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2013 has been a fruitful year for ICARDA marked by research accomplishments and a sense of gratitude. Our longstanding partner countries provided important support in making decentralization of the Center’s research a reality. This transition...

Drought is a major factor affecting cereal production in most the rainfed areas of West Asia and North Africa. Recent increases in drought frequency in Morocco have resulted in the yields of field crops being extremely variable and generally low...

Review of the progress and achievements in Capacity Building HSAD - Iraq program . Harmonized Support for Agriculture Development 2013-2014. The project is a research for development initiative that aims to improve the competitiveness of...

This chapter covers the Conservation Agriculture approach in West Asia (WA) region.

Participants at the international conference on policies for water and food security in the dry areas, held in June 2013, agreed that, given the fast pace of depletion of groundwater, the issue of water valuation in the dry areas is no longer...

Given their high-water efficiency and ability to withstand extremely dry conditions, cactus is increasingly being recognized as a more sustainable alternative to traditional livestock forage in dryland areas. This high-energy, nutrient-rich...

Soil salinity has become one of the major problems affecting crop production and food security in Mesopotamia, Iraq. There is a pressing need to quantify and map the spatial extent and distribution of salinity in the country in order to provide...

Capillary rise represents an often neglected fraction of the water budget that contributes to crop water demand in situations of shallow groundwater levels. Such a situation is typical in irrigated areas of Central Asia where water from...

Livestock rearing is an important pathway out of poverty for both pastoralist communities and mixed crop-livestock fanners in drylands. Pastoral cnt.ecprises make an important contribution to the state, as well as to the national economy...