World Pulses Day raises awareness about the nutritional benefits of a global wonder food: pulses. CGIAR, the world's largest global agricultural innovation network, is working hard to raise the profile of these delicious and nutritious crops by showcasing the pivotal role pulses can play in achieving global food security goals and targets.
Phytosanitary Interventions for Safe Global Germplasm Exchange and the Prevention of Transboundary Pest Spread: The Role of CGIAR Germplasm Health Units
The inherent ability of seeds (orthodox, intermediate, and recalcitrant seeds and vegetative propagules) to serve as carriers of pests and pathogens (hereafter referred to as pests) and the risk of transboundary spread along with the seed...
Ruth is currently a MEL Officer at ICARDA, based in Kenya. She supports development and refinement of theories of change and performance tracking metrics and systems. Previously she worked for the CGIAR Seed Equal initiative as the MEL officer...
An optimized high-quality DNA isolation protocol for spodoptera frugiperda J. E. smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
An optimized high-quality DNA isolation protocol was developed using body segment tissue from the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), that will allow documenting genetic variability based on biotypes, facilitating studies on the appearance...
Svetlana is a Research Software Quality Assurance Coordinator in the MEL Team at ICARDA, based in Uzbekistan. Starting with assessment of user needs, she coordinates the development and quality control for digital products, acting as a liaison...
Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management Officer
Valentina De Col
Valentina is the ICARDA MEL and Knowledge Management (KM) Officer, based in Germany. She is responsible for leading the implementation of the user-focused KM action plan aligned with the strategic priorities of ICARDA. She designs and implements...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Team Coordinator
Laura Becker
Laura Becker is the ICARDA MEL Team Coordinator, based in Iceland. She is responsible for management of MEL team activities through planning, monitoring, and reporting of team deliverables. Laura applies her experience in project management...
Pietro Bartolini is the Data Management Specialist for the MEL team at ICARDA, based in Italy. He is responsible for managing all research data on the MEL platform in accordance with the ICARDA Open Access-Open Data Implementation plan and FAIR...
