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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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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

Lentil variety HUL-57 in reduced tillage at farmer’s field

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August 12, 2015

Private–Public Partnership and South-South Collaboration: India-Morocco/OCPF Food Legume Initiative

Partners of the knowledge management project of the Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) on a Field Day

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August 12, 2015

Promoting Knowledge about Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia

Researchers engaged in a discussion during the traveling seminar

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August 12, 2015

Sharing Winter Wheat Knowledge through a Traveling Seminar in Azerbaijan and Georgia

Farmers’ Field Day participants take a close look at the BARIMasur-8 crop

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August 12, 2015

'BARIMasur-8': a new micronutrient-rich lentil variety released in Bangladesh

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