ICARDA was delighted to host Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, the newly appointed Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, on the first step in her world tour of CGIAR’s Research Center Headquarters, regions, and partners. In line with her commitment to gaining valuable insights from the field, Dr. Elouafi aims to visit all global CGIAR centers in the coming months. These activities underscore
Using native species to restore degraded silvopastoral systems in arid areas – a transformative solution for a sustainable and resilient future. Silvopastoral systems – integrated farming systems in which livestock grazing and pasture are combined with trees/shrubs – in North Africa, particularly in Tunisia, they are rapidly degrading through the loss of natural vegetation cover and biological diversity over the past decades.
The generous support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and collaboration of Egypt’s Agricultural Research Center (ARC) and Access Agriculture made this vital work possible. ICARDA has recently concluded the four-year Innovative Agriculture for Small-holder Resilience (iNASHR) Project in Egypt with resounding success. iNASHR is now poised to play a crucial role in enhancing Egypt’s water resource management
ICARDA and India have signed an agreement (MoU) to promote spineless cactus cultivation, and it’s economic usages, with the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, and SLNA, State Government of Rajasthan, Government of India. On December 22, 2023,
Environmental challenges in the Aral Sea basin have wide-ranging consequences, affecting local ecosystems, socioeconomics, climate, and the health of its inhabitants. The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia has been plagued by severe and ongoing environmental degradation. The excessive diversion of water for cotton farming has caused the sea to retract dramatically, leading to ecological imbalances and the emergence of
ICARDA convened a closing workshop in Tunis, Tunisia, to discuss the impact of this ambitious research initiative, undertaken across ten Arab countries. In a remarkable testament to regional collaboration and agricultural innovation, the Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries project has drawn to a close after three transformative phases spanning the years 2011 to 2023. The different phases of the
Located in the heart of the CWANA and the Middle East drylands during the hottest year in recorded history, COP28 held immense significance for ICARDA, CGIAR’s drylands agricultural Research Center. Throughout COP28, ICARDA’s delegation, alongside colleagues from sister centers, highlighted the importance of international collaboration in tackling climate-smart transformation in food, land, and water systems for future global food security,
Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and Regional Director of CWANA, CGIAR, led a visit, hosted by the nearby ICBA research site, at which regional partners attended along with board members from CGIAR Centers such as ICARDA’, IFPRI, IWMI, and WorldFish. Attendees examined for the first time, the individual elements in action, that make up IDFIP’s evidence-based agri innovations,