ICARDA and the CGIAR team attended COP27, hosted by The Egyptian Presidency in Sharm el-Sheikh, between 6-18 November 2022. This is the first COP that CGIAR centers have joined as one to present a unified front under the OneCGIAR ethos. Read our daily Livestream of our activities as they happen (Post-conference report coming soon) Of significance this year at COP27 was
Earlier this year, Lebanese endurance athlete Michael Haddad embarked on a series of ‘Walks for Life’ in North Africa and Norway to raise global visibility of the impacts of climate change on rural farmers in the region and beyond. Michael carried symbolic ‘packets of hope’ that contained climate-vulnerable but vital seeds of wheat, barley, lentil, chickpea, and forage crops (as
By Mina Devkota Wasti – ICARDA Agronomist, and Rachid Moussadek, ICARDA Systems Cropping Agronomist In the Central and West Asia, and North Africa Region (CWANA) ICARDA scientists and partners are leading efforts to provide solutions to farmers that allow them to continue food production while protecting their soil. On World Soil Day 2022, the United Nations reminds us that 95%
ICARDA’s Soil, Water and Agronomy (SWA) Team, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will hold a dryland agriculture session in the 2nd Global Framework on Water Scarcity and Agriculture (WASAG) Forum hosted by FAO. WASAG plays a significant role in developing collaborative actions as solutions to the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the resulting water
A key focus in ICARDA’s work in Syria is on building up the country’s research capacity as a prerequisite for implementing a sound and effective research program for increasing the productivity of dry-farming crops. As part of the research activities through “Data Collection Survey on Efficient Agriculture Water Management,” conducted in the Orontes river basin in Hama-Syria, ICARDA held a
ICARDA is grateful to the CGIAR’s Livestock, Climate, and System Resilience Initiative (LCSR) for funding this research. ICARDA would also like to recognize its valuable partners, the Office de l’Elevage et des Pâturages (OEP) in Tunisia and the Direction Generale des Forets de Tunisie (DGF). “Restoring rangelands in Tunisia involves much more than just planting shrubs and trees. It is
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) was delighted to be chosen as a finalist for the CGIAR Inclusive Team Award – one of CGIAR’s first-ever Inclusive Workplace Awards, which recognize efforts to advance gender equity and support inclusivity in the workplace. All members of the MEL team
Over 70 researchers from 10 CGIAR centers, EiA External Advisory Committee (EAC), Moroccan partners, and stakeholders gathered in Rabat for three days of deliberations. Opened by ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director of CWANA, Mr. Aly Abousabaa, INRA Morocco Director, Dr. Faouzi Bekkaoui, One CGIAR Managing Director – Resilient Agri-Food Systems, Dr. Martin Kropff, Bill & Melinda Gates