Please visit us at the joint ICARDA-FAO booth at SIAM’s International Pavilion. Most events will take place at the “Agora pour la Résilience” (event space behind the ICARDA-FAO booth).
To celebrate the foundation of the Food Legume Research Platform, ICARDA organized a Partners Meet and Farmers' Day on 24th February 2024, bringing together over 500 farmers, collaborators, and scientists from partner institutes.
Dr. Mahmoud Solh received the FAO 70th Anniversary Commemorative Medal for his lifetime contributions to global food security and continuous support to FAO’s work in the region.
Land degradation, climate change and water scarcity were some of the big priorities discussed at the 12th session of the COP12 of the UNCCD held in Ankara, Turkey in October.
In 2015, more than 10,000 farmers across the eight project countries were exposed to improved and affordable technologies both in wheat and food legumes crops.
ICARDA and CIMMYT propose ‘Wheat for Africa’ which aims to increase Africa’s wheat food and nutritional security through enhanced domestic production by 2025.