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Grazing Sheep Flock in Oued Sbaihia - Tunisia

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December 11, 2025

Strengthening Sheep and Goat Breeding in Tunisia

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

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Figure of a woman, pre-dynastic Egypt, 3500–3400 BCE (Brooklyn Museum).

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September 19, 2015

An Open Letter to Heads of State attending the 70th UN General Assembly

70 percent of Iraq's irrigated area suffers from varying levels of salinity.

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September 08, 2015

Scientists Call for Action at EXPO Milano on Salinity, a Growing Agricultural Crisis: The Case of Iraq

Dr. Solh speaking about tackling the multidimensional problem of food insecurity with a holistic and integrated policy approach.

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September 08, 2015

Expo Milano 2015: ICARDA’s take on global food security challenges in dry areas

Participants of the Meeting of G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) discussing issues related to food security and reducing food loss and waste.

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September 08, 2015

Meeting of G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists: Food security & reducing food loss and waste

Farmers from Tera and Angolela district evaluating faba bean varieties put to a PVS trial under irrigation at Chacha, Ethiopia, during Belg season, 2015.

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September 07, 2015

Field day Event at Chacha, North Shoa, Ethiopia

Planting mungbean as a catch crop after winter wheat harvest in Fergana Valley action site to improve farmers’ incomes and improve the soil.

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September 07, 2015

Collaborative research & capacity building program for sustainable & resilient agricultural production systems in Central Asia

Dr. Solh expresses ICARDA's gratitude to Ms. Houda Nourallah for her long and dedicated service.

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September 07, 2015

A Special Goodbye to Ms. Houda Nourallah

Late Dr. Yasser Mhawish

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September 07, 2015

The sad demise of Dr. Yasser Mhawish

Mahmoud Solh, Director General of ICARDA, with Dr. Soufian Sultan, Palestine’s Minister of Agriculture, and Roberto Valent, the Head of UNDP Office in Palestine.

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September 06, 2015

Partnership agreement with Palestine and UNDP on agricultural Research

Dr. Andrew Noble, ICARDA’s new Deputy Director General (Research).

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September 03, 2015

ICARDA welcomes its new Deputy Director General for Research

Women in the field in Central Asia. Photo Credit: Neil Palmer/IWMI.

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August 30, 2015

Markets offer women opportunities to capitalize on ecosystem services

The Vallerini plow is at work in the arid regions of Jordan.

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August 23, 2015

Adapting to increasing water scarcity in the arid regions of Jordan

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