On 14-17 January 2002, FAO, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Institution de Recherche et Enseignement Supérieur Agricole (IRESA), Tunisia, organised an international workshop on "Food barley improvement" in Hammamet, Tunisia. Proceedings of the workshop, edited by S. Grando and H. Gómez Macpherson, are now available, entitled "Food barley: Importance, uses and local knowledge". During the workshop, participants presented the status of food barley in their respective countries, including descriptions of traditional and new uses of barley, varieties, research activities (e.g. use of hybridisation, mutation breeding and doubled haploids in Peru), and the importance of food barley as compared to feed and malting barley. See http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Publications/Price_List/book3/food%20barley.pdf (1.13 MB) or contact [email protected] for more information.

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