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New ISI publication on enabling factors for farmer-driven pollinator protection
The replication of the FAP-cucumber trial in Uzbekistan (2013-2014) in Morocco (2015-2016) demonstrated the agronomic replicability of Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP). However, it also revealed that in countries ...
Rangeland Women: Why Supporting Them Could Save Tunisia’s Degraded Ecosystems
Across the drylands, there is a widespread misconception surrounding rural women's involvement in rangelands.
Women's roles in livestock rearing, crop cultivation, and climate change adaptation, are either diminished or ...
Brochure for agricultural advisors
Within the IKI project, we train extension staff in Morocco and some other countries on Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP). Responding to a request by the Moroccan extension service Office National du Conseil ...
FAO/ICARDA webinars on measuring evapotranspiration - now open
The webinars cover a number of evapotranspiration measurement themes including underlining the time and space scale of measurement applications and analyzing their accuracy and suitability for use in arid and semi-arid ...
Advantages of the new advanced lines of crop wild relatives in farmer’s fields during the season 2019-2020
The extra harsh climatic conditions of the season 2019-2020 posed a great challenge to our improved lines emanating from crop wild relatives project (DIIVA-PR) especially in Safi region where rainfall was less than 100 mm. ...
New research published studying plants' diversity in arid and desert rangelands in Tunisia
This blog is highlighting the efforts of ICARDA scientists in characterizing various indigenous rangelands plants to discover their human health benefits and their attributes as feed for livestock and wildlife.
Updated checklist of wild bee species of Morocco
A new paper listing the 961 described bee species of Morocco was recently published in the journal Zootaxa. This paper includes a review of historical records from the literature on the bee fauna of Morocco and recent ...
PRIMA Foundation Uptakes the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Platform for Projects Knowledge Management
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) is an integrated and adaptable online platform for projects, activities and knowledge management, performance measurement, communication and dissemination of research findings. Its ...
Research in Tunisia Explores Women Pastoralists’ Roles in Climate Change Adaptation
A recent study from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Western University in Ontario, Canada, finds that women in Tunisia are more involved in livestock grazing and rearing ...