Featured Blogs
December 14, 2022
"Restoring rangelands in Tunisia involves much more than just planting shrubs and trees. It is about managing the frequency and duration of animal grazing on a day-to-day basis." - Dr. Mounir Louhaichi
December 05, 2022
In the Central and West Asia, and North Africa Region (CWANA) ICARDA scientists and partners are leading efforts to provide solutions to farmers that allow them to continue food production while protecting their soil.
December 01, 2022
Lebanese endurance athlete Michael Haddad embarked on a series of ‘Walks for Life’ in North Africa and Norway to raise global visibility of the impacts of climate change on rural farmers in the region and beyond.
October 13, 2022
To celebrate International Rural Women's Day, ICARDA is releasing two videos showing the imperative of supporting female cooperative members through quality, technology training, and skill development.
Recent Blogs
September 28, 2022
The film reveals ICARDA's seedbanks and scientists' critical roles in preserving future global food security.
September 19, 2022
Empowering women associations as drivers for agro-ecological transformation to generate income for Mountain farming communities. This project will also promote ‘circular economies’
September 18, 2022
By providing affordable and context-relevant machinery, ICARDA is boosting Tunisian farmers' income and creating new services for the wider rural community.
September 07, 2022
ICARDA works key partners to enhance water productivity and higher 'crop-per-drop' efficiency in Egypt by improving irrigation methods, water systems, and technology.
September 06, 2022
ICARDA's legume expert Dr. Shiv Agrawal discusses the benefits of pulses from a nutritional and ecosystem lens - as Indian Nutrition Week is underway in the subcontinent.
August 23, 2022
In this short Q&A, Senior Scientist Rachid Moussadek reflects on what caused the fertilizer shortage, its impacts on global food security and on dryland farmers - and how ICARDA can help.
July 20, 2022
The CGIAR Initiative From Fragility to -Resilience in CWANA, launched across the region, integrates new agri-innovation with existing climate-smart actions and assets for truly resilient food systems.
July 07, 2022
In a recent paper, ICARDA scientists demonstrate that small farmers in Tunisia are more likely to adopt agricultural technology if women farmers are included in extension dissemination programs and training.
June 16, 2022
Discover the ICARDA project that restored a barren patch of Jordanian rangeland to its former glory on Drought and Desertification Day.