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Conference Papers & Reports
December 2017
Western Asia
Jordan

This report was produced in the frame of the Project titled “Sustainability and Operationalization of Established Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Five Arab Countries”, funded by the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development and implemented by ICARDA.

Conference Papers & Reports
October 2017
Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Morocco
Oman
Pakistan
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Eastern Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Asia
Central Asia
Western Asia

To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, ICARDA’s Strategic Plan 2017-2026 outlines our research and organizational approach for action to achieve our vision of thriving and resilient communities in the dry

Reports & Research
October 2017
Afghanistan
China
Algeria
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Pakistan
Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Eastern Africa
Northern Africa
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Central Asia
Western Asia

This document presents the Strategic Plan of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas for the period from 2017 to 2026. ICARDA’s mission is to enhance food, water, and nutritional security and environmental health in the face of global challenges, including climate change.

Institutional & promotional materials
October 2017
Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Morocco
Oman
Pakistan
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Eastern Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Asia
Central Asia
Western Asia

Non-tropical dry areas cover over 40% of the world’s land surface with a growing population of more than 2.5 billion people. These people grow 44% of the world’s food and keep half of the world’s livestock, yet one in six live in chronic poverty.

Reports & Research
October 2017
Iraq
Western Asia

It is no doubt that water resource is considered as main determining factor for agriculture and the adoption of modern irrigation technique would preserve this important resource. The shortage of rain in middle and southern Iraq pushes farmers to depend on irrigated agriculture especially from its main resource Euphrates and Tigris and their tributaries.

Conference Papers & Reports
June 2017
Western Asia
Jordan

Jordan’s rangelands, the so called Badia, home of the Bedouins, are threatened through a combination of
over-exploitation of the ecosystem services and a changing climate towards drier seasons and highly
erratic rainfalls. In the recent decades, the once productive grazing lands transformed into sparsely

May 2017
Northern Africa
Western Asia

The NATO Parliamentary Assemblies’ Science and Technology Committee drafted a new report on Food and Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa. The report underlines that pressures on natural resources and connected impacts on food production are factors that contribute to the (in-) security of the MENA region.

Policy Papers & Briefs
May 2017
Northern Africa
Western Asia
Europe

As an international actor in addressing food insecurity among refugees and other migrants, the World  Food Programme (WFP) has undertaken a research study to determine the role that food security plays in cross-border migration. Given the dearth of data on this topic, the WFP  study sought to answer some of the following questions: What is it that compels people to leave their homes?

April 2017
Northern Africa
Western Asia

Despite six years of crisis in Syria, agriculture remains a key part of the economy. The sector still accounts for an estimated 26 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and represents a critical safety net for the 6.7 million Syrians – including those internally displaced - who still remain in rural areas. However, agriculture and the livelihoods that depend on it have suffered massive loss.

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