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November 03, 2019
ICARDA organized in collaboration with the FAO a Training course followed by a field visit on efficient irrigation techniques and rainwater harvesting, funded by the Japanese Government. Moreover, the Japanese consulting firm, Appropriate Agriculture International Co., Ltd. was involved and contributed with its knowledge gained through previous experience in improving irrigation systems in Syria.
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October 24, 2019
The Global Economy of Pulses, a key research output of the International Year of Pulses 2016, has been released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Bulk of the work for the report, edited by Vikas Rawal and Dorian K Navarro, was done by a research team of the Society for Social and Economic Research (SSER), New Delhi.
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October 23, 2019
Developing effective management strategies and solutions to safeguard and preserve the productivity of rangelands are therefore crucial. Though efforts towards rangelands rehabilitation have been made by development partners, the scale is too small and lacks a holistic approach.
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October 20, 2019
ICARDA participated in the 2nd Cairo Water Week (CWW), which theme was “Responding to Water Scarcity.” It was an opportunity for academics, scholars, and policymakers, water resources experts from all around the world to discuss the key issues and actions related to responding to the challenges of water scarcity.
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October 17, 2019
In May of this year, 22 women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region won a competitive fellowship in agricultural research, sponsored by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Islamic Development...
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October 06, 2019
Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving the attention they deserve. A new project led by the Crop Trust will help improve the productivity of grasspea and finger millet by making more genetic diversity available to breeders.
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October 01, 2019
The mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) is an effective measure to increase crop productivity and water-use efficiency in intensive irrigated systems. It presents an important package of improved technology that the agricultural sector in Egypt can take advantage of/benefit from in tackling the challenges it is facing.
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October 01, 2019
Nine of the 15 CGIAR centres were present at a meeting in Nairobi to discuss how CGIAR centres, Government, FAO and donors plan to support agriculture in Somalia after 30 years of conflict.
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September 30, 2019
Food waste remains a relatively unexplored topic especially in the Middle East. While there are rough estimates of the total global food losses, most of them are either based on expert opinions and hence vary widely or they do not provide clear explanation on what was being estimated, how the estimation was made, and when.