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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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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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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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Ali Shehadeh, ICARDA scientist, in Terbol Station, Lebanon (Photo: Sébastien Mesquida)
October 16, 2018

Documentary: Seeds of War

With the establishment of gene banks in Lebanon and Morocco in 2016, ICARDA is now reconstructing its gene bank collections.
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Rangeland can be exploited in a rest-rotational system
September 19, 2018

Traditional grazing-management practice makes an impact in southern Tunisia

A traditional historical rangeland governance practice - 'Gdel' - has supported sustainable rangeland management in the dry areas for centuries.
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Plastic houses, ICARDA Terbol Station in Lebanon. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
September 19, 2018

Regenerating wild crop relatives in the Fertile Crescent

ICARDA is regenerating massive amounts of crop wild relatives in their place of origin – the Fertile Crescent
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Chickpea in Terbol Station, Lebanon. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
July 05, 2018

Harnessing food legumes for climate-smart agriculture

Food legumes offer myriad benefits for sustainable smallholder production systems.
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Reliance on crop residues to feed livestock has hindered the adoption of conservation agriculture.
June 21, 2018

Pushing toward the integration of crop-livestock and conservation agriculture

Reliance on crop residues to feed livestock has hindered the adoption of conservation agriculture. The IFAD-funded “CLCA” project aims to reverse this.
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Scientists and farmers meet in the field to learn about the new barley variety
June 19, 2018

Mind the Gap: Bringing climate-smart solutions to the field in Tunisia

A new initiative steps-up efforts to shorten the distance between scientists and farmers.
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Photo: Vinay Nangia
May 06, 2018

Pioneering ultra-low energy irrigation as a climate-smart technology

Drip irrigation promotes natural resource management and water conservation.
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