On Assignment: Morocco by Michael Major

On Assignment: Morocco by Michael Major

On Assignment: Morocco

By Michael Major
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Ramesh Verma, former barley breeder at ICARDA, inspects trials of crop wild relatives-derived barley lines at the Marchouch experimental field station in Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Lentil at ICARDA's Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Barley is the fourth most produced grain globally but is not currently attracting sufficient funding to ensure long-term breeding programs. The Crop Wild Relatives Project, which is financially supported by the Government of Norway, is helping to fill that gap by funding a barley pre-breeding project. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Jamal Mabrouki, ICARDA technician. Grasspea breeding at ICARDA's facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Grasspea breeding at ICARDA's facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Lentil pre-breeding at ICARDA's station in Marchouch, Morocco. Research tecnician Souad Alla. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Farmer Abdellah Bounagua. ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Farmer Ahmed El Amri. ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Farmer Ahmed El Aamri of Marchouch. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Farmer Abdellah Bounagua. ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines.

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Farmer Abdellah Bounagua. ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Marchouch, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Woman making masaman at roadside cafe in Tamallalt, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Woman making masaman at roadside cafe in Tamallalt, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Woman making masaman at roadside cafe in Tamallalt, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Noureddine El Haddad, ICARDA, at Tessaout. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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The diversity of barley on display in research fields in Morocco. Evaluation of CWR-derived barley lines at INRA's irrigated Tessaout station in Morocco as part of ICARDA's DIIVA project. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Evaluation of CWR-derived durum wheat lines at INRA's irrigated Tessaout station in Morocco as part of ICARDA's DIIVA project. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Farmer El Kbir Safraoui. ICARDA scientists working in the DIIVA Project visit on-farm trials near Tadla, Morocco to gather opinions of farmers about CWR-derived durum wheat lines. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Moroccan farmer El Kbir Safraoui is lending his voice to the Crop Wild Relatives Project work in Morocco, where farmers are evaluating barley derived from its wild relatives in their own fields. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Irrigation canal near Tadla, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Visit to the farm of Haddou Aaziz near Guigou, Morocco. Haddou is a participant of the ICARDA DIIVA project. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Visit to the farm of Haddou Aaziz near Guigou, Morocco. Haddou is a participant of the ICARDA DIIVA project. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Farmer with horse-drawn plow in Atlas Mountain near Guigou, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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INRA’S Annoceur research station in Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Andrea Visioni, ICARDA barley breeder, at INRA’S Annoceur research station in Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Nachit. Durum wheat trials for DIIVA project with farmer Aziz el Kaissi in Ait Bouhou, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Durum wheat trials for DIIVA project with farmer Aziz el Kaissi in Ait Bouhou, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Genebank Manager Athanasios Tsivelikas in active collection cold room, Rabat, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Barley seeds in active collection cold room of ICARDA's genebank in Rabat, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Hamza Jeddi,
Intern in Rhizobium Laboratory, ICARDA, Rabat, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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Aberkane Hafid,
Senior Research Assistant, in ICARDA's active collection cold room. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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A five-day road trip in Morocco to document a pre-breeding project for durum wheat, lentil and barley. Also a few hours to document the genebank of ICARDA and grasspea breeding.

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