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June 08, 2022
Paralyzed Lebanese Athlete and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Michael Haddad completed a 5-kilometer Artic Walk yesterday, delivering a package of precious ICARDA seeds from the Middle East and North Africa to the Global Seed Vault in Norway.
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June 05, 2022
On World Environment Day, ICARDA has a new Genebank, and a sensational Lebanese para-athlete is carrying our seeds to Svalbard.
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June 02, 2022
The “Carlotta Award 2022” second edition is promoted by ENEA, the Academy of Sciences known as the XL, and by the European Research Infrastructure METROFOOD-RI and sponsored by ICARDA, the Wheat Initiative International Program, and EUCARPIA European Association for...
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June 01, 2022
Lebanese athlete Micheal Haddad will walk 5km in the snow to deposit precious ICARDA seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
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May 22, 2022
Dr. Athanasios Tsivelikas discusses ICARDA's new Morocco Genebank, the extraordinary potential of some accessions, the war in Ukraine, and tomorrow's food security in a Q&A for World Biodiversity Day.
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May 19, 2022
On World Bee Day, we take a look at Dr Stefenie Christmann's Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) project which shows how wild bee and pollinator protection is affordable for low- and middle-income countries
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May 18, 2022
The ICARDA Morocco Genebank was officially inaugurated today by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Sadiki, Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture, alongside Aly Abousabaa, CGIAR's Regional Director of CWANA and ICARDA Director-General.
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May 16, 2022
Official letter to the UAE from Mr Aly Abousabaa, Regional Director, Central and West Asia and North Africa, CGIAR and Director General ICARDA
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May 14, 2022
This week sees major advances for agricultural research-for-development (R4D) in Morocco with the launch of the partner-led CGIAR Climber and F2R-CWANA Initiatives, and the inauguration of the new ICARDA Morocco genebank.