Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains
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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). (30/6/2002). Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
In this special issue to mark the International Year of Mountains:
Rebuilding Afghanistan's agriculture - Future Harvest Consortium meets critical need for seed;
Reclaiming ancient techniques - Terrace rehabilitation in Yemen and Peru, and pitcher irrigation in Syria;
Crops that fend for themselves - Iranian cooperators help unlock the secrets of natural weed suppression;
What gladiators ate for lunch - Improving food barley through farmer participatory selection in the highlands;
Why wait for spring - Winter lentil for the highlands of Turkey;
Goats, or scapegoats - In search of the true cause of forest degradation in Peru.
In general this issue of Caravan presents a sample of success stories from ICARDA's work in mountainous
areas in CWANA.
