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November 01, 2020
ICARDA and partners impress the global big data community with their digital innovations by securing four finalist spots out of fifteen and winning two out of seven awards in the Inspire Challenge.
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October 25, 2020
Since the relocation of ICARDA's genebanks from Syria to Lebanon and Morocco in 2012, the organization has conserved and multiplied its collection to promote food security in the drylands of Africa and Asia and to ensure its availability for the international research community.
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October 17, 2020
On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, read about a recent study by ICARDA's Dr. Girma T. Kassie that makes sure our people-centered research produces real-world solutions, by asking farmers what traits in improved wheat they are willing to pay for.
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October 16, 2020
On World Food Day 2020 we look at a collaborative CGIAR initiative called DryArc that targets water-scarce regions, and embraces the new ways of thinking, digitization of research-for-development, and innovative participatory approaches that are urgently needed
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October 15, 2020
On International Day of Rural Women, we examine a new study that uncovers the hidden contribution of women farmers to household and community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 05, 2020
As part of the ICARDA/LARI joint capacity development project funded by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), ICARDA provided the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) with 722 Kg of quality legume seeds.
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September 17, 2020
ICARDA training field days in Jordan raise awareness of the fruit's fantastic potential to hundreds of dryland farmers, the private sector, government agri-tech officials, and national media
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August 27, 2020
Scientists from Australia and the CGIAR join forces with development practitioners, government research representatives, and other key stakeholders, to discuss best approaches to tackle agricultural challenges that affect global dry regions in Australia, Africa, and Asia.
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August 18, 2020
ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia designed and developed a prototype of a “mobile seed cleaning and treatment unit”. These units will help to improve the quality of farm seeds in Tunisia and support farmers' cooperatives.