New drought-tolerant crops for resilient dryland livelihoods

An international collaboration of world-leading scientists led by ICARDA Morocco has delivered six ground-breaking new durum wheat and barley varieties tolerant to increasingly severe droughts ravaging the region.   As the climate crisis intensifies, so too do...

Agriculture Water Management Training in Syria

A key focus in ICARDA’s work in Syria is on building up the country’s research capacity as a prerequisite for implementing a sound and effective research program for increasing the productivity of dry-farming crops. As part of the research activities...