In 1930, French agricultural scientist Depois noted the challenges of agricultural research in rainfed North Africa due to climatic variability, a sentiment reinforced by Holme’s 1961 analysis of Tunisian cereal yields. ICARDA, acknowledging...
ICARDA's mandate commits the Center to a multi-disciplinary systems research approach with the object of developing improved farming systems to make more effective use of the limited rainfall available for crop production, and to offer improved...
This publication highlights the key research findings of ICARDA for the year 1981, which also witnessed several significant changes in personnel and the organization's structure. On June 30, Dr. Harry S. Darling retired as the first Director...
ICARDA, established on January 1, 1977, focuses on enhancing food quality and availability in the West Asia-North Africa region, which has a population of 300 million. The Center aims to improve rainfed agricultural systems in an area with...
