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1 Workshop Wheat Production Technologies for farmers to face Climate Change challenges General Programme 25 April 2010 Arrival of participants Transfer to hotel El MOURADI (Gammarth) 26 April 2010 Field visits Conservation Agriculture Farm Field demonstration: Bechir Mestiri - Ksar Echeikh (Beja) Farm Field demonstration: Mondher Gharbi - Amdoun (Beja) Lunch at INGC (Institut National des Grandes Cultures) - Bou Salem Visit of trials at the Experimental station of INGC at Marja & Koudia Visit of A.P.A.D demonstration field at Ben Bechir (Boussalem) 27 April 2010 Workshop on Conservation Agriculture (INAT) 28 April 2010 Field Visits Septoria management On farm Septoria assessment «North West Sub-Humid region» : Mateur Ain Chalou (Beja) Lunch at Beja Visit to the experimental station of Beja (screening for Septoria) 29 April 2010 Workshop on Septoria management (INAT) 30 April 2010 Field Visits North West Semi-Arid : Experimental station INRAT-Kef and ESAK Lunch at ESA Kef

2 Workshop on Conservation Agriculture 27 April 2010 (INAT) Registration Session 1: Opening Chair: A. Daaloul / E. Hamza Program presentation Key note presentation Session 2: Conservation Agriculture: towards sustainable production systems Chair: M. El Mourid Technical presentations Can conservation agriculture meet the specific demands of the post-soviet production systems of Central Asia? Some lessons learnt Conservation Agriculture Based on Direct Drilling in Tunisia: a case of technology transfer Conservation Agriculture Based on Direct Drilling in Tunisia: advantages, constraints and system sustainability IRESA ICARDA/CIMMYT A.Yahyaoui Ir. Bram Govaerts/CIMMYT, Mexico K. Kienzler/ ICARDA - Central Asia M. Ben HAMMOUDA/ESAK Tunisia H. Ben Haj Salah/INGC, Tunisia Coffee Break Session 3: Chair: H. Ben Haj Salah Technical presentations Using decision support and Thresholds for control of Septoria. Optimizing control of Septoria L. Nistrup Jørgensen /AARHUS, Denmark

3 Organic stock of soil; conservation agriculture vs conventional agriculture in north Tunisia Water dynamics in cropped soils; direct drilling vs conventional drilling Environmental Evaluation of Agricultural practices in field crops» Crop Rotation and Water Conservation in Semi Arid Environment Farmers experience (A.P.A.D) N. Ben Aissa/INAT, Tunisia I.Nouiri/ESAK, Tunisa M. Annabi/INAT, Tunisia M. Rezgui & M. Ben Younes/Tunisia Closing Chair: A. Mougou Round table discussion (INAT) Moderator: M. Ben Hammouda & B. Govaerts

4 Workshop on Septoria management (INAT) 29 April 2010 (INAT) Registration Session 1: Chair: A. Mougou/E. Hamza Opening Program Presentation Key note presentation Review of past and present research on septoria tritici Session 2: Chair: E. Hamza Technical Presentations (Breeding) Progress in Breeding for resistance to Septoria tritici blotch in Durum Wheat Breeding for septoria resistance in durum wheat at ICARDA Enhancing research on septoria through International collaboration. Case study CIMMYT-Tunisia collaborative Septoria research Wheat Septoria tritici leaf blotch in Morocco: where are we? Coffee Break Session 3: K. Masmoudi Technical Presentations (Molecular Aspects) IRESA ICARDA/CIMMYT A. Yahyaoui M. Harrabi/INAT, Tunisia M. S. Gharbi M. Nachit/ICARDA K. Ammar/CIMMYT A.Ramdani& N. Nsarelhaq INRA, Morocco

5 "Development of septoria tritici leaf blotch researches at INRA Bioger-CPP: Th. C. Marcel /INRA-Agro Paris Tech from the epidemiologist to the molecularist point of view" M. graminicola: genome structure and S. Ben M'Barek /Netherland pathogenicity Genetic analysis of durum wheat S. Hamza/INAT, Tunisia resistance to leaf blotch and developing AFLP markers for resistance Emergence of new mitochondrial S. Boukef/INAT, Tunisia haplotype of M. Graminicola in North Africa Developing molecular tools to asses W. Hamada/INAT, Tunisia wheat-septoria interaction in Tunisia Session 4: B. Nasraoui Technical Presentations (Control Methods) Chemical control of septoria J. Haber/BASF, Germany Assessment of chemical control of M. Fakhfakh/INGC, Tunisia Septoria General Discussion Closing Chair: Daaloul Table Round Discussion Moderators: A. Yahyaoui Th. C. Marcel

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