Caravan 20-21: Review of agriculture in the dry areas

Published Date
December 31, 2004
Type
Newsletter
Caravan 20-21: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
Authors:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

This issue of Caravan provides examples of the impact of ICARDA's collaborative research activities and expanding partnerships on improving livelihoods in the dry areas. In this issue:
a) Special Report: ICARDA and the Millennium Development Goals.
b) ICARDA Hosts Key CGIAR Meetings.
c) Inaugural Meeting of the Science Council.
d) Meeting of the Center Board Chairs (CBC).
e) Meeting of the Center Directors Committee (CDC).
f) Ties that Bind: IFAD President Visits ICARDA.
g) Taking Research to Fields in Iran: Wheat Self-Sufficiency in Sight.
h) Breeding Barley for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight.
i) IPM Options for Increased Wheat and Chickpea Production in Morocco.
j) ICARDA in Pakistan: Improving Livelihoods in the Barani (dry) Tract.

Citation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). (31/12/2004). Caravan 20-21: Review of agriculture in the dry areas. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Keywords:
farmers’ fields
combating desertification
self- sufficiency
resistance to fusarium
head blight
increased wheat production
increased chickpea production
barani
developing technologies
improving livelihoods
drought
poverty
wheat
groundwater
millennium development goals
ipm
sustainable use
yields