A new concept of irrigation response units for effective management of surface and groundwater resources - A case study from the multi-country Fergana valley, Central Asia.
When estimating canal water supplies for largescale irrigation schemes and especially in arid regions worldwide, the impact of all factors affecting the gross irrigation requirements (GIR) are not properly accounted for, which results in...
Relative Yield, Profit and Water Productivity of Crops in IGNP Stage-I
The choice of an appropriate crop and cropping systems is essential for achieving higher yield, profit and resource use efficiencies. Yield, returns and water productivity are important factors for determining suitability of crops and cropping...
ABC Australia interviews Dr. Andrew Noble, Deputy Director Research, ICARDA
International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) works in a number of fragile countries experiencing conflicts such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan...
Impacts of Irrigation on Agricultural Productivity in Egypt
This paper investigates the impacts of the main primary production factors (e.g. seed, nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.), on the total production of the main crops produced in Egypt (cotton, berseem, maize, rice and wheat), with special emphasis on...
ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, the non-tropical...
Identification and Mapping of Drought Resistance QTLs in Common Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) in Terbol ICARDA Station, Lebanon
This thesis was submitted by Choghag Demirjian in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MSc Degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Lebanese University, under the co-supervision of Dr. Lamis Chalak (Lebanese University) and Dr...
How climate-smart technologies from drylands research add value to national climate change plans.
Innovations from agricultural research have solutions that add value to country investment plans tto combat climate change and meeting Sustainable Development Goals.
ICARDA offers a range of tested technologies and practices. They are...
Climate-smart crops and know-how from the dry lands brings solutions to all countries
The genetic makeup of native plants and animals in drylands countries is well adapted to resist the harsh conditions that climate change brings – hotter, drier, less predictable and more extreme climate events.
A Final Stepping Stone for Smallholders to Zero-Till Farming
Can sowing the seeds without tilling give better results than the age-old practice of ploughing? Wheat farmers from Hama, Syria found out for themselves when they ventured to experiment their wheat crop with zero till (ZT) and were astounded to...
