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Improving faba bean (Vicia faba L.) for sustainable agriculture in drylands
Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a major cool season food legume in many countries grown under rainfed and irrigated production systems around the world. Faba bean productivity and production are threaten by abiotic (heat, drought, ...
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.
Economic and food security benefits associated with raised-bed wheat production in Egypt
Countries in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are dependent on imports of wheat to meet their food security
needs. Mechanized raised-bed wheat production is an effective means of increasing productivity and ...
Variation of faba bean genotypes to different Orobanche crenata biotypes in Egypt
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important grain legume in East Asia and North Africa. faba bean productivity is severely affected by broomrapes. Resistant varieties to Orobanche have different responses to different Orobanche ...
Development of new large seeded faba bean (Vicia faba L.) genotypes resistant to broomrape
Broomrapes are one of the major constraints limiting faba bean cultivation and production in the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa regions. The infested areas are in continuous expansion due to the fast spread and ...
Major achievements in faba bean breeding in Tunisia
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is the major food legume crop in Tunisia occupying around 60,000 ha representing almost 80% of the total food legume areas. It contributes to the improvement and the sustainability of wheat ...
Shift focus on a neglected ecosystem service - Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) highly increases yields of faba bean
The environmental governance approach Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) was developed in 2012. One target of FAP is economically self-sustaining on-farm protection of pollinators. FAP shall obviate costly rewarding ...
Identification of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) genotypes and rhizobial strains for biological nitrogen fixation in under rainfed Mediterranean environments
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is one of the major cool season legume crops cultivated in semi-arid environment worldwide and the process of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is helpful to fix atmospheric nitrogen. However, ...
First sources of resistance in faba bean to the Stem borer weevil, Lixus algirus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a grain legume widely cultivated in many countries for food and animal feed. This crop is severely attacked by several pests, especially Lixus algirus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The use ...