The world loses 3 ha of arable lands every minute due to salinization. To counteract adverse effects of salinity on plants, the use of PGPR is an efficient/cheaper method that induces salt stress tolerance in plants. The aim of the present work was to...
Jordan is one of the world’s water-poorest countries. The demand for potable and productive water is ever increasing due to population growth, climate change, increasing numbers of refugees hosted by the country, as well as heightened demand from a...
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.
The ability to simulate soil and crop processes in many bi-specific systems (vineyards, orchards, silvo-arable agroforestry, strip-intercropping of arable crops…) is one of the major challenge for crop modelling in order to contribute to the design...
The aims of the course were to: (i) present the latest scientific and technical advances in land restoration
with the purpose of combating desertification; (ii) improve knowledge on how to effectively restore
degraded drylands, from project planning...
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures and increasing water scarcity...
Small grain cereals (mainly barley and bread and durum wheat) are the most important
staple crops in Europe and in the Mediterranean region. Over the past century, breeding has
been able to provide the highest yield increase ever seen, although now...
