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Preface<br />

This volume comprises material presented at the First Regional Food Legume<br />

Improvement Workshop that was held at the University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria,<br />

on 2-7 May 1978. It constitutes a synopsis of the current status of food legume<br />

production in the countries of Western Asia and North Africa.<br />

The workshop was sponsored jointly by the <strong>International</strong> Center for<br />

Agricultural <strong>Research</strong> in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the University of Aleppo,<br />

and had as its primary aims the bringing together of research workers and other<br />

legume specialists from all parts of the region served by ICARDA, and the<br />

identification of priorities for research attention. More than 15 countries were<br />

represented, together with several international and regional research institutions<br />

concerned with food legume development. Different specific problem areas were<br />

examined on each of the five days and the workshop was structured so that the<br />

participants spent a considerable proportion of their time involved in small<br />

working parties designed to encourage stimulating discussion and to provide<br />

concrete recommendations for future research and development programs.<br />

The workshop and this resultant text are the first steps toward achieving an<br />

increasing awareness of the common problems facing food legume production and<br />

improvement in the region. They provide a solid base from which to develop<br />

appropriate cooperative strategies planned to minimize the constraints that at<br />

present limit the production of leguminous crops that are so important both to<br />

human nutrition and to the agricultural systems of West Asia and North Africa. It<br />

is hoped that future research and development will acquire new cohesion and<br />

greater strength from the firm foundations established by this workshop.<br />

Harry S. Darling<br />

Director-General<br />

ICARDA

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