Building Resilient Agriculture Systems with Young Professionals
In celebration of International Youth Day, we had a captivating discussion with Muhammed Dayyabu, a promising PhD student, as he shared his remarkable journey and ambitious vision for the agricultural sector.
Empowering Early Career Women Scientists: ICARDA at the Women in Wheat Training Workshop in Norwich
Three ICARDA early-career scientists attended a 2-day career development workshop at the prestigious John Innes Centre in Norwich, England. The training covered key aspects of managing science projects and included a focus on removing gender bias in research.
Climate-Smart Food Systems are Essential in A Burning World
The recent record-breaking heatwaves are seriously threatening our ability to produce food. Aly Abousabaa comments on why global leaders need to start funding food systems transformation, and urgent;y.
Long-Term Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Soil Erosion in a Tunisian Semi-Arid Watershed
Understanding and long-term assessment of the efficacy of soil and water conservation (SWC) techniques is essential for sustainable watershed management. There have been few studies measuring the long-term impact of SWC on soil erosion at the...
Evaluations of satellite/reanalysis rainfall and temperature products in the Bale Eco-Region (Southern Ethiopia) to enhance the quality of input data for hydro-climate studies
The sparse distribution and lack of meteorological stations due to deficit infrastructure in developing countries is one of the limiting factors for hydro-climate studies, and dependency on globally available data is often prone to various level...
Phenolic profile of whole seeds and seed fractions of lentils and its impact on antioxidant activity
Seed color and size are the major traits influencing consumer's acceptability and market class of lentils worldwide. In this paper we assessed the in vitro antioxidant capacity of whole seeds, hulls, and cotyledons of five lentil varieties in...
Strategies for identifying stable lentil cultivars (Lens culinaris Medik) for combating hidden hunger, malnourishment, and climate variability
Iron and zinc malnutrition is a global humanitarian concern that mostly affects newborns, children, and women in low- and middle-income countries where plant-based diets are regularly consumed. This kind of malnutrition has the potential to...
An improved deep learning procedure for statistical downscaling of climate data
Recent climate change (CC) scenarios from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) have just been released in coarse resolution. Deep learning (DL) based on statistical downscaling has recently been used, but more research is...
A delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from CGIAR underscored the importance of international collaboration at COP28 in tackling climate-smart transformation in food, land, and water systems for future global food security.
