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Closing the gender gap in barley farming boosts production and incomes in Ethiopia
October 13, 2015

When women farmers lead the way

Yields on women’s farms are 20-30% less than on men’s farms. Women farmers in Ethiopia demonstrate large gains from gender-sensitized research and dissemination.
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On October 1, GRS staff prepare a FIGS subset of durum wheat from ICARDA’s active collection and then dispatched to Australia.
October 07, 2015

Press Release: ICARDA Compound and GeneBank facilities in Syria remain intact

AMMAN - The compound and GeneBank of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Tel Hadya, Aleppo, Syria, are safe contrary to some online and Syria based media reports from today.

In the night of October 6...

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Participants of the 10th annual meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm Project.
October 04, 2015

Tenth annual meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm Project

The importance of scientific innovation and technology for improving date palm production systems and the industry in the Gulf region was emphasized at the 10th annual steering committee and technical coordination meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm...

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Idlib 5, the new high yielding lentil variety released in Syria.
October 04, 2015

A new high-yielding lentil variety ‘Idlib 5’ released in Syria

In Syria, the lentil crops suffer heavily from a soil borne disease called Fusarium wilt, which can cause as high as 72% yield losses in wilt-infested fields. For a successful lentil crop, farmers require a high yielding cultivar with wilt...

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Dr. Atef Swelam with the raised-bed machine.
October 04, 2015

Prestigious award from JIRCAS for ICARDA scientist

Dr Atef Swelam, an irrigation scientist at ICARDA and coordinator of the Nile Delta project has been selected for the prestigious ‘Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers 2015’. This award recognizes the outstanding...

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Lentils are an excellent source of nutrition.
October 02, 2015

Attacking 'Hidden Hunger' with Biofortified Lentils

In developing countries, where people struggle to secure one square meal a day, nutritional concerns are often ignored. Micronutrient deficiencies often known as the 'hidden hunger' go unnoticed even in the developed world. In the developing...

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Mouna Mechri of Tunisia.
October 02, 2015

Digging Dirt with a Budding Soil Scientist

Mouna Mechri lives in Tunisia and is completing her last year of PhD on agronomy. Recently, she was selected for training under the  Young Agricultural Scientists Program (YASP),  a component of the "Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries"...

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October 02, 2015

'Big Data' Spells Big News for Crop Breeding Programs

Imagine designing new drugs without utilizing the results from previous clinical trials. How efficient would be the process of finding a cure? This is somewhat close to what's happening in crop breeding programs today.

Developing improved crop...

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Taoufiq Ben Ammar makes his living from wheat cropping, weaned lambs, dairy cows.
October 02, 2015

Revisiting Vetch with Farmers Promotes Zero-Till Practice

Taoufiq Ben Ammar lives on one of the dales in Chouarnia (district of Siliana, Tunisia) and his livelihood is intrinsically linked to what he sells from wheat cropping, weaned lambs and a couple of dairy cows. He is one of 18 farmers in...

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A scientist at work at the Tel Hadya Genebank, in Aleppo, Syria.
September 26, 2015

Press Release: ICARDA safeguards world heritage of genetic resources during the conflict in Syria

AMMAN, Jordan: The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has requested in September 2015 to be provided with part of its genetic materials that has been duplicated in the Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway. ICARDA needs...

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