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Innovar
November 17, 2019

Improving the efficacy and accuracy of European crop variety testing and decision-making

InnoVar ( Next generation variety testing for improved cropping on European farmland) aims to augment and improve the efficacy and accuracy of European crop variety testing and decision-making, using an integrated approach incorporating genomics, phenomics and machine learning.
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Nutrient flow modelling for assessing the resource criticality of heterogeneous agricultural systems: A case study in Southwestern Burkina Faso
November 16, 2019

Nutrient flow modelling for assessing the resource criticality of heterogeneous agricultural systems: A case study in Southwestern Burkina Faso

Despite the many advantages of sustainable intensification (SI), the level of adoption of SI practices in African smallholding farms is still very low, posing the need for adequate methods for monitoring farm sustainability. Macronutrient flows...

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Tunis, Tunisia

Establishing and Operating a Regional Network for Field Measurement of Actual Crop Water Consumption (Evapotranspiration)

Introduction Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa), is the main component required to understand both hydrological and ecological processes between the land surface and the atmosphere. Reliable spatio-temporal distribution of ET is important for water...
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Amman, Jordan

Questionnaire Design, Data Management, Analysis, and Reporting in Socio-economics Research

Under the framework of the AFESD funded Project “Strengthening Innovation and Technology Adoption Towards Sustainable Agricultural Productivity in Arab Countries” which is implemented in collaboration with NARS partner, ICARDA is organizing a...
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دليل جمع البيانات و حساب المؤشرات في إدارة المراعي بالمناطق الجافة و شبه الجافة
November 12, 2019

دليل جمع البيانات و حساب المؤشرات في إدارة المراعي بالمناطق الجافة و شبه الجافة

Guide for Rangeland Vegetation Measurements: Manual on the methods used to monitor the rangelands productivity and managements, the aim is Enhancing capacity of partners is crucial. Thus this manual/guideline for themes related to rangeland...

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Aerial imaging showing micro 9 water harvesting catchment treatment after planting
November 09, 2019

Vallerani micro water harvesting

Desertification has resulted in significant loss of ecosystem processes and services. The techniques and processes to restore degraded watersheds are not linear and integrated watershed management (IWM) must address physical, biological and social approaches to achieve Sustainable Land Management (SLM) objectives.
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Dr. Åsmund Asdal, Coordinator of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault processing the latest ICARDA shipment into the long-term conservation in the vault
November 08, 2019

ICARDA and Svalbard Global Seed Vault

ICARDA has sent between 2008 and 2014 a total of 116,476 accessions (80% of the in-trust collection held in Syria) for long-term conservation at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV). 
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Functional Dissection of the Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Stay-Green Phenotype Associated with Molecular Variation at an Ortholog of Mendel’s I Gene for Cotyledon Color: Implications for Crop Production and Carotenoid Biofortification
November 07, 2019

Functional Dissection of the Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Stay-Green Phenotype Associated with Molecular Variation at an Ortholog of Mendel’s I Gene for Cotyledon Color: Implications for Crop Production and Carotenoid Biofortification

“Stay-green” crop phenotypes have been shown to impact drought tolerance and nutritional content of several crops. We aimed to genetically describe and functionally dissect the particular stay-green phenomenon found in chickpeas with a green...

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The Raised Bed Machine (RBM) was developed by the International Centre for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) in collaboration with Egyptian research centres, public and private sectors. Copyright: Atef Swelam
November 05, 2019

Egypt rolls out water-saving smallholder equipment

New agricultural equipment increases yields by up to 20 per cent. Smallholders in Egypt have received incentives to use the technology. The invention also saves water, a dwindling resource in north Africa.
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