to Investment on Barley Improvement Research in Dry Areas
Barley, one of the earliest crops in human history, is grown in over 100 countries. In the West, it is used mainly for animal feed or as malt for producing beverages. In developing countries it is a staple food for millions ...
Ties that Bind: Africa and ICARDA
ICARDA has long-standing outreach programs in North Africa, the Nile Valley, and the Red Sea region (Fig 2). In its current strategic plan, the Center will extend its work to the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Supplemental Irrigation: A promising Climate-Smart Practice for Dryland Agriculture
Supplemental irrigation - the addition of
limited amounts of water to essentially
rainfed crops to improve and stabilize
yields when rainfall fails to provide
sufficient moisture for normal plant
growth - is an effective ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...
Rainfed Agriculture and Food Security in Dry Areas
The world’s ability to produce enough food to feed the growing population is further constrained by water scarcity, particularly in dry areas. Water is an increasingly scarce resource and the FAO estimates that nearly 1.8 ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems WANA COFIN-ECG-56-ICARDA Progress report 2011-2012 Cropping Season
Food security of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region countries is very closely related to cereal and food legume production; the most important annual crops in many countries of the region. Nowadays most of the ...