A roadmap for food system recovery in fragile states and territories
On World Science Day for Peace and Development, we showcase our work to restore food systems after national shocks - often the first step towards recovery.
Safeguarding a global seed heritage from Syria to Svalbard
Crop diversity underpins food security and adaptation to climate change. Concerted conservation efforts are needed to maintain and make this diversity available to plant scientists, breeders and farmers. Here we present the story of the rescue...
The metabotyping of an East African cassava diversity panel: A core collection for developing biotic stress tolerance in cassava
Cassava will have a vital role to play, if food security is to be achieved in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Central and East Africa. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci poses a major threat to cassava production by small holder farmers in part due to...
Tapping the Economic Potential of Chickpea in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chickpea is a nutrition-rich, cropping-system friendly, climate-resilient, and low-cost production crop. It has large economic potential in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, where it currently accounts for only approximately half a million...
ICARDA scientists win the Crop Science Society of America 2020 Outstanding Paper Award
The Crop Science Society of America selects a report on root system architecture in durum wheat under different water regimes for the 2020 Outstanding Paper Award.
ICARDA and partners impress the global big data community with their digital innovations by securing four finalist spots out of fifteen and winning two out of seven awards in the Inspire Challenge.
Knowledge and perception on ticks and tick-borne diseases among veterinary medicine students from the North African countries of Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia