{"id":1877,"date":"2022-07-15T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/?page_id=1877"},"modified":"2023-10-04T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:35:15","slug":"barley-in-detail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annual-report.icarda.org\/2021\/barley-in-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"Barley in Detail"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1877\" class=\"elementor elementor-1877\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ce78e48 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6ce78e48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28b3fe16\" data-id=\"28b3fe16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cece38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cece38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barley in Detail<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ed1c46f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ed1c46f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ccdd36a\" data-id=\"7ccdd36a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321f29c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321f29c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #383838;font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\"><strong>Barley promotes food and feed security by increasing animal and crop output per unit area and providing food, feed, forage, and malt. It is the ultimate multipurpose crop in the Middle East and North Africa\u2019s drylands, with 3.3\u202fmillion hectares planted primarily in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. <\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color: #383838;font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\">Barley is the sole and often the last choice for many traditional subsistence farmers to feed their cattle, especially during dry years. Even when conditions are ideal, turning a profit on a product is difficult. By the end of the century, climate change is anticipated to cut rainfall by up to 50\u202fpercent and raise temperatures by up to 4 degrees Celsius in the region. As a result, new technologies must be developed and deployed to boost production per unit area in the face of climate change. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icarda.org\/research\/climate-smart-crops\/barley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICARDA Global Barley Breeding program\u00a0<\/a>has developed new barley genotypes, producing at least 10\u202fpercent more grain and straw under severe drought conditions than conventional varieties. New wild relative-derived genotypes with consistently higher beta-glucan content for increased nutritional value have also been developed, with new genotypes producing 30\u202fpercent more forage production than conventional varieties.<\/p><p style=\"color: #383838;font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\">A total of 180 new elite barley genotypes have been distributed to 36 collaborators in 19 countries upon demand. The program receives funds from the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Crop Diversity Trust, and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p style=\"color: #383838;font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\"><i>Significant\u202f 2021 \u202fdevelopments in our work on barley were:<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-405f61b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"405f61b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-19549bde\" data-id=\"19549bde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217990d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"217990d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-accordion{text-align:start}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item{border:1px solid #d5d8dc}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item+.elementor-accordion-item{border-top:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{margin:0;padding:15px 20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{display:inline-block;width:1.5em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon svg{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-opened,.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{display:none;padding:15px 20px;border-top:1px solid #d5d8dc}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px 15px}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{width:1.2em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{padding:7px 15px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-accordion,.e-con>.elementor-widget-accordion{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5611\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5611\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-double-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Special nurseries shared with collaborators in United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5611\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5611\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two special nurseries targeting feed barley were shared with collaborators in United Arab Emirates in 2021. The first consisted of 100 new elite genotypes to be tested as an observation nursery under local conditions. The best lines from this will be selected and promoted for further testing. The second nursery consisted of 1\u202fkilogram of seven elite feed genotypes and has been tested in farmer fields.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2021 also saw two new special nurseries, one targeting food and fodder barley and another one targeting malt and fodder barley, shared with barley breeders from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. The 300 elite lines in these nurseries were tested in the field and more than 100 were promoted to be tested at larger scale.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5612\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5612\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-double-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Shared trials of new barley lines in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5612\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5612\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">2021<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\"> saw<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">first<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">shared<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">trial<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">of<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178865320 BCX8\">Maghreb-ICARDA<\/span> <span 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aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-double-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Diversification of wheat-based cropping in the Ethiopia Highlands <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5613\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5613\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Due to the low productivity of major cool-season cereals and food legumes, smallholder farmers in Ethiopia are increasingly abandoning traditional practices of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> high crop diversity in favor of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">growing more bread wheat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Increased wheat monocropping lowers soil fertility, increases the risk of disease epidemics, and reduces the dietary diversity of farmers. ICARDA, in partnership with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/africa-rising.net\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Africa RISING <\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, has diversified the wheat-based system in four intervention zones, releasing wheat, barley, and food legume varieties. Once validated, the seeds of these farmer-selected cultivars have been produced through community seed production schemes involving individual farmers and seed producing unions. In the 2020\/2021 cropping season, 161 male and female farmers and seed growers in nine districts produced 349\u202ftons of wheat, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">barley <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and faba bean seeds. &nbsp; <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <b>certified<\/b> seeds will be exchanged and sold to other farmers and will contribute to alleviating seed shortages in the intervention areas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de92709 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de92709\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5a8026\" data-id=\"f5a8026\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04e3a65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04e3a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FEATURE VIDEO<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12810dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12810dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">dryland window<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ea7ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0ea7ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=HTdEEbFO3D8&amp;list=PLUpgKcbSRk6KKjXnY5bxm4KanhSJcFwS4&amp;index=7&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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