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Egyptian farmer in a wheat field - Photo: Ahmed ElSheemy/ICARDA

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December 05, 2025

A Dryland Soil Solution for an Uncertain Climate

Left to right: HE Dr. Munir Eldesouki, KACST President, Chairman of the Award's Board; Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General; HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region; Dr. Seid-Ahmed Kemal, ICARDA Principal Scientist; HH Prince Naif bin Sultan bin Mohamed bin Saud Al Kabeer, Almarai Board of Directors Chairman.

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December 01, 2025

ICARDA Receives the Almarai Prize for Creative Scientific Work

From Left to Right: Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General; HRH Dr. Abdulrahman Alfadley, Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and Chairman of the IDC Members’ Council; HRH Princess Sarah bint Bandar bin Abdulaziz, IDC Executive Director.

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November 30, 2025

New ICARDA-IDC MoU Advances Date Palm Sustainability

Dr. Mahmoud El Solh

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November 17, 2025

In Memory of Dr. Mahmoud El Solh

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The conference shed a light on the importance of investing in “smart farming.” (Photo: Azaiez Ouled Belgacem/ICARDA)

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November 25, 2018

Enhancing food security in Arab countries

The collaboration between ICARDA and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries focuses on protected agriculture, irrigated forages, and date palm. (Photo: ICARDA)

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November 25, 2018

Strengthening Ties with Oman

The partners identified 18 new parental lines with high content of iron and zinc that can be used in cross-breeding programs (Photo: ICARDA)

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November 12, 2018

Lentil biofortification research to fight hidden hunger

ICARDA and IRA Médenine, national partner, gain insight into rangeland social-ecological systems (Photo: Aymen Frija/ICARDA)

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November 07, 2018

Good rangeland governance in southern Tunisia

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November 04, 2018

Press release

ICARDA works with partners to pursue science-based solutions to meet the agricultural development needs (Photo: ICARDA)

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November 02, 2018

Board of Trustees meet with Lebanese President

The program is being replicated in Iran, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. (Photo: ICARDA)

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October 25, 2018

Ethiopia: Community-based breeding for genetic improvement of sheep and goats

These cactus ecotypes will be used to re-establish cactus plantations ravaged by the pest

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October 23, 2018

Morocco: Identifying the first cactus ecotypes resistant to wild cochineal

ICARDA works with partners to make ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change and social challenges

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October 23, 2018

To improve food security, increase water productivity

The potential for scaling out this model to other states is significant (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

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October 17, 2018

Odisha Pulse Mission

Ali Shehadeh, ICARDA scientist, in Terbol Station, Lebanon (Photo: Sébastien Mesquida)

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October 16, 2018

Documentary: Seeds of War

ICARDA team in El-Moghra (Photo: Aladdin Hamwieh)

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October 11, 2018

Contributing to Egypt’s 1.5 Million Feddan project

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