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PhysioTron Machine
May 01, 2023

ICARDA's Phenotyping Facilities: A Game-Changing Solution for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops

ICARDA's Phenotyping facilities speed up the accurate measuring and recording of plant genetic traits, allowing for more advanced research towards achieving food security in the dry areas.
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Comparison of European with West Asian and North African winter barleys in tolerance to boron toxicity
February 28, 2002

Comparison of European with West Asian and North African winter barleys in tolerance to boron toxicity

Three plastic-house experiments were conducted to compare the tolerance of European with West Asian and North African (WANA) winter barleys to boron (B) toxicity. Experiment I screened 24 winter barley entries with diverse origins. Experiment...

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Microbial functional genes within soil aggregates drive organic carbon mineralization under contrasting tillage practices
April 18, 2023

Microbial functional genes within soil aggregates drive organic carbon mineralization under contrasting tillage practices

Soil organic carbon (SOC) transformation is susceptible to tillage practices. Conservation tillage is known to optimize soil structure, improve microbial community diversity and increase SOC storage. However, how soil aggregate distribution and...

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Understanding pastoralists’ preferences for goat traits: Application of all-levels and end-point choice experiments
April 16, 2023

Understanding pastoralists’ preferences for goat traits: Application of all-levels and end-point choice experiments

Pastoralists are generally known for carefully selecting and maintaining their livestock. In this study, we examine the preferences of pastoralists for goat traits. We employ discrete choice experiments of all levels and endpoints to investigate...

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32 trainees attended the workshop
April 12, 2023

Training Tomorrow’s Agri-experts in Sudan

5th of March 2023- Wad Madani, Gezira Station, Sudan

CGIAR and Sudan’s Agricultural Research Coorportation (ARC) conducted a capacity development session on good agronomic practices and participatory research for sustainable intensification...

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Goat eating forage
April 11, 2023

Drought-tolerant and water use efficient forage production in drylands

Across global drylands, forage crops (animal feed as pasture, crop residue, or cereal) are essential to smallholder farmers to sustain their livestock throughout the year, especially in winter, when animal grazing may be restricted. By...
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Recovering The Degraded Soils Of The Badia In Jordan
April 11, 2023

Dryland Ecosystems - Restoration, Ecology and, Management

ICARDA’s RIDE (Restoration Initiative on Dryland Ecosystems) team addresses land degradation in dryland ecosystems. RIDE targets biophysical processes but focuses on drivers and potential solutions to degradation that consider socio-economic aspects and community-based solutions.
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Selected Doyogena ram for use in artificial insemination
April 11, 2023

Climate-resilient and productive small ruminants (sheep and goats)

Since its foundation in 1977, ICARDA has worked on small ruminant production in drylands, and its Small Ruminant team contributes to more productive and environmentally friendly livestock production systems.
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Inheritance of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Four Populations of Barley
November 01, 2003

Inheritance of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Four Populations of Barley

Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe [(teleomorph Giberella Zeae (Schwein.)], has been a major disease problem of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in the U.S. Midwest since 1993. It can make a potentially profitable...

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Résilience des ménages face à l’insécurité alimentaire et au changement climatique dans les régions du centre et du nord-est de la Tunisie : Une analyse empirique
March 22, 2023

Résilience des ménages face à l’insécurité alimentaire et au changement climatique dans les régions du centre et du nord-est de la Tunisie : Une analyse empirique

With a clear decrease in the agricultural households’ incomes, the increase of food and production factors prices, and the negative effects of climate change on agricultural production, smallholders’ farmers are facing food insecurity challenge...

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