ICARDA Annual Report 1984/85 major highlights:
Harsh season with severe frost (19 days, down to -10°C) followed by hot, dry weather. Crops were badly damaged, but conditions allowed scientists to test germplasm under combined frost and drought...
1983/84 was one of the driest years on record (210 mm at Tel Hadya, most before November), leaving crops without rain during growth. Severe drought hit both research trials and farmers’ fields.
1983/84 ICARDA Report major highlights:
1. Drought...
The 1982/83 season had unusual climatic conditions: rainfall was slightly below average, temperatures were lower (8.4°C vs. 10.2°C), and a new minimum of -9.8°C was recorded in January 1983. Frost was severe, with 52 frost days compared to the usual...
In 1930, French agricultural scientist Depois noted the challenges of agricultural research in rainfed North Africa due to climatic variability, a sentiment reinforced by Holme’s 1961 analysis of Tunisian cereal yields. ICARDA, acknowledging these...
ICARDA, established on January 1, 1977, focuses on enhancing food quality and availability in the West Asia-North Africa region, which has a population of 300 million. The Center aims to improve rainfed agricultural systems in an area with annual...
ICARDA's mandate commits the Center to a multi-disciplinary systems research approach with the object of developing improved farming systems to make more effective use of the limited rainfall available for
crop production, and to offer improved ways...
This publication highlights the key research findings of ICARDA for the year 1981, which also witnessed several significant changes in personnel and the organization's structure. On June 30, Dr. Harry S. Darling retired as the first Director General...
