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Our Climate Smart Crops - Barley
May 26, 2021

Barley

Since 1977, ICARDA has released more than 250 barley varieties in 46 countries under CGIAR's Global Barley Breeding Program. The ICARDA genebank network and research stations in North Africa and West and South Asia test the new barley varieties...
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Our Climate Smart Crops - Kabuli Chickpea
May 26, 2021

Kabuli chickpea

Recognizing Kabuli chickpea's ability to grow in poor, rainfed soils, ICARDA's breeding program improves the crop by breeding-in heat and disease resistance traits while introducing the crop into rotation with conventional cereal crops and other...
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Climate Smart Crops - Lentils
May 26, 2021

Lentils

With expertise in the Near East Fertile Crescent, ICARDA has long recognized the potential of lentil and is seeking ways to take advantage of its high nutritional value and low water use that makes it well adapted to cereal-based cropping in dry...
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Innovation
Rangeland Restoration
May 25, 2021

Strengthening the Resilience of Rangeland Watersheds in Jordan

ICARDA introduces community-based rehabilitation of degraded agro-pastoral watersheds through mechanized micro-water harvesting and flood-irrigation agriculture.
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Innovation
Restoration of degraded agrosilvopastoral site in Central Tunisia using forage legume species Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.)
May 25, 2021

Using Native Drought-Tolerant Forage Species for Enhanced Dryland Pasture Restoration

ICARDA scientists promote the reseeding of indigenous forage legume species for agrosilvopastoral restoration and enhanced land and livestock productivity in Tunisia.
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Innovation
Bread Wheat harvesting
May 25, 2021

Seeds for Needs – Better Bread Wheat Varieties to Address Plant Diseases and Weeds in Ethiopia

ICARDA’s Seeds for Needs initiative in Ethiopia helps family farmers address the impact of climate change by introducing better wheat varieties and management trainings.
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Innovation
A black-headed Barbarine flock to illustrate the innovation on introgression of fecundity mutation.
May 25, 2021

Introgressing a Gene Mutation for More Prolific Fat-tailed Ewes in Tunisia

ICARDA scientists and partners INRAT help Tunisian family farmers increase prolificacy rates of fat-tailed ewes for better incomes.
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Innovation
An enumerator capturing data in Menz sheep community-based breeding program, Ethiopia. Photo: Tesfaye Getachew
May 25, 2021

A Digital Platform for Better Community-Based Sheep and Goat Breeding

ICARDA scientists along with CGIAR LIVESTOCK developed a cloud-based genetic database platform to boost breed improvement programs in community-based livestock breeding programs in Ethiopia.
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Innovation
Chickpea
May 25, 2021

Cold- and Disease-Tolerant Winter-Sown Chickpea Varieties

ICARDA scientists developed packages of improved winter-sown chickpea varieties and better production practices for improved farmer incomes.
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Diversified Cropping Systems
May 20, 2021

It's not just about Wheat - How Diversified Cropping Systems help family farmers - and the planet.

ICARDA, alongside its national and international partners and donors, promotes Diversified Cropping Systems (DCS) across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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