This course highlighted the importance of food loss and waste in current food systems, identified the main actors and critical points along the food supply chain, and reviewed quantitative and qualitative approaches to assess food waste.
Using wild relative species to deliver climate-smart crops to farmers in drylands
ICARDA partners with the Crop Trust to develop durum wheat, barley, and lentil varieties in Morocco, Lebanon, Ethiopia and Senegal Rabat, Morocco – ICARDA and the Crop Trust signed a partnership agreement to transform elite material derived from...
International training course for the design of resilient farming systems in face of climate change in dry regions
This training course provided methodologies of systemic analysis that made it possible to integrate different levels (plot, farm, region) into the design and multi-criteria assessment of resilient farming systems.
1st TOT training course on Livelihood strategy and community building for sustainable agriculture - funded by UNDP and Japan
1st TOT training course on Livelihood strategy and community building for sustainable agriculture - funded by and A/ Background and course structure On top of the severe drought conditions in 2008-2009, the loss and damage of agricultural...
Regional Research Center in Turkey to Combat Cereal Rust Diseases
Izmir, Turkey – With the inauguration of the Regional Cereal Rust Research Center in Turkey, ICARDA and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock have formalized efforts to help fight cereal rust diseases. Situated in Turkey’s Aegean...
ON SITE-SPECIFIC SLM FOR THE SAVANNAH BELT ON NORTHERN NIGERIA
Topics: Water conservation and water harvesting Soil conservation and erosion control Improved farming practices and raised bed farming Participatory approaches to promote adoption of SLM by farmers, and introduction to the participatory SLM...
ICARDA calls upon joining forces to improve food security in MENA region
Beirut – Speaking at the Global Forum for Innovations and Agriculture (GFIA) in Abu Dhabi today, Dr. Andrew Noble, Deputy Director General of the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and representing the...
ICARDA deposits vital seeds in Svalbard Vault, securing food for generations to come
Beirut, Lebanon. Today, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) successfully deposited 15,420 seed samples for long-term conservation in the Svalbard Seed Vault. The seeds will play a critical role in the...