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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Protecting Scarce Dryland Water
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)22.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
ICARDA is grateful to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Fores…
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Farmers Can Get Ahead of Locust Swarms
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)09.03.22-
Biodiversity
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ICARDA is grateful to the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture and JDC-GRID for…
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Social Soil
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)02.12.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The SWC@Scale project is funded by GIZ as part of the PROSOL global program, and carried out alo…
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ICT2Scale demonstrates the vital importance of ICT tools for dryland farmers
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)02.12.21-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To fill gaps in essential data informing decisions at the farm level, the ICT2Scale…
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ICARDA Signs MoU with the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)30.11.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
ICARDA is thrilled to announce that Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR…
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Morocco to Convert 1M ha to Conservation Agriculture - how ICARDA/INRA Fit In
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)28.11.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Morocco, the only country in the region to practice Conservation Agriculture (CA) at scale, will…
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ICARDA’s livestock-based innovation success story gets an award
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)24.11.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICARDA’s work on Community-Based Breeding Programs in Ethiopia is carried out as part of t…
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A new publication in Nature Reports on a toolkit for improved chickpea varieties
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)21.11.21-
Food security
Nature Reports published an open-access paper on a big plant-genome sequencing study conducted by IC…
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COP26’s Huge Strides towards Climate-Friendly Agriculture
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)21.11.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
COP26, the 26th yearly round of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate negotiati…
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Egypt Prime Minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly praises the efforts of the UAE and the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)14.11.21The Secretary-General of The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (…
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Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge for Better Farming Today
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)11.11.21-
Gender equality
The 'Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure' (IKRI), a brand-new online catalog that compiles …
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CGIAR - ICARDA AT COP26
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)03.11.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This week ICARDA travels to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK.…
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ICARDA Scientists Study the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production and Its Consequences on Human Health
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Health
Around the world, especially in dry areas, agricultural practices are affected by climate change a…
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Country workshops to discuss the future of CGIAR research in CWANA
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Building on the July CWANA consultations, CGIAR led by Mr. Aly Abousabaa - Regional Director…
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A new publication in Nature Reports on how Farming with Alternative Pollinators improves smallholder farmers' incomes significantly
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)19.10.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
An open-access paper in Nature reports on the significant advantages of using the low-cost Farming…
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ICARDA Presents Achievements in India’s Grand Agricultural Exhibition
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)18.10.21ICARDA’s Food Legume Research Platform (FLRP) in Madhya Pradesh, India and a number of leading…
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Rangeland Women: Why Supporting Them Could Save Tunisia’s Degraded Ecosystems
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)14.10.21-
Gender equality
Across the drylands, there is a widespread misconception surrounding rural women's involvement in ra…
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ICARDA and Cairo Water Week 24-28th October
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)05.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Every year ICARDA participates at Cairo Water Week (CWW), where global experts come together to…
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