Improving Water Productivity in the Dry Areas of West Asia and North Africa
In the dry areas, water, not land, is the limiting factor in improving agricultural production. Maximizing water productivity, and not yield per unit of land, is therefore a better strategy for on-farm water man- agement under such conditions...
This issue of Caravan presents the facts about drought, including efforts to more accurately predict its occurrence and severity. Agroclimatologists, for example, are making use of satellite imagery and geographical information systems in their...
Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains
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...
The world is witnessing a period in its history when the increasing socio-political upheavals are taking the lives of thousands, and destroying the natural wealth of our planet. Poverty and food insecurity are two key forces driving this...
The world is witnessing a period in its history when the increasing socio-political upheavals are taking the lives of thousands, and destroying the natural wealth of our planet. Poverty and food insecurity are two key forces driving this...
First record of Beet western yellows virus, Chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus, Faba bean necrotic yellows virus and Soybean dwarf virus infecting chickpea and lentil crops in Iran
An intensive survey was conducted during May–June, 2001 to identify virus diseases affecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and lentil (Lens culinaris) crops in five provinces (Qazvin, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan) of...
إيكاردا وسورية : خمسة وعشرون عاماً من التعاون والعطاء
استضافت حكومة الجمهورية العربية السورية المركز الدولي للبحوث الزراعية في المناطق الجافة والمعروف اختصاراً باسم إيكاردا منذ عام 1977 ليقوم بإجراء أبحاثه الهادفة لإيجاد أصناف جديدة وأساليب حديثة لإدارة الموارد الطبيعية ولتخرج نتائج هذه الأبحاث من...
