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Rebuilding Syria’s agriculture starts with seed. 49 farmers are now producing certified wheat seed locally, reducing reliance on imports and restoring livelihoods. From kg to tons by 2027!

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Restoring Syria’s Seed Systems | ICARDA Rebuilding Syria’s agriculture starts with seed. ICARDA, FAO, and FCDO are restoring local seed systems, enabling farmers to produce certified, climate-resilient varieties and rebuild resilient, self-sustaining livelihoods.

Through the ATSAF Junior Scientists Tandems (JST) scholarship, implemented in partnership with GIZ, Master’s student Ugonna Oboke contributed to our joint work in Uzbekistan under the FAO-led FOLUR Impact Program.

Focusing on rainwater harvesting and contour terracing in the Kashkadarya region, the research demonstrated how simple, time-tested land management practices can restore degraded landscapes, improve soil moisture retention, and support tree establishment in arid environments.

By combining field-based innovation with the Social-Ecological Systems approach, this work highlights the importance of integrating community perspectives with scientific solutions to strengthen climate resilience.

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Researching Rainwater Harvesting in Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan | ICARDA Research in Uzbekistan shows how rainwater harvesting and contour terracing improve water retention, support tree growth, and help restore degraded drylands, linking field practices with policy for climate resilience.

A Legacy in the Drylands
50 Years of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

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A Legacy in the Drylands 50 Years of ICARDA | ICARDA ICARDA@50 marks 50 years of research breakthroughs in dryland agriculture, climate resilience, crop improvement, and sustainable livelihoods. Explore events, stories, and impact.

🌸 On the eve of International Women’s Day, we warmly congratulate all women and celebrate your strength, leadership, and invaluable contributions to our communities and the world.

We wish you inspiration, success, confidence in your ideas, and new opportunities to achieve your goals. May your work continue to shape a more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous future.

We also remind you that The Global Conference on Women in Agrifood Systems (GCWAS-2026) will be held in New Delhi, India, from 12–14 March 2026, under the theme “Driving Progress, Attaining New Heights.”

The conference will serve as a global platform for advancing dialogue, evidence, and action to strengthen the role of women across agrifood systems.

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The Directors General of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA, and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT met on 13 Feb 2026 in Rabat, Morocco to bring together research capacities, co-design a transformative research and delivery agenda and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly drive innovation, scaling, and impact for legumes for food and feed across the world.

Responding to global challenges, including increasing climate pressures and shrinking traditional funding sources, bringing the two centers together will enable raising funds and building partnerships at scale. Together, both centers bring excellence in genetic diversity and discovery, as the custodians of the largest legume genebanks, advancing breeding and genetics through to delivery, including in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Building on these strengths, and challenging business as usual models, we are laying the foundation for a global legume effort — a future-food-focused, impact-oriented platform designed to accelerate the development and adoption of climate-resilient, biodiversity-protective, nutrition-rich, and market-relevant legume innovations.

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Strengthening Global Research for a nutritious and secure food future | ICARDA The Directors General of ICARDA, and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT met on 13 Feb 2026 in Rabat, Morocco to bring together research capacities, co-design a transformative research and delivery agenda and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly drive innovation, scaling, an...