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Farming with Alternative Pollinators
June 20, 2021

Pollinator protection strategies must be feasible for all nations

A recent article By Dr. Stefanie Christmann in Nature.com on pollinator protection shows the urgent need to focus research activities on low- and middle-income countries who cannot afford available schemes.
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Are continued public sector and CGIAR investments on wheat crop improvement research justifiable? A Moroccan case
June 17, 2021

Are continued public sector and CGIAR investments on wheat crop improvement research justifiable? A Moroccan case

In Morocco, the adoption of recent improved wheat varieties is low, casting doubt on whether investments in wheat research are paying off. This paper generates estimates of the returns to the national and international investment in wheat...

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Effect of Barley Variety on Feed Intake, Digestibility, Body Weight Gain and Carcass Characteristics in Fattening Lambs
June 14, 2021

Effect of Barley Variety on Feed Intake, Digestibility, Body Weight Gain and Carcass Characteristics in Fattening Lambs

Twenty lambs (18 ± 0.22 kg initial weight) were blocked by weight and individually assigned into pens to evaluate the effects of barley straw variety on digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics. The following four treatments...

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Performance of elite genotypes of barley, chickpea, lentil, and wheat under conservation agriculture in Mediterranean rainfed conditions
June 14, 2021

Performance of elite genotypes of barley, chickpea, lentil, and wheat under conservation agriculture in Mediterranean rainfed conditions

Conservation agriculture (CA) practices are becoming more important in Mediterranean rainfed areas due to their potential to minimize climatic risk, reduce soil erosion, and improve soil quality and water availability. Due to minimum soil...

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Dr. Michael Baum in faba bean field
June 10, 2021

Techniques to enhance the genetic gain in crop breeding programs

As the climate crisis intensifies, populations grow, disease and pest proliferate, and natural resources diminish, genetic improvement of crops within holistic breeding programs is crucial to reaching global food security. For over 40 years...

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Enhancing Water and Land Productivity
June 09, 2021

Climate-Smart Water Use and Management

ICARDA's supplemental irrigation (SI) packages help overcome water scarcity by supplying only the minimum amount of water required for rainfed crops, to stabilize and increase yields when rain fails and provide enough water for healthy plant growth.
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ICARDA's innovations offer sustainable means of raising productivity
June 09, 2021

Conservation Agriculture

Conservation agriculture helps to improve soil fertility and enhance crop water productivity, while minimizing the total production cost.
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Better Soil, Nutrients, and Agronomy
June 09, 2021

Better Soil, Nutrients, and Agronomy

ICARDA researchers develop and disseminate practical, low-cost options to protect vegetation, soil and water resources, using a people-centered community-led approach that integrates technologies, such as climate-smart crops alongside vegetation, land, and water-management techniques.
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Plant Resistance to Cereal and Food Legume Insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia: Challenges and Achievements
June 09, 2021

Plant Resistance to Cereal and Food Legume Insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia: Challenges and Achievements

Even though host plant resistance has long been recognized as the foundation of integrated pest management, research in North Africa, West and Central Asia only started in 1980. The recent use of Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy has...

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Rehabilitating desert through marabs
June 03, 2021

Regreening the Deserts: a Solution -- Register Now For The Panel Discussion Webinar

To mark World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, Cairo’s Heliopolis University, in collaboration with ICARDA and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), will take part in a panel discussion webinar.
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