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Jul 9, 2018
As the role of women in dry area agriculture increases, and their workloads become heavier with the migration of men to urban areas and abroad, they face financial, cultural, and legal constraints in accessing knowledge, innovation, finance, markets, institutions, and resources,... |
Jul 9, 2018
Taking technological innovations to scale can only be achieved through cooperation and strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and actors. Effective and complementary partnerships, however, are much more than a numbers game; we believe that the most effective partnerships an... |
Jul 9, 2018
Focus: Enhance water and land productivity in key non- tropical dry area agro-ecologies (rainfed, irrigated, and agro-pastoral). Water resources are the most limiting component of agricultural production in dry areas. ICARDA will therefore continue to improve agricultural water p... |
Jul 9, 2018
Focus: Supporting the development and establishment of multi-enterprise farming systems in key non-tropical dry area agro-ecologies and associated markets. Our premise is that agriculture can act as a business and income generator that provides financial stability for many poor s... |
Jul 9, 2018
Focus: Building resilient, integrated, mixed, multi- enterprise land use systems adapted to key non-tropical dry area agro-ecologies (rainfed, agro-pastoral, and irrigated) and markets. Sustainable intensification of non-tropical dry area crop and livestock production systems, wi... |
Jul 9, 2018
Focus: Improving crops and livestock for current and emerging biophysical constraints and markets, adapted to the agro-ecologies of dry areas and future climates. The crop and livestock breeding programs at ICARDA have the overall objective of developing resilient plant and anima... |
Jul 9, 2018
Focus: Conserving genetic diversity and using it by introgressing novel genes into breeding populations adapted to the agro-ecologies of dry areas, future climates, and markets. Dry area agrobiodiversity is key to ensuring further genetic gains and adaptation to climate change. I... |