Adjusted Crop Coefficient for Wheat Using Energy Balance Systems in North Nile Delta of Egypt
Accurate crop coefficient (Kc) is essential for optimizing irrigation water use as well as enlargement water productivity in agriculture. This study aims to update the Kc values for wheat in the North Nile Delta, Egypt, using an energy balance...
Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Capacity and In Vitro Glycemic Index of Traditional Noodle (EriSte) High in Plant-Based Protein and <i>β</i>-Glucan Content
Traditional noodle samples (erişte) were supplemented with hull-less barley and lentil flours as the source of β-glucan and protein at different ratios and their cooking quality, phenolic content, antioxidant capacity and estimated GI values...
Morphological and molecular insights of root dynamics in rice-fallow lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)
Lentil is a promising crop for diversifying the vast, untapped rice-fallows of South Asia. However, augmenting lentil productivity in this niche remains a key challenge due to poor soil biophysical properties. Research gap on root trait...
Political Economy of the Wheat Sector in Egypt: Seed Systems, Varietal Adoption, and Impacts
Wheat has been an important food staple in Egypt from time immemorial and remains one of the most (if not the single most) important food security crops in the country. Currently, wheat provides one-third (35 percent) of the typical Egyptian’s...
Genomic analysis association of tolerance to heat stress in subtropical Egyptian goats Raised in hot dry environment
The study investigated subtropical Egyptian goat populations (382 does) from different hot dry ecological zones (Upper Egypt, Coastal Zone of Western Desert, and New Valley Desert Oasis) to identify genes associated with tolerance to heat stress...
ARC and ICARDA Launch New Book on the Political Economy of Egypt’s Wheat Sector
On 9 November 2025, the Agricultural Research Center (ARC), together with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and National Agricultural Research System (NARS) partners, launched the book Political Economy...
Multifunctional roles of intercropping in the management of insect pests affecting pulse crops: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis
Pulse crops such as faba beans, chickpea and lentils are an important contributor to the necessary food thanks to their richness of proteins and low-fat content, in addition to the presence of fibers and bioactive components. However, like all...
Exploring genetic variation and stripe rust resistance in ICARDA's spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using GWAS in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, poses a major threat to global wheat (Triticum aestivum) production. This study assessed stripe rust resistance in 154 spring bread wheat genotypes from ICARDA, tested across four...
Transforming soil quality index predictions in the Nile River Basin using hybrid stacking machine learning techniques
This study highlights the importance of sustainable land management in preserving soil health and agricultural productivity, particularly in mitigating land degradation. Soil Quality Index (SQI) was assessed in Egypt’s Nile River Basin using 266...
A novel framework for flood susceptibility assessment using hybrid analytic hierarchy process-based machine learning methods
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) based on six machine learning models in predicting flood susceptibility in the Dwarakeswar river basin in Eastern India. Fifteen flood conditioning factors were...
