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The world's dry areas need quick solutions to achieve food security
March 08, 2015

'Systems solutions' for Drylands

What are the proven solutions needed to drive higher productivity across the world's dry areas? #ICARDA'sTop7 reveals all.
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March 07, 2015

A Once Barred Crop, Now a Boon

When cyclone Aila struck the Sunderbans along the Bay of Bengal in 2009, it devastated thousands of hectares of fertile land used for rice farming. As the sea water receded, it left behind soil and water so saline, nothing would grow for several...
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March 03, 2015

Bringing Back the Buzz: A 'Blueprint' for Smallholders

As countries across the dry areas contend with rising temperatures and increasing water scarcity, farmers need rapid solutions to maintain food production. Are there any practical measures for farmers?Pollinators, often overlooked in food...
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Dr. Vinay Nangia, Agricultural Hydrologist in ICARDA’s Integrated Water and Land Management research program, was recognized for his outstanding contributions to agricultural research for development.
February 27, 2015

ICARDA scientist receives international recognition

An ICARDA scientist was recently awarded the 2014 Outstanding Young Scientist Award at the annual awards ceremony of the Association of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin (AASIO).
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The workshop was an effort to build a critical mass of modelers across North Africa
February 27, 2015

Capacity strengthening: enhancing modeling capabilities

Efforts to improve systems analysis and enhance modeling capabilities across North Africa were recently taken forward through a workshop targeting researchers from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.
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February 27, 2015

A new resilience agenda

Against a backdrop of increasing conflict and instability, ICARDA recently attended a FAO conference to explore strategies that could strengthen the resilience of the region's agriculture and food security.
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The Mediterranean region – predicted to be among the worst affected by climate change – requires improved technology transfer to farmers.
February 27, 2015

Strengthening technology transfer

Although the solutions needed to raise agricultural productivity are known, they often do not reach the end-users who can benefit from them the most - smallholder farmers.
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Chairperson of HFDJB’s Board of Trustees, HH Sharifa Zein Alsharaf bint Nasser, and Dr. Mahmoud Solh, ICARDA’s Director General, discuss plans to transform Jordan’s 'badia.'
February 27, 2015

Transforming Jordan's 'Badia' Region

ICARDA is working with the Hashemite Fund for the Development of Jordan's 'Badia' to reverse degradation and improve the productivity of Jordan's marginal lands.
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Farmers are growing lentils in their fields left fallow after rice harvests.
February 23, 2015

A leap forward for South Asia in lentil production

Early maturing lentil varieties are adding new crop, income and nutrition for rice farmers in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
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Dr. El-Beltagy (far left) visited ICARDA's biotechnology laboratory in Cairo
February 02, 2015

Egypt: Strengthening crop science

ICARDA’s biotechnology laboratory in Cairo plays a key role in breeding the country’s future crops – helping to strengthen food security in Egypt, and beyond.
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