By ICARDA Communication Team — This work received direct funding support from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) through the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) Project. Open access was provided by PIM. An international partnership of research centers has found that increased investment in agriculture research and development could result >> Read more
Prospects for wheat self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa based on adoption of improved management practices and wheat area expansion
By Aymen Frija, ICARDA — In the framework of the R&D SARD-SC project funded by the AfDB, and as part of the Global Futures & Strategic Foresight program, the ICARDA foresight team recently used the IMPACT model used to assess the effect of the adoption of improved wheat management and areas expansion (AE) on the >> Read more
Conservation Agriculture discussed in Tunisia
The representatives of more than 10 public administrations and agencies representing a wide range of agricultural institutions, farmers and farmers associations attended a round table to discuss the milestones for further development of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia, held in Tunis on 16 March 2017. The workshop was organized by ICARDA, jointly with IRESA-Tunisia (Agricultural Research >> Read more
