On Assignment: Lebanon by Michael Major by Michael Major

On Assignment: Lebanon by Michael Major by Michael Major

On Assignment: Lebanon

By Michael Major
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Lebanon-1 (Seed from some crops like "Medicago" have to be painstakingly collected by hand in the field. Amina Jomaa collecting "Medicago" seed in regeneration plots. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-2 (Jostelle Al Beyrouthy. Collecting Medicago seed in regeneration plots of ICARDA Terbol. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-3 (Curator of Forages and Range Species Dr. Ali Shehadeh in an isolation cage. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-4 (Fawzi Sweid (right) sharing his experience in characterization learned over 30 years at ICARDA with Bachir Al-Awar (left) at the seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut’s AREC station near ICARDA’s Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-6 (Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-12 (Collecting wild wheat seed from regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-8 (Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-9 (2018. Dr. Ahmed Amri, Head of the Genetic Resources Unit, reviews seed regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut’s AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-10 (Dr. Mariana Yazbek, Genebank Manager, Lebanon in the seed regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA’s Terbol station in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-11 (Wheat. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-5 (Lentils. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-7 (Chickpea. Seed regeneration plots at American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-13 (Joud Kayyali, research technician. Seed regeneration plots at ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-14 (Joud Kayyali began working at ICARDA 13 years ago in Syria. She re-joined ICARDA in Lebanon to continue her work as a research technician in forage legume and range species crops. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-15 (Mariana Yazbek in active collection of ICARDA's genebank at Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-16 (2018. Mariana Yazbek and Ahmed Amri in the active collection of ICARDA's genebank at Terbol station in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. A new genebank was opened in Terbol in 2016. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-17 (Filippo Bassi, durum wheat breeder at ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-18 (Filippo Bassi, durum wheat breeder at ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-21 (Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Lentil breeder, at ICARDA plots at Terbol Station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-19 (Durum wheat breeding project. ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-20 (Durum wheat breeding project. ICARDA Terbol station. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-22 (Fatmeh Moussa. ICARDA Terbol genebank. Preparation for seed viability testing. Photo: Michael Major/Crop TrustPhoto: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Lebanon-23 (Mariam Fayad- Eng Aline Abou Zeidan – Maymona Sabra. Weighing seed and dividing for storage in active and base collections and at Svalbard. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

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