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September 26, 2017

Enhancing food security in Iran

ICARDA has approved a plan and budget for an initiative aiming to raise crop production and strengthen national food security in Iran.
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September 26, 2017

Strengthening research partnerships in Abu Dhabi

Discussing collaborative research activities and on-going efforts to strengthen food security with Abu Dhabi’s Food Control Authority. 
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News
September 26, 2017

Presenting practical solutions to reverse desertification

ICARDA presented practical solutions and strategies at the 13th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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September 26, 2017

Demonstrating the impacts of ICARDA’s research and decentralized activities

ICARDA’s North Africa Platform in Rabat, Morocco, recently hosted the CGIAR’s Independent Science and Partner Council (ISPC).
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Publication
Barriers to Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia
September 22, 2017

Barriers to Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia

Humans depend on land resources for provisions, and the sustainability of land capital to provide sustenance becomes invaluable with population growth. Agriculture is one of the major economic sectors of the five ‘stans’, contributing about 5%...

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Farmers Have Too Low Knowledge to Protect and Benefit from Native Pollinators – Insight from Morocco
September 21, 2017

Farmers Have Too Low Knowledge to Protect and Benefit from Native Pollinators – Insight from Morocco

In 2016 The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) showed that agricultural production is now twice as dependent on pol- linators than five decades ago, but pollinator decline accelerates...

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Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) Creates High Incentives for Farmers for Pollinator Friendly Agriculture
September 21, 2017

Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) Creates High Incentives for Farmers for Pollinator Friendly Agriculture

Currently, environmental research on pollinator decline does not trigger broad protection of pollinators in particular in agricultural landscapes. Prevailing environmental recommen- dations, e.g. seeding wildflower strips in and between fields...

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Effects of Temperature Stresses on the Resistance of Chickpea Genotypes and Aggressiveness of Didymella rabiei Isolates
September 20, 2017

Effects of Temperature Stresses on the Resistance of Chickpea Genotypes and Aggressiveness of Didymella rabiei Isolates

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food and rotation crop in many parts of the world. Cold (freezing and chilling temperatures) and Ascochyta blight (Didymella rabiei) are the major constraints in chickpea production. The effects of...

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Amman, Jordan

Training Course - Soil Analysis, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, and Soil Fertility funded by AFESD and JICA

Event
Amman, Jordan

Practical Workshop - Advances in Managing Small Ruminants Reproduction in Arid Environments

Ceva Animal Health Middle East & International Center for Agridultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) with cooperation of National Center of Agricultural Research & Extension (NCARE) in Jordan organize a practial Workshop on Advances in Managing...
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