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Closing the gender gap in barley farming boosts production and incomes in Ethiopia
October 13, 2015

When women farmers lead the way

Yields on women’s farms are 20-30% less than on men’s farms. Women farmers in Ethiopia demonstrate large gains from gender-sensitized research and dissemination.
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Proline content as a stress indicator to quantify conservation agriculture effect in wheat crop
October 08, 2015

Proline content as a stress indicator to quantify conservation agriculture effect in wheat crop

The field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of tillage, crop residue retention and crop rotationon proline concentration in flag leaves of wheat as an important factor influencing future grain quality and yield during the grain filling...

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On October 1, GRS staff prepare a FIGS subset of durum wheat from ICARDA’s active collection and then dispatched to Australia.
October 07, 2015

Press Release: ICARDA Compound and GeneBank facilities in Syria remain intact

AMMAN - The compound and GeneBank of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Tel Hadya, Aleppo, Syria, are safe contrary to some online and Syria based media reports from today.

In the night of October 6...

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Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan
October 05, 2015

Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan

An integrated wheat package introducing heat-tolerant wheat varieties that can withstand temperatures greater than 38°C is transforming farmer fields in Sudan and showing policy-makers a new road to food security.

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Participants of the 10th annual meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm Project.
October 04, 2015

Tenth annual meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm Project

The importance of scientific innovation and technology for improving date palm production systems and the industry in the Gulf region was emphasized at the 10th annual steering committee and technical coordination meeting of ICARDA’s Date Palm...

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Idlib 5, the new high yielding lentil variety released in Syria.
October 04, 2015

A new high-yielding lentil variety ‘Idlib 5’ released in Syria

In Syria, the lentil crops suffer heavily from a soil borne disease called Fusarium wilt, which can cause as high as 72% yield losses in wilt-infested fields. For a successful lentil crop, farmers require a high yielding cultivar with wilt...

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Dr. Atef Swelam with the raised-bed machine.
October 04, 2015

Prestigious award from JIRCAS for ICARDA scientist

Dr Atef Swelam, an irrigation scientist at ICARDA and coordinator of the Nile Delta project has been selected for the prestigious ‘Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers 2015’. This award recognizes the outstanding...

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Lentils are an excellent source of nutrition.
October 02, 2015

Attacking 'Hidden Hunger' with Biofortified Lentils

In developing countries, where people struggle to secure one square meal a day, nutritional concerns are often ignored. Micronutrient deficiencies often known as the 'hidden hunger' go unnoticed even in the developed world. In the developing...

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Mouna Mechri of Tunisia.
October 02, 2015

Digging Dirt with a Budding Soil Scientist

Mouna Mechri lives in Tunisia and is completing her last year of PhD on agronomy. Recently, she was selected for training under the  Young Agricultural Scientists Program (YASP),  a component of the "Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries"...

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October 02, 2015

'Big Data' Spells Big News for Crop Breeding Programs

Imagine designing new drugs without utilizing the results from previous clinical trials. How efficient would be the process of finding a cure? This is somewhat close to what's happening in crop breeding programs today.

Developing improved crop...

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