Featured Blogs
August 08, 2023
The recent record-breaking heatwaves are seriously threatening our ability to produce food. Aly Abousabaa comments on why global leaders need to start funding food systems transformation, and urgent;y.
August 09, 2023
Three ICARDA early-career scientists attended a 2-day career development workshop at the prestigious John Innes Centre in Norwich, England. The training covered key aspects of managing science projects and included a focus on removing gender bias in research.
August 10, 2023
In celebration of International Youth Day, we had a captivating discussion with Muhammed Dayyabu, a promising PhD student, as he shared his remarkable journey and ambitious vision for the agricultural sector.
June 27, 2023
A father teaches his daughter beekeeping skills, she helps him leverage new technologies to access tools for better bee health and up-to-date information.
Recent Blogs
June 15, 2023
For World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought we discuss an ICARDA study that highlights the gender-specific challenges dryland women face in the equitable use and sustainable management of rangelands.
May 22, 2023
Neglected crops improve soil health, reduce water usage, provide a nutritious food source, and enhance biodiversity. Yet they are overlooked. We discuss their benefits and what they offer to climate-smart food system transformation.
May 18, 2023
Narrowing the gender digital divide, supporting rural women's livelihoods, and promoting biodiversity through beekeeping as an opportunity for income-generating environmentally sustainable activities.
March 21, 2023
ICARDA’s agri-water innovations and approaches help farmers to “Be the Change” for better water use in dryland agriculture.
March 15, 2023
To help farmers cope with the country's severe droughts, ICARDA, INRA-Morocco, and Benchaib Semences recently released six new drought-tolerant varieties of durum wheat and barley through the DIIVA-PR Project, funded by the Crop Trust.
March 07, 2023
A new strategy identifies priorities to advance gender equality in agriculture in the MENA region for adapting and building resilience to climate change.
February 09, 2023
ICARDA's Climate Change Advisor, Dr. Roula Majdalani, discusses her professional journey and contributions to climate-related agricultural science and why groundbreaking research is vital to inform policymaking that facilitates the scale-up and adoption of transformative climate-smart approaches.
February 09, 2023
The Africa RISING project diversifies wheat-based production systems by integrating high yielding and pest resistant food legume crops into the cropping system. Easy access for farmers to quality seeds produced by community seed producers is the key to the project.
February 03, 2023
ICARDA in partnership with the FAO, held a regional symposium to bring together the NENA Evapotranspiration Network of experts in the field of evapotranspiration.