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June 11, 2023
ICARDA's Resilient Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Systems (RASP) team has published a paper that identifies preferred traits in goats by pastoralists in Ethiopia. Understanding these preferences is crucial for designing improvement and conservation strategies for sustainable pastoralism in the country.
June 08, 2023
CGIAR's Plant Health Initiative has selected the ICARDA Terbol Research Station as the site for the Plant Health Innovation Platform for CWANA.
Lebanon, May 13, 2023: The launch of the platform at Qob Elias Village in southern Lebanon was attended by farmers and key...
May 29, 2023
On May 22, 2023, ICARDA hosted a partner field day at its Terbol Research Station in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, showcasing its groundbreaking and transformative dryland agri-innovations.
May 23, 2023
CGIAR's System Board Chair, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, represented CGIAR at the AfDB's Annual Meetings to update key stakeholders on CGIAR's efforts to support zero hunger in Africa by 2030.
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January 13, 2023
Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA, recently led a series of high-level consultations on priorities for the ICARDA breeding research agenda until 2030.
December 27, 2022
ICARDA and The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) share knowledge for improved systemic approaches in pastoralism and climate change mitigation in Africa.
December 27, 2022
At the EiA learning event, ICARDA’s Soil, Water, and Agronomy Research Team brought together partners and researchers to report, reflect, and synthesize on efforts to modernize agronomy research.
December 27, 2022
ICARDA MEL team was chosen as a finalist for the CGIAR Inclusive Team Award – CGIAR's first-ever Inclusive Workplace Awards, recognizing efforts to advance gender equity and support inclusivity in the workplace.
December 11, 2022
ICARDA held a productive management training course on modern irrigation, and data collection on effective agricultural water management in October 2022 in the city of Aleppo.
November 28, 2022
ICARDA’s Soil, Water and Agronomy (SWA) Team in partnership with Food and Agriculture (FAO) will hold a dryland agriculture session in the FAO’s 2nd Global Framework on Water Scarcity and Agriculture (WASAG).
November 13, 2022
COP27 was marked by a significant change in discourse towards the key role that agri-food systems transformation can play in climate ada[atation and mitigation.
November 13, 2022
Within FAO’s NENA Water Scarcity Initiative (WSI), ICARDA, in collaboration with FAO in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia, has established and operated an ET measurement network since 2020.
November 09, 2022
Ministerial Session for African and Arab Ministers of Agriculture and CGIAR at COP27. The high-level session will build on contemporary issues and steps taken by countries of the region to promote food security using science and innovation.