Variety development, Seed Health Testing, field inspection and variety certification
Event
Wad Medani, Sudan
Statistical Analysis of Agricultural Field Experiments using GenStat
Organized by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) In partnership with Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) Funded by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic...
Advanced Technologies to Improve Sheep and Goat Production
Publication
April 27, 2017
How Investment in RD&E Offset the Negative Impact of Climate Change on the Tunisian Agricultural Productivity Sector
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of research, development extension (RD&E) and climate change (measured in terms of change in rainfall) on the productivity growth of agriculture in Tunisia during the period 1970-2011, using output...
Development of Molecular Markers for Iron Metabolism Related Genes in Lentil and Their Expression Analysis under Excess Iron Stress
Multiple genes and transcription factors are involved in the uptake and translocation of iron in plants from soil. The sequence information about iron uptake and translocation related genes is largely unknown in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)...
Conserving the fragile biodiversity of the world's dry areas
Conserving the fragile biodiversity of dryland regions helps ensure the preservation of vital genetic material – the genetic material we need to breed resilient crops and confront the worsening impacts of climate change. Since its inception in...
ICARDA, FAO join forces to promote decent work and gender equality in Egypt
Beirut – The stakeholder validation workshop on rural women and decent employment in Egypt, organized jointly by the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Sélection de lignées d’orge (Hordeum vulgare L.) pour leur résistance au barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) et évaluation de leurs performances agronomiques
Le virus de la jaunisse nanisante de l’orge ou « barley yellow dwarf virus » (BYDV) est connu comme étant le virus le plus important se répandant sur les céréales. En Tunisie, les contaminations peuvent dépasser 40 % sur orge dans certaines...