|
|
International
& Regional Networks - SubRegional
Networks
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SubRegional
Networks
Networks operating under the Nile Valley and
Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP):
Title: Control
of Wheat Rusts:Sources of Primary Inoculums and Resistance to Yellow,Stem
and Leaf Rusts of Wheat.
Objectives/Activities: Monitoring the
physiologic races of rusts (stem, leaf and yellow rusts), their composition,
frequency and virulence. Identifying the effective genes that condition
resistance against the prevailing and newly developed rust races. yielding
genotypes. Studying through forecasting studies the factors responsible
for rust epiphytotics in each country. Demonstration on farmers' fields
of improved wheat cultivars with resistance to different rust races.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved: Egypt,
Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA
Donor Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:
Management
of Wilt and Root Rot Diseases of Cool Season Food Legumes
Objectives/Activities: Identification
of races of Fusarium wilt pathogens at national levels and their geographical
contribution at the regional level. Development of integrated disease
management measures, Demonstration of available control measures for
wilt and root-rot diseases in legumes crops. Identification of sources
of resistance to wilt and root-rots at national and regional levels.
Coordinator:EARO, Ethiopia.
Countries/Institutions involved:
Egypt, Ethiopia,
Sudan, ICARDA, ICRISAT.
Donor Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title: Integrated
Control of Aphids and Major Virus Diseases in Cool Season Food Legumes
and Cereals.
Objectives/Activities: Creation of
data bases on the temporal and spatial population dynamics of iruliferous
virus vectoring aphids. Identification of germplasm resistant to specific
viruses. Development of integrated management practices that will decrease
aphid populations and the incidence of the viral infections that they
transmit to wheat, barley and faba bean.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved:
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor
Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title: Integrated
Management of Chocolate Spot Disease of Faba Bean.
Objectives/Activities: Studies of
integrated management of chocolate spot, using resistant cultivars and
cultural practices. Evaluation on farmers' fields in Egypt and Ethiopia,
of available IPM practices identified in on-station research and verification
of their performance. Collection and characterization of isolates of
Botrytis spp. at national and regional levels.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved:Egypt,
Ethiopia, ICARDA.
Donor Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:
Thermotolerance
in Wheat and
Maintenance of Yield Stability in Hot Environments.
Objectives/Activities: Identification
of physiological and morphological traits for improving wheat adaptation
to heat. Development of heat tolerant high yielding cultivars and selection
of the best for commercial production after demonstration of their yield
potential on farmers' fields with the participation of farmers and extension
workers.
Coordinator:ARC, Egypt
Countries/Institutions involved:
Egypt, Ethiopia,
Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor
Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title: Drought
And Water Use Efficiency in Cereals and Food Legumes.
Objectives/Activities: Development
and identification of high yielding wheat, barley, lentil and chickpea
cultivars that require less water, tolerate moisture stress in irrigated
areas and drought in rainfed areas. Development of improved production
packages comprising moisture stress tolerant cultivars, effective irrigation
regimes/moisture conservation systems and appropriate cultural practices
to utilize water more efficiently.
Coordinator:ARC, Sudan.
Countries/Institutions involved:
Egypt, Ethiopia,
Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor
Support: IFAD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title:
Socio-Economic
Studies
Objectives/Activities:Identification
of production constraints for target crops in target environments in
a participatory approach. Quantification of the impact and distribution
of benefits from the use of improved technology at the farm level. Incorporation
of socioeconomic research results in the technology generation process
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural research
and the technology transfer process.
Coordinator:ARC, Sudan.
Countries/Institutions involved:
Egypt,
Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, ICARDA.
Donor
Support: IFAD
|
|
|
|
|
|
