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Innovation
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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Innovation
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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Innovation
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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Research program
Promoting rust-resistant wheat varieties to small holder farmers in Ethiopia
October 17, 2018

Biodiversity & Crop Improvement

Developing resilient plant varieties to meet current and future challenges
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Research program
Community-based livestock breeding strategies enhance small holder resilience
October 17, 2018

Resilient Agricultural Livelihood Systems

Strengthening integrated crop-livestock farming systems through the optimization of economic, social and environmental conditions
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Research program
ICARDA is promoting raised-bed planting to resource-poor farmers in Egypt.
October 17, 2018

Water, Land & Ecosystems

Supporting the sustainable use of water and land resources through rainfed, irrigated and agro-pastoral farming
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Impact story
Rangeland can be exploited in a rest-rotational system
September 19, 2018

Traditional grazing management makes impact in southern Tunisia

Indigenous practices support the sustainable governance of fragile rangelands.
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Impact story
Reliance on crop residues to feed livestock has hindered the adoption of conservation agriculture. Photo credit: Katrin Park/ICARDA
June 21, 2018

Integrating crop-livestock systems and conservation agriculture

Conservation agriculture increases production at lower costs compared to conventional agriculture.
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Farmers in India are cultivating land left fallow after rice harvests
October 10, 2017

Farming fallow land with improved agro-technologies

Cultivating land left fallow after the rice season is strengthening food security and boosting incomes across South Asia.
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May 16, 2017

Big Data Platform: transforming rural livelihoods with the power of information

A new multi-center initiative that aims to strengthen food and nutritional security across the developing world.
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