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Caravan 26: Science for Food Security
This issue of Caravan illustrates this continuum approach. It describes some of ICARDA’s strategic research — the use of new tools such as GIS, molecular markers and thermographic imaging, and new
research methods in ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems - Final Completion Report
The project, Enhanced Smallholder Wheat-Legume Cropping Systems to Improve Food Security under Changing Climate in the Drylands of WANA, has been effective in its planned objectives.
The overall goal was to contribute to ...
Seed Info No. 39
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs, and thus ...
Wheat Legume Cropping Systems WANA COFIN-ECG-56-ICARDA Progress Report 2013-2014 Cropping Season
GOAL (Impact): Enhanced food and nutritional security, improved livelihoods of rural communities and agricultural sector growth in the countries of WANA in the face of increasing climatic variability and change.
PURPOSE ...
Seed Info No. 28
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and communication among seed staff in the Central
and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to contribute towards the development of stronger national ...
Ties that Bind: Africa and ICARDA
ICARDA has long-standing outreach programs in North Africa, the Nile Valley, and the Red Sea region (Fig 2). In its current strategic plan, the Center will extend its work to the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Food, income, and livelihoods: Impact of new agricultural technologies in Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen have a combined population of 195 million, of whom 72% live in rural areas. All four economies are largely agriculture-based; but most farmers use traditional crop varieties and farming ...
Food Security, Poverty and Diversification: Relative Contribution of Livestock Activities on Small-scale Farms in Egypt
The often-cited means to reduce poverty in rural areas is to push the sustainable
intensification of the agricultural sector or to favor a livelihood diversification strategy.
However, rural households that invest their ...
Seed Info No. 36
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs, and thus ...
Egypt and ICARDA
Egypt-ICARDA ties are marked by an ever growing research partnership that has successfully delivered solutions to improve livelihoods and enhance food security over several decades. ICARDA’s partnership with Egypt dates ...