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Scaling-up proven technologies

ICARDA collaborates with a diverse stakeholders to ensure that knowledge and technologies generated are field-tested, tailored to a real-world setting, widely available, and versatile enough for global scaling.
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Innovation
Water harvesting
October 22, 2018

Water harvesting – maximizing the use of scarce water

Effective and low-cost systems for harvesting rainwater deliver large and more stable water supplies for crops and livestock, even in very dry areas.
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Innovation
Protected agriculture – production in marginal areas.
October 22, 2018

Protected agriculture

Allowing farmers to grow cash crops on small plots in marginal, water-deficient areas where traditional cropping is not viable.
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Innovation
Supplemental irrigation - more crop per drop
October 22, 2018

Supplemental irrigation

A simple but highly effective technology that allows farmers to plant and manage crops at the optimal time.
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Innovation
Tackling the threat of rust disease
October 22, 2018

Improved crop varieties

Resilient crops offer higher and more stable yields and higher tolerance/resistance to diseases, insect pests, drought, heat, cold, parasitic weeds and other stress factors.
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Research program
Promoting rust-resistant wheat varieties to small holder farmers in Ethiopia
October 17, 2018

Biodiversity & Crop Improvement

Developing resilient plant varieties to meet current and future challenges
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Research program
Community-based livestock breeding strategies enhance small holder resilience
October 17, 2018

Resilient Agricultural Livelihood Systems

Strengthening integrated crop-livestock farming systems through the optimization of economic, social and environmental conditions
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Research program
ICARDA is promoting raised-bed planting to resource-poor farmers in Egypt.
October 17, 2018

Water, Land & Ecosystems

Supporting the sustainable use of water and land resources through rainfed, irrigated and agro-pastoral farming
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Press release
October 02, 2018

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...
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Press release
May 30, 2018

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...
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