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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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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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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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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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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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ICARDA sent its precious seed collection to the Svalbard Seed Vault for safekeeping in 2014
April 12, 2017

Conserving the fragile biodiversity of the world's dry areas

Conserving the fragile biodiversity of dryland regions helps ensure the preservation of vital genetic material – the genetic material we need to breed resilient crops and confront the worsening impacts of climate change. Since its inception in...
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March 20, 2017

Measuring rangeland degradation for greater resilience

Using image processing software to determine changes in rangeland ground cover.
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Agricultural extension programs often fail to target women effectively - a missed opportunity to address gender inequities and raise the productivity of women farmers. An ICARDA initiative in Tunisia asks why and challenges prevailing constraints.
March 07, 2017

Empowering female farmers in Tunisia

Investigating the effects of gender-focused extension strategies.
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