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CWANA Consultations
July 18, 2021

CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations

Early this July, CGIAR invited over 120 delegates from government and National Agriculture Research and Extension Services (NARES) from across the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Region to gather together for the first of a series of CGIAR online consultations about future agricultural needs of the region.
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Amsalech in Bonga
July 14, 2021

Women and Youth can Transform Economies - if Given the Chance

One year ago, Amsalech owned just a single skinny ewe, and her children stayed home to carry out household chores or work in the family farm. After enrolling in ICARDA’s sheep-fattening program, she became the leader of her sheep-fattening group and now earns profits comparable to experienced sheep farmers in the country.
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Miguel Sanchez-Garcia at a field day
July 11, 2021

Modernizing crop breeding to safeguard tomorrow's populations

In the Middle East and North Africa region, the population increases by two percent every year, faster than any other global region except Sub-Saharan Africa. We think it will double in the coming 50 years. Just to maintain the current level of supply, food production will need to increase twofold as well.
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Genetic diversity and GWAS of agronomic traits using an ICARDA lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Reference Plus collection
July 07, 2021

Genetic diversity and GWAS of agronomic traits using an ICARDA lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Reference Plus collection

Genotyping of lentil plant genetic resources holds the promise to increase the identification and utilization of useful genetic diversity for crop improvement. The International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) lentil...

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Grasspea
July 06, 2021

Podcast: ICARDA’s Dr. Priyanka Gupta talks about grass pea

Plant Breeder and legume consultant Dr. Priyanka Gupta features on the popular podcast series Grounded by the Farm, a website, podcast, and social media presence that informs audiences of the inner workings of the agricultural world.
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Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco
July 06, 2021

Institutional and farm-level challenges limiting the diffusion of new varieties from public and CGIAR centers: The case of wheat in Morocco

Low adoption of agricultural technologies slows efforts to increase agricultural productivity and enhance rural livelihoods in developing countries. A large body of literature has sought explanations for the problem, but the focus has been...

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Genome-wide association mapping of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) prebiotic carbohydrates toward improved human health and crop stress tolerance
July 06, 2021

Genome-wide association mapping of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) prebiotic carbohydrates toward improved human health and crop stress tolerance

Lentil, a cool-season food legume, is rich in protein and micronutrients with a range of prebiotic carbohydrates, such as raffinose-family oligosaccharides (RFOs), fructooligosaccharides (FOSs), sugar alcohols (SAs), and resistant starch (RS)...

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Community-based breeding programs are participatory, relatively cheap and implemented directly by farmers, making them useful to smallholders.
July 05, 2021

ICARDA's community-based breeding features on CGIAR 50 Campaign

ICARDA joins CGIAR in celebrating 50 years of innovations and scientific breakthroughs to end hunger and improve human, animal, and ecosystem health under escalating climate challenges.
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‘Omics’ approaches in developing combined drought and heat tolerance in food crops
July 05, 2021

‘Omics’ approaches in developing combined drought and heat tolerance in food crops

Global climate change will significantly increase the intensity and frequency of hot, dry days. The simultaneous occurrence of drought and heat stress is also likely to increase, influencing various agronomic characteristics, such as biomass and...

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Morphological diversity of northeastern fat-tailed and northwestern thin-tailed indigenous sheep breeds of Ethiopia
July 03, 2021

Morphological diversity of northeastern fat-tailed and northwestern thin-tailed indigenous sheep breeds of Ethiopia

Characterization of indigenous sheep breeds using morphological traits is essential for designing rational conservation and improvement strategies. This study was conducted to check the morphological diversity of three fattailed and three thin...

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