ICARDA scientists develop sustainable solutions for family farmers in dry regions to improve livelihoods, food and nutritional security under a climate crisis.
👩🌾On this International Day of
#RuralWomen
, let’s celebrate the unsung heroines powering global food systems.
Explore how ICARDA is empowering women in MENA Region to lead on sustainable farming practices & revive neglected species in the face of climate change!
👉
2021 is the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
#IYFV
With our partners
@FAO
, we are committed to promoting the under-utilized Cactus Pear which thrives with minimal inputs in marginal areas, making it important to farmers in dry regions.
Congratulations to
@K__ELHassouni
,
@fillobax
, and the team for receiving 2020
@crop_science
Outstanding Paper Award for their paper on investigating root systems in Durum Wheat.
Know more:
Thrilled to see
@ICARDA
's Plant Virologist Dr Safaa Kumari made it to the
@BBC
's 2020 list of 100 influential
#women
for her inspiring
@CGIAR
work on plant epidemiology.
Congratulations to Dr Kumari & all the remarkable women on the list:
#OneCGIAR
ICARDA today expresses its deepest condolences for the passing of Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, World Food Prize Winner and former critical Gene Management and Wheat scientist of
@CIMMYT
and
@ICARDA
.
We’re thrilled to announce that ICARDA’s
@ShivKAgrawal
received an Excellence Award in the field of Pulses Improvement, a prestigious award by the ISPRD and
@IcarIipr
for his outstanding work in pulses genetic innovation and
#pulses
production.
Congratulations 🎉
Field trials for over 4000 Kabuli chickpea accessions at ICARDA-FLRP, ICARDA’s Amlaha station in India, including selection for traits like drought, heat, and early maturity.
@icarindia
“At ICARDA, we’re unlocking the potential of crop wild relatives to tackle the challenges of extreme heat, drought, and emerging diseases. Utilizing genetic diversity is key to creating resilient crops for a sustainable future.”
@a_bakinghouse
, ICARDA
📌
@PlantAPBA
Conference
"With the introduction of improved drought & salinity-tolerant barley varieties, land productivity will increase. By embracing resilient new strains, we can reclaim more land than ever before," said
@Miguel_ICARDA
barley breeder, ICARDA.
"Agricultural Research for Development can play multiple roles in dryland communities, including resolving resource-based conflicts, not just producing crops for food security”- Andre Van Rooyen,
@ICRISAT
. at the
@CGIAR
@ACIARAustralia
#DryArc
Dialogues
“One of the challenges we face in
#Egypt
is the imbalance between wheat production and demand. We need to improve wheat productivity, but we also need to minimize the reliance on wheat,” said
@KibromAbay
Country Program Leader
@IFPRI
.
📌National Wheat Day, Egypt
Did you know that a pulse is a subgroup of the legume family and because of its nitrogen-fixing properties, can improve soil fertility, helping to extend productivity of farmland? What's your favorite fact about pulses?🌱
#WorldPulsesDay
#PulseFacts
#Feb10
🫘"Happy World Pulses Day! 🫘
Today, we celebrate the unsung heroes of agriculture – pulses. Join us in recognizing their vital role in sustainable agriculture and global food security.
✍️ Read Now:
@AladdinHamwieh
's latest Op-ed
#WorldPulsesDay
🔗
Dr NP Singh, Director of IIPR Kanpur on his visit to
@ICARDA
's food
#legume
research program at FLRP-Amlaha on 20 Feb.
This important visit comes under the umbrella of the strong collaboration between The Indian Council of Agricultural Research
@icarindia
and
@CGIAR
.
"It is exciting to have validated low-cost methods that will allow many people around the world to take a hard look at the root of the problem,"-
@fillobax
on co-authoring the
@crop_science
Outstanding Paper award winner for 2020 .
Excited to hear from
@CGIAR
System Board Chair Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
@lmsibanda
this afternoon at the
@AfDB_Group
Annual Meeting side event: Feed Africa - Food Sovereignty and Resilience - 15:30 Egypt time!
Live🔗:
Scientists from ICARDA and the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute conducted training on improving crop production in
#rainfed
systems for 25 farmers, Syrian refugees, and technicians in Lebanon. Funded:
@JapanGov
@UNDP_Lebanon
Photos: an on-farm visit to demonstration plots
“The genebank of [Tal Hadya] was considered the icon of ICARDA.” How a seed bank that was almost lost in Syria’s conflict is moving locations, but continuing to protect over 100,000 varieties of seeds.
"ICARDA has developed genetic and agronomic solutions around the discovery + deployment of climate-smart germplasm of chickpea, lentil, fava bean and grass pea. These varieties are resistant to biotic stresses, better yielding and stable," says
@ShivKAgrawal
to
@FondationFARM
.
ICARDA and its national partners in
#Tunisia
are building a knowledge hub with a
#women
farmers’ association to build female farmers capacity in forage and
#livestock
feeding-oriented activities through on-the-job-training and personalized
#coaching
.
@CIMMYT
Funded by:
@IFAD
ICARDA in partnership with
@MIT
,
@INRAMaroc
&
@JainIrrigation
is field testing and introducing ultra-low energy drip irrigation systems which reduce the required pumping power of drip irrigation systems by up to 50% & can lower the cost of solar-powered drip systems by up to 40%.
🔬As a result of more than 🔟 years of research!
🌾World-leading scientists led by
@ICARDA
and supported by
@CropTrust
have delivered six new durum
#wheat
and
#barley
varieties tolerant to increasingly severe droughts ravaging
#Morocco
.
⬇️
BEING A SCIENTIST - IN HER OWN WORDS.
On
#IWD2021
five
@CGIAR
@ICARDA
researchers speak about the opportunities & challenges they face as women scientists in the Middle East, Africa & Asia.
Read full Q&As here:
ICARDA's Dr. Filippo Bassi has played an integral role in a new discovery of genes that improve
#durumwheat
yields under
#drought
conditions.
Read more about how Dr. Bassi contributed to the important discovery here: 👉
@fillobax
#ClimateSmart
Did you know? Banana and plantain breeding was thought to be impossible, but in 1987
@CGIAR
scientists finally found a way!
Learn how their methods are securing a staple food for millions:
@IITA_CGIAR
@RTB_CGIAR
#OneCGIAR
#CGIAR50
🌾 A new drought-tolerant variety of durum
#wheat
!
“Many farmers said it was love at first sight when they saw it standing strong when all other varieties were being destroyed by drought,” said
@fillobax
⬇️
@guardian
"If you do not empower girls in certain fields early on, they are less represented, and must fight harder later." -
@CGIAR
@ICARDA
Genebank Manager Mariana Yazbek on encouraging young women to pursue a career in science for
#IWD2021
.
Read the full Q&A
The
@CGIAR
Global Digital & Data Team met to put together the digital & data strategy in the context of the 2030
#One_CGIAR
research and innovation plan.
Hosted by
@ICARDA
in Cairo.
🌱👏 Kudos to our amazing ICARDA scientists for their stellar performance at the
@PlantAPBA
Conference @
@UM6P_officiel
. Spreading the word about ICARDA's latest plant breeding innovation and engaging in insightful discussions on research findings.
Dryland agriculture experts from Australia &
@CGIAR
join forces with key stakeholders at the
#DryArc
Australia Dialogue webinars starting today, to discuss innovations to tackle serious challenges that affect global dry regions.
@ACIARAustralia
Field phenotyping of over 4000 Kabuli chickpea accessions at ICARDA-FLRP,
@ICARDA
’s Amlaha station in India.
The trials include selections for different traits and machine harvestability.
@icarindia
@CGIAR
The new
@CGIAR
#DryArc
initiative is designed to drive market-led innovations for sustainable agricultural intensification of the drylands and improve livelihoods and capacity of the countries to meet the growing food demand from expanding urban areas:
ICARDA Morocco Genebank is officially inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Sadiki, Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture, alongside
@alyabousabaa
,
@CGIAR
's Regional Director of CWANA and ICARDA Director-General.
Happy 10th anniversary! 🎉🌾
The ICARDA Morocco genebank hosts 110,000 accessions of stored wheat, barley, lentil, chickpea, rangeland, and forage species. A milestone in preserving global agricultural biodiversity.
#ICARDAResearchPlatform10
🔗
Read
@CIMMYT
's blog on the Septoria Precision Phenotyping Platform led by
@CIMMYT
in collaboration with Tunisia's (IRESA) and
@ICARDA
and supported by the
@CGIAR
Research Program on Wheat.
Scientists at
@ICARDA
capture and analyze data from sensors, drones, satellites and IoT to help small dryland farmers increase their income by saving on inputs costs.
#PrecisionFarming
is for small-scale farmers too.
@CGIAR
Get your 2020 seeds now from
@ICARDA
International Nurseries. 60% of collaborators have ordered already, but time is running out if you haven’t! Thanks to The One Global Wheat Program and
#CGIARWheat
for your support.
Order here:
@CGIAR
@CIMMYT
🌾🔬 Another great presentation by
@ICARDA
Ph.D. candidate
@Houda29728719
, highlighting the Evaluation & Modelling of cald Resistance (Rhynchosporium commune) in Two Distinct Subsets of the
#Barley
Genetic Resources using Machine Learning.
📌
@PlantAPBA
Conference
@UM6P_officiel
Jabal, which means “mountain” in Arabic, was singled out by farmers in consultations with crop breeders because it adapted so well to drought, a common stress in its main cultivation areas.
#JabalWheat
40 years ago,
@ICARDA
scientists ventured into the Syrian plateaus to retrieve the seeds of a wild grass that could withstand drought.
This was bred with durum wheat to produce a new drought-tolerant variety called
#JabalWheat
Learn more👉
#BOLDcwr
"Due to the heavy drought, the traditional wheat crops failed but as you can see here, our drought-tolerant variety still stands." - Dr.
@w_tadesse
,
@ICARDA
's lead wheat breeder at the Marchouch Research Station in Morocco visit
#SeedsForLife
@INRAMaroc
The ancestors of our common crops hold the key to global
#foodsecurity
. 🌍🌱
Find out how Crop Wild Relatives serve as a nature-based solution that will help farmers maintain productivity against the effects of
#climatechange
.
👉
@CropTrust
@CGIAR
Over 300 farmers joined a fruitful discussion with ICARDA’s scientists
@ShivKAgrawal
and
@BaumBCI
during “Scientist's meet and Farmers’ day” organized by
@ICARDA
and
@icarindia
with the presence of NARS partners and government officials at Amlaha,
#India
.
Discover how ICARDA breeding scientists are looking at the past, to ensure future food security.🌱
Funded by
@CropTrust
& under
@CGIAR
mandate, ICARDA researchers have studied Crop Wild Relatives alongside
@noradno
@GlobalSeedVault
@Kew_MSBUK
Read more👉
In 2020, with the fantastic support of all our donors,
@CGIAR
partners, and in-country stakeholders,
@ICARDA
made great progress in delivering resilient livelihoods to dryland family farmers.
Read our annual report 📜👉
#ICARDAin2020
🌍 We've landed in Meknes, Morocco for SIAM 2024! 🚀
Join us at the
@ICARDA
/
@FAO
booth in the SIAM international pavilion.
Stay tuned for live updates! 📸
Explore our day-to-day activities.⬇️
‘I’m overwhelmed by the achievement of this symbol of what real cooperation has achieved in this essential tool in the fight for future-proof food systems” -
@CropTrust
's Head of Programs Dr. Charlotte Lusty at the
#SeedsForLife
@ICARDA
/
@CGIAR
Morocco Genebank Opening
Vacancy, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
@IITA_CGIAR
invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Data Scientist –
@CGIAR
Excellence in Agronomy
Details:
The
@ICARDA
2019 Annual Report is launched! Discover our innovative R4D for better resilience of rural livelihoods in the non-tropical dry areas, helping to deliver on
@CGIAR
's mission of a world free of poverty, hunger, and environmental degradation 👉
🌾
#Today
🌾
Excited to be in Rabat for the Crop Diversity Day Workshop with
@CropTrust
,
@FAO
, &
@planttreaty
! Together, we will discuss the urgency of food system transformation and the pivotal role of genebanks in the MENA region.
#SeedsToSolutions
🌱
In
#ICARDAin2020
, our Geoinformatics for sustainable Agro-Ecosystems (GeoAgro) team ramped up
@CGIAR
's digitalization of research through its geo-big data-driven platform to leverage the latest cutting-edge technological innovations.
Read more 👉
Did you know that lentils, India's ultimate food culture symbol, have been a staple food since 2,500BC?
On
#WorldPulsesDay
,
@ICARDA
's chief
#lentil
breeder tells this fascinating story + details of ICARDA/partners' extensive research.
@CGIAR
🌾 🧬 ICARDA’s Ahmed Amri is featured in
@thecroptrust
#SeedHeroes
series celebrating his achievements as a pioneer of seed conservation in the Fertile Crescent who helped rescue ICARDA's genebank during Syria's civil war.
Check it out 👉
Supportive workplaces like
@CGIAR
are essential to enable women to thrive in scientific careers.⚛️
Discover the achievements, challenges and scientific prowess of some of ICARDA's leading female scientists featured in our upcoming Q&A series to celebrate
#InternationalWomensDay
.
🌟 Celebrate
#WomenInScience
on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with ICARDA!
🌍 Let's break barriers and cultivate change with
@HafssaKabbaj
and
@a_bakinghouse
as they discuss empowering women in agricultural research.
👉
“Even today’s ‘basic’ digital technology has transformed the sector. As we all now have new individual cutting-edge digital expertise, if we pool our knowledge, we can transform the sector all over again,” ICARDA’s
@AladdinHamwieh
.
📌
@CGIAR
Digi. Trans. Event
"ignoring female voices and priorities can lead to us recommending policies that might even harm women." Says
@ICARDA
&
@CGIAR
gender scientist, Dina Najjar on
#IWD2021
Q&A.
Read Najjar's full interview:
Valued scientists & partners are leading the
@CGIAR
@WorldResources
"MENA Grand Challenge" - collective conversations with a broad range of key stakeholders in the region to provide a perspective on what
#R4D
innovation is needed for improved livelihoods.
#WorkwithUs
ICARDA is offering a paid remote Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Research Fellowship. Professionals with agriculture, environmental engineering, ecology and related disciplines are welcome to apply.
⬇️
No-till and legume-based rotations could ramp up smallholders' wheat yields and income significantly.
A recent ICARDA study found that increasing the productivity of
#Morocco
's wheat sector is within reach.
Find out more:
#CGIARWheat
#INRAMaroc
@CGIAR
ICARDA’s crop improvement programs develop improved germplasm for various agricultural systems and distribute them worldwide!
In 2023, 1185 new elite genotypes of barley, wheat, lentil, chickpea, faba beans, and grass pea were delivered through 333 international nursery sets via
A decade of agri-innovation & impact with
@INRAMaroc
!
🌱🌍 Over 66 crop varieties released, including drought-tolerant barley and wheat. We're empowering farmers to thrive in the face of climate change.
#ICARDAResearchPlatform10
👉
"This genebank is a symbol of the regeneration, resilience, & expertise of the people in this region who are working so hard to build a climate smart future” -
@planttreaty
Secretary
@kentnnadozie
at the
#SeedsForLife
@ICARDA
/
@CGIAR
Morocco Genebank Opening.
"Today is a historic day for food security in
#Morocco
& the region. Genebanks are the building blocks of climate-proof food systems" - Dr. Faouzi Bekkaoui (left) Director of
@INRAMaroc
at the
#SeedsForLife
@ICARDA
/
@CGIAR
Morocco Genebank Opening
🌾👩🔬 ICARDA scientists recently attended the Women in Wheat leadership training workshop at
@JohnInnesCentre
, Norwich.
👉 Read about their experience and the solid steps taken to promote gender balance in agricultural research.
Mariana Yazbek sheds light on why women scientists remain underrepresented across the board, and in agricultural research.
Learn about her incredible career journey in her Q&A published for
#WomensDay
on March 8th.