Genetic Gain for Yield and Allelic Diversity over 35 Years of Durum Wheat Breeding at ICARDA
The ICARDA’s durum wheat breeding program was established in 1977 in Aleppo, Syria, where it continued its work targeted to the drylands of the developing world until 2012, when it was forced to relocate. This movement represented an occasion to...
Scaling Sustainable Quinoa-Systems in the Altipiano of Bolivia: Awareness of the Problem and Demand for Solutions - Views from the Field
The project "Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) in the Drylands for Enhanced Water Use and Soil Fertility in NEN and LAC Countries" is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In Bolivia...
Modelling farmers' responses to irrigation water policies in Algeria: An economic assessment of volumetric irrigation prices and quotas in the Jijel–Taher irrigated perimeter
In Algeria, the management of water based on a strategy of supply and subsidies continues to be applied even as the resource becomes increasingly scarce. The demand for water in Algeria continues to grow, creating an imbalance between the...
Estimation of Canal Water Deficit Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Lower Chenab Canal System
The timely precise information of land use land cover (LULC) in the canal command area can help in managing irrigation water according to the crop water requirement. A study was conducted to map the LULC of irrigated command area of three...
Analysis of Economic and Environmental Impacts of Salinity on Livelihoods of Farmers in Iraq: An Examination of Economic Efficiency For Wheat Farms in Wasit Province
The intensity and diversity of problems in the Iraqi agriculture sector have been of enormous proportions and have made it very difficult for most farmers to deal with the situation. At farm level, salinity has been a constraining factor...
Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris isolates affecting chickpea in Syria
Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris) is the most important soil-borne disease of chickpea in Syria. Seventy isolates of the wilt pathogen were isolated from diseased plant samples collected from farmers’ fields and research centers...
Genotyping and Genome Wide Association Studies in Barley
The training on “Genotyping and Genome Wide Association Studies in Barley” was organized from 17 to 22 June 2019 at ICARDA, Rabat, Morocco. The course was originally planned and designed to support the M.Sc. and Ph.D. students who are working at...
Framework for agricultural performance assessment based on MODIS multitemporal data
We present a hierarchical classification framework for automated detection and mapping of spatial patterns of agricultural performance using satellite-based Earth observation data exemplified for the Aral Sea Basin (ASB) in Central Asia. The...
Identification of chromosomal regions in the genetic control of quality traits in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) from the Fertile Crescent
Durum wheat genetic resources from Turkey and Syria are expected to harbor novel alleles for most traits that are of interest to breeders and consumers. However, there have not been sufficient efforts to investigate the genetic structure of this...
