Abstract |
Summary of the 1972-73 season completes the second year of research results under the joint Government of Algeria contract. The Algerian Cereal Project receives technical assistance frorn three cooperating agencies, each charged with a specific section of the programas follows: 1. CIMMYT Responsible for all phases of cereal research, preliminary multiplication of cereals through foundation seed and the preliminary research involving the reintroduction of annual medic species in rotation with cereals. There are four experts stationed in three regional centers covering the entire cereal production area. This area extends 150 Km inland from the Mediterranean sea and from Morocco on the west for l000 Km to Tunisia on the east. 2- FAO Responsible for all the extension and demostration work in cereals. They have four agronomists stationed in the major cereal regions covering all of the cereal production. 3. CCCE (Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique) French technical assistance working in the three pilot zones in cooperation with the Algerian regional agricultural centers. They are providing assistance with demonstrations on pilot farms using recommended practices and advising for all cereals in the pilot regions. |