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Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains

Published Date
June 30, 2002
Type
Newsletter
Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains
Authors:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

In this special issue to mark the International Year of Mountains:
Rebuilding Afghanistan's agriculture - Future Harvest Consortium meets critical need for seed;
Reclaiming ancient techniques - Terrace rehabilitation in Yemen and Peru, and pitcher irrigation in Syria;
Crops that fend for themselves - Iranian cooperators help unlock the secrets of natural weed suppression;
What gladiators ate for lunch - Improving food barley through farmer participatory selection in the highlands;
Why wait for spring - Winter lentil for the highlands of Turkey;
Goats, or scapegoats - In search of the true cause of forest degradation in Peru.
In general this issue of Caravan presents a sample of success stories from ICARDA's work in mountainous
areas in CWANA.

Citation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). (30/6/2002). Caravan 16: Special Issue to Mark The International Year of Mountains. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
DOI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7635
Keywords:
farmers' selection
integrated natural resources management
terrace rehabilitation
pitcher irrigation
natural weed suppression
winter lentil
scapegoats
restoring food security
post-conflict
rebuilding agriculture
cwana
food security
nutrition
water
water management
goats
farmers
highlands
forest degradation
people's democratic republic of yemen