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April 30, 2026

ICARDA at SIAM 2026

A farmer in a Jawahir Wheat Field in Morocco - Photo: Daoud Smakhou/Crop Trust

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May 03, 2026

Breeding Durum Wheat – Together with Farmers

The 8th International Date Palm Conference (IDPC) Ministerial Meeting – GCC Chamber of Council – Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. 28 April 2026.

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April 29, 2026

ICARDA at the 8th International Date Palm Conference

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April 28, 2026

ICARDA Supports Zimbabwe’s Digital Seed Systems Transformation

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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

The brainstorming session convened by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan (pictured seated, first row, center-left) at ICARDA’s Amman offices initiated discussions on what a new vision for Jordan’s ‘badia’ would look like.

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April 22, 2015

A new vision for the 'Badia'

The agreement was signed by Dr. Mahmoud Solh, ICARDA’s Director General (left), and Mr. Abdessalem Ould Ahmed, FAO Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for NENA (right).

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April 08, 2015

Strengthening ICARDA’s partnership with FAO

Signing the agreement.Pictured seated are Dr. Mahmoud Solh (Left) and Prof. Ibrahim Adam Eldukheri of ARC. Also pictured are H. E. Minister of Agriculture, Eng. Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, and Sudanese Vice-President, H. E. Hassabo Mohamed Abderahman.

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April 08, 2015

Raising Sudan’s wheat production

Dr. Owen Lavar Brough, pictured recently, developed ICARDA's main station at Tel Hadya.

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April 08, 2015

Dr. Owen Lavar Brough

Grasspea is popular with India's farmers, offering low input requirements and easy adaptation to harsh environments.

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March 22, 2015

Grasspea: back on the menu for India’s agriculture

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