Innovations create tremendous opportunities to address knowledge gaps and multiply demand-driven interventions. ICARDA's state-of-the-art GeoAgro driven remote-sensing and mapping tools provide critical information on cropping systems dynamics...
New research published studying plants' diversity in arid and desert rangelands in Tunisia
Newly publish research explains how after an exceptional wet season in Tunisia in 2017/18, ICARDA scientists studied various indigenous rangelands plants to discover their human health benefits and their attributes as feed for livestock and wildlife.
Coupling landscape-scale diagnostics surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation to identify entry points for sustainably closing rice yield gaps in Nepal
CONTEXT Rice is the primary staple food crop in Nepal, contributing 20% of the agricultural gross domestic product and more than 50% of the total calories in the national diet. Nevertheless, the productivity of rice (3.36 t ha−1) is the lowest...
Identification and morphological characterization of promising kabuli chickpea genotypes for short-season environment in central India
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food legume crop grown in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. In India, kabuli chickpea is grown in central India in ~0.5 million ha, predominantly under short winter ( 110 days). Efforts are...
Institutional Framework Treated Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture
Institutional frameworks (IFs) definition, the reasons why they are needed, some of the common challenges with institutional frameworks for wastewater reuse in agriculture?
Barley Straw Use for Animal Feed and Soil Mulch in Ethiopian Highlands Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems
Barley straw serves as livestock feed and mulch for soil and water conservation in the mixed barley-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. High demand for barley straw biomass in the system creates competition between the two uses. This...
Converting multi-trait breeding objectives into operative selection indexes to ensure genetic gains in low-input sheep and goat breeding programmes
Small ruminant breeding programmes in low-input production systems are best organised at the community level. Participant farmers have to agree on goal traits and their relative importance. When BLUP breeding values of goal traits are not...
ICARDA acts as a catalyst to strengthen entire value chains allowing agriculture to generate income for poor households and spur wider economic activity.
