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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

ICARDA’s Dr. Sawsan Hassan with two DGF colleagues participating in the training.

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November 10, 2025

Unlocking the Potential of Carob in Tunisia through Vegetative Propagation

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Can the initiative reverse years of degradation across the Arabian Peninsula?

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May 20, 2015

An integrated response to aridity

With the help of the project, more efficient processes and higher quality products are generating additional incomes for rural women

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May 13, 2015

Connecting rural women to global markets

The Marchouch research station near Rabat is host to a model crop improvement program.

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May 12, 2015

Morocco: ICARDA research platform showcases model crop improvement program

ICARDA's Board of Trustees meeting was held in Rabat, Morocco, from May 3-6, 2015.

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May 12, 2015

Impacts on ground highlight partnerships and responsive research

Conservation agriculture - a proven solution for sustainably raising agricultural production

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May 10, 2015

Making the case for conservation agriculture

Salt accumulation methods in the root zone of the irrigated land (Credit: WLE).

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May 10, 2015

New business potential for salt-affected agricultural lands

IFAD’s President, Kanayo F. Nwanze (pictured), met with an ICARDA delegation to discuss on-going research for development collaborations.

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April 30, 2015

IFAD-ICARDA collaborations across the Arabian Peninsula

Parts of the Mediterranean basin are some of the regions predicted to be worst affected by climate change.

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April 30, 2015

A resilience agenda for the Mediterranean

Greece encompasses the primary and secondary centers of diversity for several crops of global significance, including faba bean.

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April 30, 2015

Collecting mission targets Greece

The capacity strengthening initiatives targeted date palm production – a strategic crop across the Arabian Peninsula.

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April 30, 2015

Date palm: a strategic crop for the Arabian Peninsula

H. E. Ato Tefera Derbw (Right), Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture, signing the MoU with ICARDA’s Director General, Dr. Mahmoud Solh.

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April 30, 2015

Consolidating ICARDA's partnership with Ethiopia

A failure to sufficiently consider gender will only partially transform sub-Saharan Africa’s wheat sector.

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April 26, 2015

Addressing the gender deficit in wheat production

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