The six networks of the Regional Networks Project:

1. Wheat rusts: sources of primary inoculum of stem and leaf rusts, their pathways and sources of resistance
2. Management of wilt and root-rot diseases of cool-season food legumes (Ethiopia coordinated this network)
3. Integrated control of aphids and major virus diseases in cool-season food legumes and cereals
   
4. Thermo-tolerance in wheat and maintenance of yield stability in hot environments
5. Drought in barley and water-use efficiency in wheat
6. Socioeconomic studies

     National scientists develop research plans in multidisciplinary sessions led by a scientist who also serves as country Contact Scientist (CS). Network activities are finalized at a Regional Coordination Meeting at which country proposals are discussed in meetings of CSs convened by the Network Coordinator (NC). A Coordinator of the Regional Networks is appointed who works with respective technical NCs.
     Among the major achievements, Ethiopia has evaluated the performance of leaf and stem rust isogenic lines and identified effective resistance genes.
     Several lines of faba bean, chickpea, and lentil, with varying levels of resistance to Fusarium sp. and black root-rot, have been identified in sick-plot trials in Ethiopia. These sources of resistance have been pooled to form regional nurseries to be exchanged between the networking countries.