Review of agriculture in the dry areas

In this special issue on Information and Communication Technology:

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• Wheat Expert System helps farmers in Egypt

Struggle Amid Tranquility
• GIS makes sense of villagers' resource dilemma

Texas and ICARDA Team Produces New Research Tool
•Digital Syrian Almanac, much more than maps

Bridging the Yield Gap in Central Asia
•Agroecological  Characterization gives scientists new perspective

Building and Sharing the Information Capital
• Information, the new precious currency of development

An ICARDA researcher uses a palm-top to record field trial data (above), and another researcher uses a touch screen and a computer to capture DNA marker data.