Cost-Effective Cassava Processing: Case Study of Small-Scale Flash-Dryer Reengineering
The development and scaling out of flash-dryer innovations for more efficient, small-scale production of high-quality cassava flour (HQCF) and starch is described. The diagnoses of cassava-processing SMEs (small and medium enterprises) revealed...
Protein Biofortification in Lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) Toward Human Health
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a nutritionally dense crop with significant quantities of protein, low-digestible carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. The amino acid composition of lentil protein can impact human health by maintaining amino...
Drought-Tolerance QTLs Associated with Grain Yield and Related Traits in Spring Bread Wheat
The present research aims to identify the efficient combination of drought-tolerance selection criteria and associated quantitative trait loci. A panel of 197 bread wheat genotypes was evaluated for yield- and drought-tolerance-related traits in...
Calibration and validation of the FAO AquaCrop water productivity model for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
FAO’s water-driven crop growth simulation model, AquaCrop, was calibrated and validated for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Existing datasets, used in similar published works, were shared covering several years and regions (Colombia, Nigeria...
Improved crop varieties can help mitigate rising grain prices
ICARDA, ARC, and AfricaRice met to review the latest climate-smart crops innovations and discuss specific food/nutrition needs & market demand in the region at the ARC SIDS Crop Research station in Egypt.
“Dear brother farmer”: Gender, agriculture and digital extension in rural Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Providing farmers with essential agricultural information and training in the era of COVID-19 has been a challenge that has prompted a renewed interest in digital extension services. There is a distinct gender gap, however, between men’s and...
Thought-provoking discussion at the ICARDA fireside chat for MENA Climate Week
Today during MENA Climate Week held in Dubai, ICARDA carried out an engaging and thought-provoking online ‘fireside chat’, hosted by ICARDA’s Climate Change Advisor Ms. Roula Majdalani alongside three co-speakers from the donor, development, and private sector.
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...
