Dr. Sanjay Rajaram posthumously receives the Republic of India’s Padma Bhushan Award
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, World Food Prize winner and former scientist of ICARDA and CIMMYT was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of the Republic of India. The Padma Bhushan is India’s third highest civilian honor, awarded to those...
Regard and protect ground-nesting pollinators as part of soil biodiversity
While the Convention on Biological Diversity employs a habitat-oriented defini-tion of soil biodiversity including all kinds of species living in soil, the Food andAgriculture Organization, since 2002 assigned to safeguard soil biodiversity...
Genome editing techniques in plants: a comprehensive review and future prospects toward zero hunger
Promoting sustainable agriculture and improving nutrition are the main United Nation’s sustainable development goals by 2030. New technologies are required to achieve zero hunger, and genome editing technology is the most promising one. In the...
Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the central issues in dealing with soil fertility as well as environmental and food safety. Due to the lack of relevant data sources and methodologies, analyzing SOC dynamics has been a challenge in Morocco...
irregular rainfall mainly during the winter season. The average rainfall in the region is around 500 mm, but most of the cropped lands may receive rainfall in the range of 300–900 mm, varying from year to year, with rainfall distribution also...
Precision Farming: Vast Potential for Small Farmers
Precision farming is often touted as a solution for industrial-type farms, but it is also a great option for small-scale farmers in the developing world.
International Winter Wheat nurseries data: Facultative and Winter Wheat Observation Nurseries and International Winter Wheat yield trials for semi-arid and irrigated conditions
This data paper describes the content of 16 datasets collected under the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program (IWWIP), an alliance between Turkey-CIMMYT-ICARDA (TCI), during the 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 seasons...
