The document discusses projects aimed at improving durum wheat productivity and quality in North Africa and the Near East. It summarizes: - The WANADDIN and IRDEN projects from 1996-2006 that developed drought-tolerant and disease-resistant durum varieties, conducted socioeconomic studies, and trained farmers. - The impacts of improved technologies developed through these projects, including estimated yield increases of 15-65% across countries. - Ongoing efforts to continue building on these achievements through developing higher-yielding and quality varieties, on-farm demonstrations, seed production, and value-added processing.