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Supplemental irrigation - more crop per drop
October 22, 2018

Supplemental irrigation

A simple but highly effective technology that allows farmers to plant and manage crops at the optimal time.
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Innovation
Tackling the threat of rust disease
October 22, 2018

Improved crop varieties

Resilient crops offer higher and more stable yields and higher tolerance/resistance to diseases, insect pests, drought, heat, cold, parasitic weeds and other stress factors.
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ICARDA & The Global Goals

ICARDA is a member of the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, a global partnership engaged in research for a food-secure future.

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Blog
Ali Shehadeh, ICARDA scientist, in Terbol Station, Lebanon (Photo: Sébastien Mesquida)
October 16, 2018

Documentary: Seeds of War

With the establishment of gene banks in Lebanon and Morocco in 2016, ICARDA is now reconstructing its gene bank collections.
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News
ICARDA team in El-Moghra (Photo: Aladdin Hamwieh)
October 11, 2018

Contributing to Egypt’s 1.5 Million Feddan project

… from underground.  “Obviously, we won’t be able to grow wheat here, but we might be able to grow barley or quinoa, …
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Project technical committee meets to develop action plan
October 09, 2018

Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries

An initiative to reduce the Arab World’s dependence on costly wheat imports enters its third phase.
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Press release
October 02, 2018

Using wild relative species to deliver climate-smart crops to farmers in drylands

ICARDA partners with the Crop Trust to develop durum wheat, barley, and lentil varieties in Morocco, Lebanon, Ethiopia and Senegal Rabat, Morocco – ICARDA and the Crop Trust signed a partnership agreement to transform elite material derived from...
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The collaboration between ICARDA and Egypt’s Agricultural Research Center aims to boost resilience and enhance food security in the region
September 30, 2018

Building resilience of smallholder farmers in Egypt

… comprise the ICARDA-ARC Egypt collaboration program: wheat improvement, faba bean improvement, integration of … to publish their work in high-ranking journals.  On wheat improvement, ICARDA and ARC have identified more than … can be released. Additionally, more than 50 spring bread wheat varieties have been released in countries in Central …
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ICARDA-LARI meeting in Bekaa Valley to plan for 2019
September 30, 2018

Strengthening ICARDA-Lebanon ties

ICARDA and its Lebanese partners convene in Bekaa Valley to plan collaborative research for 2019.
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Blog
Plastic houses, ICARDA Terbol Station in Lebanon. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
September 19, 2018

Regenerating wild crop relatives in the Fertile Crescent

ICARDA is regenerating massive amounts of crop wild relatives in their place of origin – the Fertile Crescent
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