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Yield Gap Analysis: Modelling of Achievable Yields at Farm Level
The world population is expected to reach about 8 billion by 2025 (United Nations, 2006), before it stabilizes at about 10-11 billion towards the end of the 21st century. Most of this increase in population is expected to ...
Developing new wheat varieties tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses to improve food security under climate change in Central Asia
Presentation on "Developing new wheat varieties tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses to improve food security under climate change in Central Asia"
A draft working report on: Conservation agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: A review
This chapter reviews the experiences and achievements of conservation agriculture and the challenges to its adoption in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Conservation agriculture (CA), based on no-till (NT) production ...
Responsiveness of chickpea to climate change
Appropriate changes in the genetic options are needed to cope up with the changing climate and farming
system to ensure food security and sustainable cereal production for the ever growing populations in
developing world. ...
CAC News No 49-50. July-December 2011
In this issue:
a) Exploring institutional options for joint management of a transboundary river in Fergana Valley (p. 4)
b) Successful collaborative research on potato in Uzbekistan results in new government funding (p. ...
Frost tolerance in winter wheat genotypes evaluated in Aral Sea cold zone in Central Asia
Winter wheat production is directly linked to food security in Central Asia. Frost is an important constraint to winter wheat in Aral Sea zone of Central Asia encompassing parts of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. ...
CAC News No 59-60. January-June 2014
In this issue
a) Saving Georgia’s biodiversity for food security of future generations
b) New ‘super’ pearl millet approved for countrywide cultivation in Uzbekistan
c) Changing face of agriculture in northern Tajikistan
d) ...
Guidelines for monitoring diseases, pests and weeds in cereal crops
Based on the request of the participants of the side event on Monitoring and Surveillance of Pests, Diseases and Weeds in Cereal Crops in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Region held during the 2nd International ...
Targeting Drought-Tolerant Maize Varieties in Southern Africa: A Geospatial Crop Modeling Approach Using Big Data
Maize is a major staple food crop in southern Africa and stress tolerant improved varieties have the potential to increase productivity, enhance livelihoods and reduce food insecurity. This study uses big data in refining ...
Caravan 26: Science for Food Security
This issue of Caravan illustrates this continuum approach. It describes some of ICARDA’s strategic research — the use of new tools such as GIS, molecular markers and thermographic imaging, and new
research methods in ...