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Lentils
February 19, 2023

Wild relatives add significant agronomic improvement and disease resistance to lentils

ICARDA scientists published a new study that analyzes the introduction of two wild lentil taxa, Lens culinaris ssp. orientalis and Lens ervoides, into the backgrounds of cultivated varieties.
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
February 09, 2023

Q&A With Roula Majdalani

ICARDA's Climate Change Advisor, Dr. Roula Majdalani, discusses her professional journey and contributions to climate-related agricultural science and why groundbreaking research is vital to inform policymaking that facilitates the scale-up and adoption of transformative climate-smart approaches.
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Lentil
February 09, 2023

Bringing Back Food Legumes in Wheat-Based Cropping System in the Highlands of Ethiopia

The Africa RISING project diversifies wheat-based production systems by integrating high yielding and pest resistant food legume crops into the cropping system. Easy access for farmers to quality seeds produced by community seed producers is the key to the project.
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Partner Consultation Meeting of F2R-CWANA Initiative
February 06, 2023

How our partners help set flexible and achievable goals for CWANA

The F2R-CWANA partner consultation meeting in Cairo was an opportunity for partners to share updates and knowledge, identify research gaps, prioritize, and explore opportunities.
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symposium of NENA ET NET
February 03, 2023

Symposium of Near East and North Africa Regional Network for Evapotranspiration

ICARDA in partnership with the FAO, held a regional symposium to bring together the NENA Evapotranspiration Network of experts in the field of evapotranspiration.
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AgMIP_MENA
February 02, 2023

AgMIP MENA Launch: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project MENA Regional Platform

The new AgMIP-MENA Platform enables global research teams and national institutions to build vital analysis, fore-planning, and early-warning systems to strengthen agri-food systems.
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High-level consultations with National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) representatives
January 13, 2023

Partner-led Breeding Research Priorities

Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA, recently led a series of high-level consultations on priorities for the ICARDA breeding research agenda until 2030.
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Climate report launch
October 23, 2022

CGIAR MENA CLIMATE REPORT LAUNCHED

On Cairo Water Weeks' last day, the groundbreaking CGIAR MENA Climate Report was launched by Mr. Aly Abousabaa. The paper examines these climate-related security risks using a human security lens.
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FSTP4
October 20, 2022

ICARDA CO-SPONSORING 'FROM SEED TO PASTA IV'

Seed to Pasta's 4th edition is taking place between October 26th – 29th, 2022, bringing together over 300 scientists from over 30 countries. The event takes place every four years in Bologna, the region in Italy globally known for its commercial pasta production. 
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Mr. Aly Abousabaa at Cairo Water Week 2022
October 18, 2022

ICARDA at Cairo Water Week 2022

ICARDA’s high-level participation at Cairo Water Week 2022 reflected the organization’s commitment to strengthening partnerships for developing climate-adapted and resilient agri-solutions for smallholder farmers in water-scarce Egypt and beyond. 
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