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With financial support from the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat (CRP-Wheat), ICARDA’s researchers have launched a book titled “Political Economy of the Wheat Sector in Uzbekistan: Seed Systems, Varietal Adoption, and Impacts.” The seven-chapter book comprehensively compiles several studies conducted on different aspects of the wheat sector in Uzbekistan, from variety development and seed marketing to varietal adoption and their

ICARDA is co-hosting the 7th International Workshop for Farming Systems Design (FSD7-2022) alongside CIHEAM-Montpellier, IAV Hassan II, Institut Agro, and UM6P. FSD7-2022 is an opportunity for key stakeholders to discuss and design a plan for climate-smart agri-food systems for sustainable food and nutritional security in dry areas under a climate crisis.

Each year, the Agricultural Research Center (ARC) in Egypt and ICARDA delegations meet to assess the achievements of the previous year, discuss lessons learned, plan Egypt’s future agricultural research priorities and renew collaborative commitments that align with the national strategic plan for Egypt in agricultural development. The collaboration between ICARDA and ARC in Egypt was launched more than 40 years

Rabat, Morocco, 20 September 2022 – Under the leadership of Dr Rachid Mrabet of INRA Morocco, experts drawn from international scientists, development agencies, and a private brewing company met virtually to launch the MountainHER project.  “INRA Morocco are key partners in several PRIMA and European projects, but this is the first time that a North African country is leading one, so it is a

ICARDA’s work on Small Scale Mechanization is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock, the IFAD-Funded CLCA Project, the GIZ SWC@Scale project as part of the ProSol global program, and the CGIAR initiative on Transformational Agroecology Across Food, Land and Water – in collaboration with the Office de l’Elevage et des Pâturages (OEP), Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur

ICARDA is grateful to the Egyptian Government, the One CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative, the One CGIAR CWANA Initiative, FAO, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), and the European Union for funding this research. ICARDA would also like to recognize its partners, the Egyptian Agricultural Research Center (ARC) and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

ICARDA is grateful to the Government of India (ICAR), IFAD, OFID, the Crop Trust, and CGIAR’s Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) for supporting our work on legumes.   ——————————— Every year in September, during ‘India Nutrition Week,’ nutritionists, health gurus, development professionals, chefs, and other food and nutrition experts converge across the subcontinent to discuss and

ICARDA’s Khaled Al Shamaa gains entry to a prestigious app developers’ group  We are thrilled to announce that ICARDA’s Research Database Manager and Senior Analyst Khaled Al- Shamaa was admitted into the inner circle of “Shiny” framework contributors group coordinated by RStudio. The RStudio/Shiny framework contributors group includes only around 68 developers worldwide who are specialized in building interactive web apps straight