Impact Stories

Our research focuses on the needs and priorities of smallholder farmers and the rural communities that depend on them for their livelihoods - with a view to increasing agricultural productivity and developing opportunities for better market integration and economic growth. We also develop technologies and innovations that promote the sustainable use of natural resources and biodiversity, creating greater resilience to climate change.

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ICARDA managed a USAID-funded initiative to strengthen agricultural value chains in post-conflict Iraqi

April 01, 2019

Supporting rural people as they transition from conflict and instability

Countries emerging from conflict and instability need urgent help to rebuild their devastated agricultural sectors. ICARDA uses experience gained over the past four decades to help rural people recover and thrive.

Female farmer drying lentils in Ethiopia. Photo Credit: Dagnachew Welde Giorgis

February 10, 2019

Lentil farming and gender norms in Ethiopia

Understanding gender norms helps address the constraints that affect the resilience of both men and women.

ICARDA has worked alongside communities in Ethiopia to improve the effectiveness of food production systems through integrated approaches to watershed management

January 20, 2019

A 'systems' approach to serve communities in the dry areas

In the face of complex dryland agro-ecosystems, research efforts often address only a part of the problem rather than deal with all its dimensions ...

Constructing micro-catchments through the use of Vallerani plows is enhancing water harvesting in Jordan.

January 20, 2019

Producing ‘more with less’

The dry areas of the developing world face extreme levels of land and water degradation, and climate change is making an already desperate situation ...

Ali Shehadeh, ICARDA scientist, in Terbol Station, Lebanon (Photo: Sébastien Mesquida)

January 20, 2019

Documentary: Seeds of War

Established in 1985, ICARDA's genebank offers a valuable collection of resources for drylands agrobiodiversity, holding in trust more than 157,000 accessions.

Direct seeder sowing cereal. Photo: Salah Ben Youssef / INRAT

January 20, 2019

A model farmer adopts conservation agriculture in North Africa

Good agricultural practices should protect the environment and integrate crop and livestock production.

In Afghanistan, farmers have benefited from capacity strengthening opportunities, improved crop varieties, and the introduction of proven agronomic practices.

January 09, 2019

Post-conflict rehabilitation

Conflict not only takes a toll on human life but can also threaten the survival of agricultural production systems. Post-conflict countries are often forced ...

Heat-tolerant wheat varieties are generating up to six tons per hectare in northern Nigeria

January 09, 2019

Breeding resilient crops of the future

Confronted with extreme temperatures, widespread land degradation, and increasing water scarcity, dryland farmers often struggle to raise their productivity and yields. Production of staple ...

The research platform has already begun helping the region to absorb latest agricultural innovation (Photo: ICARDA)

December 16, 2018

Facilitating technology dissemination in central India

ICARDA’s research platform brings agricultural innovation to the field.