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July 03, 2019
The heat-wave in Europe poses a significant threat to wheat production across the continent. The breeding of heat-tolerant wheat varieties remains one of the most strategic approaches to cope with extremely high temperatures - but Europe is failing to take advantage of the resilient varieties developed and disseminated by the CGIAR and its partners, which offer a robust defense against the warming effects of global climate change.
News
July 02, 2019
CGIAR visit provides opportunity to promote understanding of how Egypt’s agricultural sector can enhance the productivity and sustainability of its water use.
Blog
July 02, 2019
Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation exists due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
Blog
July 02, 2019
Rangelands in Jordan form around 80% of the land area. Severe land degradation is due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Restoration attempts to reduce and mitigate rangeland degradation by using the micro-water harvesting techniques coupled with out-planting of native species on hill-slope areas, have been introduced and adopted in Jordan.
Blog
July 02, 2019
10 out of 12 of Jordan’s underwater basins are overpumped. A new NGO, the Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), was launched to engage local communities in land management and rehabilitation.
News
June 26, 2019
Qab Elias, Lebanon, 26 June 2019 – Water and crop scientists and sociologists from ICARDA and the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) delivered a training workshop to 35 farmers and 16 Syrian researchers from different Syrian provinces on tested modern water...
Blog
June 19, 2019
This approach offers an opportunity to characterize complex causalities and attribute realistic weights to specified causal linkages, as is relevant for the study of natural resource governance.
News
June 18, 2019
How can we strengthen women’s involvement in water governance and enhance their access to irrigation technologies?
Blog
June 16, 2019
A diagnosis of the livelihood situation of the Syrian refugees in Beqaa valley.