Model for seed production of resilient salt-tolerant crop species for Climate Smart Agriculture in Egypt

Thematic Areas: Crop productivity and diversification

Geographical Scope: Egypt

Timeline: March, 2015 - March, 2018

Funding Agency: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-Grand Challenge, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands (MFA-NL)

Collaboration Programme Euphrates and Tigris

Thematic Areas: Assessment of Natural Resources in Marginal Environments

Geographical Scope: Euphrates and Tigris basin countries (Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq)

Timeline: January, 2014 - January, 2018

Feasibility of nano-filtration for desalinization of saline/seawater used for irrigating vegetable crops under Qatar conditions

Thematic Areas: Assessment of natural resources in marginal environments 

Geographical Scope: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Timeline: January, 2015 - January, 2018

Genetic studies of salinity tolerance in barley in field conditions

Thematic Areas: Crop productivity and diversification

Geographical Scope: MENA, South Asia and Central Asia

Timeline: November, 2013 - December, 2017

The impact of the rhizosphere microbiota on root system development and tolerance to environmental constraints in cereals

Thematic Areas: Crop productivity and diversification

Geographical Scope: Middle East and North Africa

Timeline: January, 2015 - December, 2017