Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) is the 10th most important crop in the world, and its cultivation occurs on a vast array of international agroenvironments. However, its wide international adaptation is only marginally ...

Non-tropical dry areas cover over 40% of the world’s land surface with a growing population of more than 2.5 billion people. These people grow 44% of the world’s food and keep half of the world’s livestock, yet one in six ...

Wheat is the principal staple food in most countries of the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, accounting for 45% of the region’s per capita calorie intake with an average wheat consumption of about 200 ...

Analysis of the global water cycle yields some encouraging numbers, with annual per capita renewable water supply about 7000 m3 (7 million liters). However, some countries have as little as 500 m3 per capita, with periodic ...

Capacity development is one of ICARDA’s core priorities. A four-decade partnership with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has equipped thousands of trainees with crucial new knowledge and skills – ...

To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and ...

This document presents the Strategic Plan of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas for the period from 2017 to 2026. ICARDA’s mission is to enhance food, water, and nutritional security and ...

Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures ...

The project tests, validates and disseminates proven and new technologies to assist smallholder farmers in WANA increase their yields and stabilize wheat-legume production system for food security in the face of increasing ...

Le projet met à l’essai, valide et diffuse des technologies éprouvées ou nouvelles afin d’aider les petits exploitants agricoles d’Asie de l’Ouest et d’Afrique du Nord à augmenter leurs rendements, et de stabiliser le ...