Community based in-situ conservation of dryland agrobiodiversity
ICARDA has developed a holistic community-driven approach for promoting in-situ/on-farm conservation of landraces and wild relatives in non-tropical drylands.
Low-Cost, Mobile Reproductive Labs for Better Sheep and Goat Breeding
ICARDA established Africa’s first reproductive platform composed of a network of laboratories placed strategically to enhance the delivery of improved genetics for the major breeds of sheep and goats in Ethiopia.
ICARDA biofortified lentil varieties can mature quickly within the short fallow season and are a rich source of protein, iron, and zinc, helping fight regional deficiencies.
ICARDA’s supplemental irrigation innovation is a simple but highly effective technology that allows farmers to plant and manage crops at the optimal time without having to wait for unpredictable rainfall.
An SRM Toolbox for Restoring Degraded Agrosilvopastoral Ecosystems
ICARDA has developed a site-specific toolbox to manage agro-silvo-pastoral production systems sustainably in the dry areas, achieving a neutral level of degradation and offering a strong potential to restore degraded rangelands.
ICARDA’s cactus pear innovation capitalizes on an underused crop that can provide better nutrition and income for millions of family farmers in dry regions.
Fatten Khudershah is the Knowledge Management Assistant at ICARDA’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team and is based in Syria. Fatten started her work with MEL in 2021 as Knowledge Products Curator. Her work focuses on digitalizing...
Elvin Carol Kohen is Project and Knowledge Management Curator at ICARDA’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team, and she is based in France. Elvin ensures timely support services to projects and prepares monthly reports on the support...