ICARDA Annual Report 2013
cg.contact | codis@cgiar.org | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | European Union, European Commission - EU-EC | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Australian Center for International Agricultural Research - ACIAR | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development - AFESD | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development - KFAED | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | International Fund for Agricultural Development - IFAD | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Asian Development Bank - ADB | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | African Development Bank - AfDB | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - DFAT(AusAID, ADRAS) | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA | en_US |
cg.contributor.project | Communication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS) | en_US |
cg.contributor.project-lead-institute | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.issn | 92-9127-290-6 | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | biodiversity | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | crop production | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | development | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | disease control | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | farming systems | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic resources | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | germplasm conservation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | harvesting | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | irrigation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | land use | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | livestock | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | poverty | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | rangelands | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | research | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | ruminants | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | rural communities | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | sustainability | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | vegetation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | water harvesting | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | water management | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | remote sensing | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | sheep | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | seed production | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | goats | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | agronomic characters | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | animal production | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | malnutrition | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic variation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | dryland farming | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | cicer arietinum | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | biological control | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | hordeum vulgare | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic markers | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | grassland management | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | microsatellites | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | medicago sativa | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | pest control | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic maps | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | reclamation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | human resources | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | international cooperation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | resource management | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic resistance | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | rural development | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | training | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | cold | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | arid zones | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | north africa | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | pest resistance | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | drought resistance | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | geographical information systems | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | lens culinaris | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | triticum aestivum | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | aegilops | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | pisum sativum | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | trifolium | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | trigonella | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | vicia narbonensis | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | feed legumes | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | shrubs | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | agricultural development | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | plant collections | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | pastures | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | steppes | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | environmental degradation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | mechanical methods | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | research networks | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | stubble cleaning | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | temperature resistance | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | diffusion of information | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | agroclimatic zones | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | semi-arid zones | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | middle east | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | fruit trees | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | resource conservation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | vicia faba | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | barley | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | faba bean | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | wheat | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | lentil | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | chickpea | en_US |
dc.creator | ICARDA, Communication Team | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-15T10:35:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-15T10:35:50Z | |
dc.description.abstract | 2013 has been a fruitful year for ICARDA marked by research accomplishments and a sense of gratitude. Our longstanding partner countries provided important support in making decentralization of the Center’s research a reality. This transition positions our research programs to more expressly target agroecosystem-based solutions, needed for wider impacts. The effects of climate change are already being felt in the fragile agroecosystems of the drylands, as challenges are increasing for millions of smallholder farmers dependent on them. Scalable solutions are urgently needed to enable a sustainable food-secure future. The decentralization of ICARDA’s research and capacity development from Tel Hadya, Syria, during 2013 perhaps comes timely. New research sites have been strategically established in Morocco, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Turkey/Central Asia and India to allow the Center’s scientists to contribute more adequately to 10 CGIAR Research Programs, particularly the Dryland Systems program that ICARDA leads. The new setup is also powering up our approach of developing integrated solutions targeted to specific agroecosystems and their livelihood needs, through partnerships with the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) and other research institutions. Our ties with NARS were further strengthened this year as host countries opened their doors, shared their research facilities and most of all, joined hands with the Center in our newly aligned research programs for the larger good. We are also pleased to share the scaling out of some important research outcomes and their impacts in 2013. For example, the innovative adaptation of raised bed machines to small-scale farming – developed with farmers and private sector in Sharkia province in Egypt – delivers a 24% saving in irrigation water and is now being scaled out to other provinces and countries, such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Iraq, and Morocco. In another significant progress in Africa, funded by the African Development Bank, heat-tolerant wheat varieties, developed in partnership with Sudan over many years, are beginning to enhance incomes and food security in Ethiopia’s lowlands and in Nigeria, where yields are more than doubling. The results are encouraging Nigerian policy-makers to rethink their national strategy and reduce reliance on imports. For conservation agriculture, converting conventional seeders to ‘zero till’ machines with local private manufacturers is proving catalytic for the uptake of the sustainable practice in multiple countries – including Iraq, Jordan, Morocco. The innovation slashed the cost of seeders, making them far more affordable for smallholders in low-income countries. The HSAD-Iraq program, funded by USAID, delivered on its promise of strengthening the country’s agriculture sector in a short time through a range of strategic interventions like strengthening the key commodity value chain of date palms, improving certified wheat seed production, and guiding the reform of seed regulations for a robust seed system. Also, the Dryland Systems program came into full swing in 2013, ready for collective learning, testing and delivery of systems solutions. The program launched 15 Innovation Platforms across the drylands, stretching from the West Africa Sahel to Central and South Asia. Multidisciplinary teams of researchers, policy makers, academia, NGOs and the private sector were mobilized for each platform and are now moving forward to find integrated solutions for drylands in this one-of-a-kind global challenge. In sum, we are more energized and better positioned than ever before to bring larger impacts for smallholder communities in drylands. | en_US |
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dc.identifier | https://www.icarda.org/annual-report-2013 | en_US |
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dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/H57BkGjX/v/6442313e2747a2d862e537a74c8171c7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Communication Team ICARDA. (8/12/2014). ICARDA Annual Report 2013. Amman, Jordan: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7502 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | en_US |
dc.subject | land races | en_US |
dc.subject | triticum durum. lathyrus sativus | en_US |
dc.subject | nutritive quality | en_US |
dc.subject | sunn pest | en_US |
dc.subject | west asia | en_US |
dc.subject | central asia and the caucasus | en_US |
dc.subject | south asia and china | en_US |
dc.subject | arabian peninsula | en_US |
dc.title | ICARDA Annual Report 2013 | en_US |
dc.type | Internal Report | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2013-12-08 | en_US |
dcterms.issued | 2014-12-08 | en_US |
icarda.series.name | Annual Report | en_US |
icarda.series.number | 2014 | en_US |