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Women using the newly-developed ingredients to make traditional dishes
December 15, 2021

Traditional nutritional!

Chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer are the leading cause of death around the globe. In response, ICARDA in collaboration with Tuscia University in Italy launched a project called MEDWHEALTH to promote a healthy, nutrient-rich diet across Mediterranean countries.
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Rania Gamal, ICARDA's PhD Research Fellow, measuring Evapotranspiration (ET) using instruments introduced in Egypt
December 12, 2021

New and unique data on how much water crops use

ICARDA and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently organized a two-day workshop to document and share the outcomes of a project that uniquely establishes the amount of water used by key crops in regional settings, providing vital data for farming approaches and government policies.
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ICARDA / FAO WEBINARS ON MEASURING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
December 08, 2021

ICARDA/FAO SUCCESSFUL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MEASUREMENT WEBINARS

ICARDA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a bi-weekly webinar series over three months on the measurement of evapotranspiration led by global experts and attracting over 1,700 international and regional participants. 
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Dr. El-Beltagy (second from right) during a visit to ICARDA's office in Egypt
December 08, 2021

Former ICARDA Director General Prof. Dr. Adel El-Beltagy Awarded for Lifetime Achievements

Prof. Dr. Adel El-Beltagy, a former Director-General of ICARDA, was recently recognized by at the “Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture”.
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November 30, 2021

ICARDA Signs MoU with the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

ICARDA is thrilled to announce that Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR CWANA Regional Director, and Mr. Ashwin B Panya, Secretary General of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), have signed a...

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Certificate of Award
November 24, 2021

ICARDA’s livestock-based innovation success story gets an award 

ICARDA’s work on Community-Based Breeding Programs in Ethiopia is carried out as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock which is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund 

ICARDA is thrilled to announce that our story on...

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Chickpea
November 21, 2021

A new publication in Nature Reports on a toolkit for improved chickpea varieties

Nature Reports published an open-access paper on a big plant-genome sequencing study conducted by ICARDA and ICRISAT scientists which will facilitate the breeding of more climate-smart, disease-tolerant chickpea crop varieties for better food security.
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Remote sensing approaches to investigate the agricultural patterns used in the breadbasket of India
November 17, 2021

How satellite observations help lessen the contribution of agriculture to climate change

CGIAR focuses on the transformation of rural farming food systems through better agriculture to help communities adapt to complex and integrated challenges such as climate change and population growth, and provide food and water security, and...

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VIRTUAL WEBINAR – POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WHEAT IN UZBEKISTAN

A webinar to discuss the outcomes of a new book on the political economy of the wheat sector in Uzbekistan: seed systems, varietal adoption, and impacts.
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VIRTUAL WEBINAR – POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WHEAT IN TURKEY

A webinar to discuss the outcomes of a new book on the political economy of the wheat sector in Turkey: seed systems, varietal adoption, and impacts
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