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Using Wild Relative Species to Deliver Climate-Smart Crops to Farmers in Drylands

The three-year project DIIVA-PR, short for “Dissemination of Interspecific ICARDA Varieties and Elites through Participatory Research,” allows ICARDA’s scientists to work directly with farmers in Morocco, Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Senegal, and to conduct experimental trials at field stations. Based on the farmer’s preferences and using fast-track pre-multiplication procedures, the scientists will attempt to generate rapid changes in the old cultivars and improve them.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Publication year2018
RegionsAfrica; Near East
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.icarda.org/media/press-release/using-wild-relative-species-deliver-climate-smart-crops-farmers-drylands
KeywordsSeed management; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Food security
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