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February 27, 2015

A new resilience agenda

Against a backdrop of increasing conflict and instability, ICARDA recently attended a FAO conference to explore strategies that could strengthen the resilience of the region's agriculture and food security.
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The Mediterranean region – predicted to be among the worst affected by climate change – requires improved technology transfer to farmers.
February 27, 2015

Strengthening technology transfer

Although the solutions needed to raise agricultural productivity are known, they often do not reach the end-users who can benefit from them the most - smallholder farmers.
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Chairperson of HFDJB’s Board of Trustees, HH Sharifa Zein Alsharaf bint Nasser, and Dr. Mahmoud Solh, ICARDA’s Director General, discuss plans to transform Jordan’s 'badia.'
February 27, 2015

Transforming Jordan's 'Badia' Region

ICARDA is working with the Hashemite Fund for the Development of Jordan's 'Badia' to reverse degradation and improve the productivity of Jordan's marginal lands.
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Farmers are growing lentils in their fields left fallow after rice harvests.
February 23, 2015

A leap forward for South Asia in lentil production

Early maturing lentil varieties are adding new crop, income and nutrition for rice farmers in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
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Current knowledge in lentil genomics and its application for crop improvement
February 23, 2015

Current knowledge in lentil genomics and its application for crop improvement

Most of the lentil growing countries face a certain set of abiotic and biotic stresses causing substantial reduction in crop growth, yield, and production. Until-to date, lentil breeders have used conventional plant breeding techniques of...

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Cancun, Mexico

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference

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Hammamet, Tunisia

Dryland Systems IRT-NAWA Meeting

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A Massive Expansion of Effector Genes Underlies Gall-Formation in the Wheat Pest Mayetiola destructor
February 05, 2015

A Massive Expansion of Effector Genes Underlies Gall-Formation in the Wheat Pest Mayetiola destructor

Gall-forming arthropods are highly specialized herbivores that, in combination with their hosts, produce extended phenotypes with unique morphologies [1]. Many are economically important, and others have improved our understanding of ecology and...

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Meknes, Morocco

The Moroccan International Agricultural Exhibition (SIAM)

The 15th edition of SIAM, with the theme "Generation Green: for sustainable food sovereignty," will take place from 2 to 7 May 2023 in the northern city of Meknes, renowned for its cereal cultivation. Organized by the Moroccan Ministry of...
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Dr. El-Beltagy (far left) visited ICARDA's biotechnology laboratory in Cairo
February 02, 2015

Egypt: Strengthening crop science

ICARDA’s biotechnology laboratory in Cairo plays a key role in breeding the country’s future crops – helping to strengthen food security in Egypt, and beyond.
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