This issue highlights are:
a) We can feed the world. A distinguished speaker calls for more support for agricultural research.
b) Harry Darling remembered: honoring ICARDA's first Director General.
c) International Cooperation: building the...
Achieving sustainable increases in agricultural productivity in dry areas presents a significant challenge. These regions are characterized by low and variable rainfall, limited conventional water resources, and a continually decreasing share of...
Six hundred and five faba bean genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to a Syrian isolate (SV205-85) of bean yellow mosaic potyvirus (BYMV). The preliminary evaluation of the different genotypes response to infection was conducted under...
A survey of faba bean and chickpea for virus infection, conducted during February 1994 in the Sudan, showed that bean yellow mosaic potyvirus and broad bean mottle bromovirus occurred commonly in both crops. Chickpea chlorotic dwarf geminivirus (CCDV...
In this issue of Caravan, water is featured as a key item because of its importance. Water harvesting is just one aspect of improved water use. If the balance between water supply and demand cannot be put right, the consequences for food supply and...
The season under review in this volume represented a milestone in the progress of ICARDA. It
marked the end of the service of several veteran Board members and of the Director General, and
the election of a new Board Chair and a new Director General...
An institution such as ICARDA that aims at maintaining the high standards and dynamism of its work must have a suitable mechanism for monitoring the progress of its performance and evalu¬ating the relevance of its mandate and mission in everchanging...
