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ICARDA is dedicated to conducting innovative research projects addressing the complex challenges dryland regions face worldwide.

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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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ICARDA’s commitment to ethics

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Enhancing Water and Land Productivity
June 09, 2021

Climate-Smart Water Use and Management

ICARDA's supplemental irrigation (SI) packages help overcome water scarcity by supplying only the minimum amount of water required for rainfed crops, to stabilize and increase yields when rain fails and provide enough water for healthy plant growth.
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ICARDA's innovations offer sustainable means of raising productivity
June 09, 2021

Conservation Agriculture

Conservation agriculture helps to improve soil fertility and enhance crop water productivity, while minimizing the total production cost.
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Better Soil, Nutrients, and Agronomy
June 09, 2021

Better Soil, Nutrients, and Agronomy

ICARDA researchers develop and disseminate practical, low-cost options to protect vegetation, soil and water resources, using a people-centered community-led approach that integrates technologies, such as climate-smart crops alongside vegetation, land, and water-management techniques.
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Wheat crops at the conservation agriculture site in El Krib, Siliana, Tunisia Photo by Katrin Park_ICARDA
June 03, 2021

Wheat

As demand for wheat grows rapidly across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, ICARDA is urgently addressing the growing climatic challenges, pests, and diseases that hinder its domestic production by generating an effective wheat-breeding strategy...
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Durum Wheat Field
May 29, 2021

Durum Wheat

ICARDA's Durum Wheat Breeding Program aims to deliver superior varieties with increased yields against a backdrop of rapid climate change. ICARDA's durum wheat program also seeks to reverse the erosion of the crop's genetic diversity resulting...
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