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Chickpea Ascochyta Blight: Disease Status and Pathogen Mating Type Distribution in Syria
Chickpea fields were surveyed in nine major chickpeagrowing
provinces of Syria in 2008 and 2009 to determine
the prevalence and severity of Ascochyta blight,
and the distribution of Didymella rabiei mating types
(MATs) in ...
CGIAR Reforms and Research Programs: Implications for Central Asia and the Caucasus
This presentation delivered during the 14th steering committee meeting of the CGIAR Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Improving food security and coping with biotic and abiotic constraints using improved crop germplasm in Central Asia and the Caucasus
This presentation highlights:
1) Constraints to winter crop production under climate change.
2) Germplasm introduction.
3) Progress on yellow rust resistant wheat varieties.
4) Progress on salinity tolerant wheat.
5) ...
Strategies help farmers cope with climate change. استراتيجيات تساعد المزارعين على التكيف مع التغير المناخي
This project aims to make research results rapidly available to resource-poor farmers and policy makers. This will help them better understand climate change and how to deal with it, and give them access to a range of ...
Potential use of Mediterranean saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.) in alley cropping in the low rainfall-cropping zone of northwest Syria
This study was conducted in farmers. fields in northern Syria to determine whether introduction of Mediterranean saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.) in barley fields could increase feed quantity without jeopardizing barley grain ...
CAC 14th Steering Committee Meeting Press release: Scientists and policy makers to discuss research priorities for agriculture
Tashkent will host the 14th meeting of the Steering Committee of the CGIAR Regional Program for
Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) on 20-22 September. Participants will include the heads of
agricultural research programs ...
Syria - Participatory barley breeding—farmers’ input becomes everyone’s gain
Kherbet El Dieb, north of Aleppo, is one of 24 Syrian villages involved in a participatory plant breeding (PPB) initiative started by the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA). Yields there ...
Plant Nutrient Management in Rainfed Farming Systems
Global population growth and land-use pressure are placing increasing emphasis on expanding crop and animal output in rainfed agriculture. Rainfed areas of the world have some common features, but some unique biophysical ...
The Halophytic Flora of Syria
The halophytic flora of Syria fills a major gap in the botanical literature of the Middle East. It presents the first comprehensive list of the country’s halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants – including six species recorded ...
Combining current land use and farmers’ knowledge to design land-use requirements and improve land suitability evaluation
Land suitability analysis is very important to assess and propose the most suitable land-use options. The reliability of land suitability evaluation is controlled by choosing the most limiting land characteristics and their ...