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CGIAR “King Baudouin Science Award for Outstanding Partnership" awarded to the Program for Sustainable Agriculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC)
It is with great pleasure that we announce that on December 2, 2008, during the Annual General Meeting 2008 of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), held in Maputo, Mozambique, the CGIAR ...
Integrated watershed development for food security and sustainable improvement of livelihoods in Bahrani, Pakistan
ICARDA, in association with the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Vienna), the Barani Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), the Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute (SAWCRI), the National ...
ICARDA-European Commission partnership (1990-2011)
This brief highlights cooperation between the European Commission and ICARDA for programs over the past two decades to improve food security and the livelihoods of rural populations in the world’s dry areas.
Strategies for Combating Climate Change in Drylands Agriculture
Synthesis of dialogues and evidence presented at the International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands, Doha, Qatar, November, 2012
Changes in climate patterns are having their most acute effect on people living in ...
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 ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...
Sustaining family farmers in the Dry Areas
The estimated 500 million family farmers worldwide are often the main food producers in many regions, making vital contributions to the variety and quality of local diets. Paradoxically, many also struggle on marginal lands ...
The challenge of feeding a growing population as climate gets hotter and drier
Invitation to join the "Coping with Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Meeting Future Food Demand through Science & Innovation" session during COP22 Marrakech Climate Change Conference.
CAC e- Newsletter May, 2015: Helping to ensure food and nutrition security in southern Tajikistan
The International Potato Center (CIP), a member of the CGIAR Regional Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus, is implementing a USAID-funded project in southern Tajikistan to help smallholder potato growers increase ...
Training Report on Food security and healthy diet for a population living in Fergana province_September 2014
The Training on “Food security and healthy diet for a population living in Fergana
province” was conducted in Kuva district Fergana Province on 9 September 2014 with
the active support of local government (Khokimiyat) and ...