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A factsheet detailing ICARDA's success at relay-cropping lentil and quinoa crops in Morocco has been added to the World Overview of Conservation Approach and Technologies (WOCAT), which database compiles over 1500 sustainable land management practices.  

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of CGIAR, the Japanese Agricultural Research Quarterly journal (JIRCAS) published a special issue describing the long and productive scientific collaboration between CGIAR and Japanese scientists and universities in early December 2021. It includes a review article on their work with ICARDA on dryland farming approaches. 

An ICARDA study on cotton in Uzbekistan shows that cotton-producing regions situated at lower elevations and latitudes are more productive than those higher up in the mountains.  

ICARDA, in partnership with the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), with support from the Government of India to the CGIAR, is implementing a project on improving the economic water productivity (income per unit water applied) of the Khadin-based farming systems. The project couples Khadin with a lined rainwater harvesting structure and applies water using farmer-led solar-powered irrigation systems. 

Following The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and ICARDA’s MoU signing, ICARDA’s Soil, Water, and Agronomy (SWA) Team actively participated in the 5th African Regional Conference organized by ICID between November 23rd and 30th, 2021, in Morocco.

Agriculture Research Center in Egypt (ARC) jointly organized a five-day training workshop on integrated production, protection, and profitability management in greenhouses in December 2021, in Cairo, Egypt.

Seasons Greetings from Mr. Aly Abousabaa, CGIAR CWANA Regional Director and ICARDA Director General