Output 1. Germplasm with Higher and Stable Yield, Better Biotic Stress Resistance
and Better Quality
Output 2: Methodology to Enhance Adoption Developed
Output 3: Breeding Methodology for Stress Environments Developed
Output 4: New Methodologies Disseminated
Output 5: NARS Research Capabilities Improved

Output 1: Adapted Genotypes with High and Stable Yield, Resistant to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses, and with Improved Grain Quality.
Output 2: New Breeding Methodology for Mediterranean Dry Lands further Made Efficient and Developed to Generate Better Adapted Material.
Output 3: Improvement of Breeding Methodology for Temperate, Continental, and High Elevation Areas.
Output 4: Identified Improved Varieties for Commercial Production.
Output 5: Enhancement of NARS Research Capabilities.

Output 1: Spring Bread Wheat Genotypes with High and Stable Yield, Resistant/ Tolerant to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses, and Better Grain Quality.
Output 2: Breeding Methodology for Stress Environments Improved.
Output 3: New Breeding Methodologies Disseminated.
Output 4: Identified Improved Varieties for Commercial Production.
Output 5: Enhanced NARS Research Capabilities.

Output 1: Wheat Germplasm with Improved Yield Potential, Enhanced Adaptation to
Local Environments, and Better Grain Quality Developed for NARS Use.
Output 2: Improved Understanding of Cultivar Response to Abiotic Stresses Achieved,
Used in Breeding, and Made Accessible to NARS.
Output 3: Genetic Diversity for Enhanced Tolerance To Biotic Stresses Improved.
Output 4: Strategies to Improve Technology Adoption Developed and Implemented.
Output 5: NARS Capacity for Wheat Research in the Highlands Strengthened.

Output 1: Improved Methodologies for Food Legume Breeding i.e. Decentralized Breeding,Marker-Assisted Selection, Durable Disease Resistance Breeding and
Automation.
Output 2: 20 Researchers/Year Trained on Breeding Philosophies, Selection Methods andTechniques Related to Food Legume Germplasm Enhancement in the Target Areas of the Project.
Output 3: Lentil: Improved Production Practices and Genetic Stocks with Increased
Biomass for Food and Feed and Resistance to Key Stresses (Winter
Cold, Drought, Vascular Wilt, Rust and Ascochyta Blight).
Output 4: Lentil: Transgenic Lentils with the Appropriate Bt Toxin Gene to Control Sitona Weevil and Herbicide Resistance for Orobanche Control.
Output 5: Kabuli Chickpea: Germplasm with Large Seed, Durable Sources of Resistanceto Ascochyta Blight, Fusarium wilt,Insect Pests, Cold and Drought in
those Combinations Required by the Target Environment.
Output 6: Kabuli Chickpea: Widening the Genetic Base of Kabuli Chickpea and Introgression of Desirable Genes for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, High Biomass, and other Important Traits from Wild Annual Wild Cicer Species to the Cultivated Kabuli Type.
Output 7: Faba Bean: Gene Pools for West Asia,North Africa, the Nile Valley, and
China for Recurrent Selection for Adaptation and High Yield and Biotic Stress Resistance.
Output 8: Alternative Plant Types (Independent Vascular System, Determinate and Auto-Fertile Populations) of Faba Bean for NARS and their Recombination with Biotic Stress Resistance.