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As part of the ongoing Economics of Land Degradation initiative (www.eld-initiative.org) the proposal aims to value current land use strategies and feasible alternatives in economic-terms, in order to promote more sustainable land management that is also in line with national development goals.

In the agricultural Indian sector, there has been evidence of a lack of pulse's production. Even though in India, and particularly in the Odisha region, there is a huge potential of producing pulses, there are still deficiencies. To meet the gap, the State imports pulses as pulses are a significant source of protein and India accounts for 33 % of the world area under pulse crops. Since prices are getting higher, a coordinated scientific approach is needed to enhance sustainable pulse production. This project intends to improve the pulses scenario in the State given the low State productivity (509 kg/ha compared to the national average yield of 764 kg/ha), the inadequate pulses production in Odisha (total production of 1.06 million tons and a deficit of 0.22 million tons), and the low per capita pulses consumption leading to protein/vitamin mineral malnutrition (PVMM) mostly in women, children and girls.

The project aims at alleviating the three main constraints of the adoption of improved agricultural technologies, namely poor information transfer mechanisms, lack of advisory systems and financial services, and unavailability of timely and adequate inputs. This should enhance wide adoption of sustainable and productive farming practices and hence reduce poverty and increase national food security in Ethiopia.

This study will seek to strength a long-lasting partnership between ICARDA and NARS in targeted countries. The overall objective is to identify and characterize climate resilient wheat germplasm that can be used to develop high yielding varieties with improved adaptation to the drought and stress conditions prevalent in the WANA region. By trainings and workshops, the project will improve the capacity of the local research organizations to use modern genomic tools and techniques.

The overall project increases surveillance activities that maintain and improve established and successful core surveillance platforms for stem rust, with some inclusion of stripe rust with a special focus on East-Africa. At the same time it promotes improved genetic lines resistant to disease to increase yield, improving food security.

The project improves the house-hold nutritional security in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, establishing and integrated pulse production system in rice fallows.

This project aims to develop a combined multidisciplinary approach to transfer and implement technologies that will facilitate the development and adoption of wheat germplasm adapted to climate change (drought, heat and resistance to yellow rust) while ensuring sustainability and enhancing food security in Turkey, Iran and Morocco.