Filters

Types

Displaying 291 - 300 items out of 2981 results
Publication
Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards (Prunus avium)
March 30, 2022

Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards (Prunus avium)

Food production is highly dependent on pollination services provided by insects; 75% of the leading global food crops need animals for successful production. Pollinators, including managed and wild bees, are declining in many parts of the world...

Read more
Event
Virtual

IFPRI POLICY SEMINAR Retail food prices at the country level and implications for food security

This policy seminar will explore what we know—and do not know—about how high global agricultural commodity prices and country-specific factors affect retail prices at the national level. Special attention will be given to countries suffering...
Read more
News
MENA CLIMATE WEEK
March 24, 2022

CLIMATE-SMART AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS FOR MENA - VIRTUAL EVENT AT MENA CLIMATE WEEK

CLIMATE-SMART AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS FOR MENA: Conversations with Mr. Aly Abousabaa, CGIAR Regional Director for Central and West Asia and North Africa/Director General ICARDA
Read more
Publication
Impact of the “Farming With Alternative Pollinators” Approach on Crop Pollinator Pollen Diet
March 24, 2022

Impact of the “Farming With Alternative Pollinators” Approach on Crop Pollinator Pollen Diet

Pollinators are facing declines at a global level. One of the main factors driving this decline is insufficient access to floral resources due to habitat loss and degradation that can affect both diet generalist species as well as those with...

Read more
Blog
Groundwater reserves hold 60 times more freshwater supplies than rivers and streams (credit: UN-Water)
March 22, 2022

Protecting Scarce Dryland Water  

On World Water Day 2022, discover ICARDA's science-based innovations and methods that protect the drylands' scarce water resources - and its aquifers.
Read more
Publication
Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South
March 22, 2022

Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South

Livestock have strong empowerment potential, particularly for women. They offer millions of women in the Global South the opportunity to provide protein-rich foods for home consumption and sale. Livestock provide women with income and...

Read more
News
Regional Ministers and NARS thumbs up the Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform
March 16, 2022

A Green Light for Regional Collaboration in Desert Farming

During the high-level CGIAR/KIADPAI Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform side event at the 7th edition of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, Ministers of Agriculture, NARS Representatives, CGIAR High-Level Delegates, and regional experts and stakeholders, met to give the platform a green light for further development.
Read more
Publication
MicroRNA-181a Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Hu Sheep Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells and Targets the YAP1 Gene
March 16, 2022

MicroRNA-181a Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Hu Sheep Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells and Targets the YAP1 Gene

MicroRNA (miRNA) is of great importance to muscle growth and development, including the regulation of the proliferation and differentiation of skeletal muscle satellite cells (SMSCs). In our research group’s previous study, we found that miR...

Read more