ICARDA Awards & Recognition

OVER four decades, ICARDA SCIENTISTS HAVE WON numerous AWARDS FOR RESEARCH AND innovation

2024

ICARDA Scientist Wins Best Oral Presentation Award at 5th International Group Meeting of ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research Karnal

ICARDA is thrilled to announce that Dr Amit Gautam, National Associate Scientist (Durum Wheat Breeding) at ICARDA’s Food Legume Research Platform (FLRP), Amlaha, India has been honoured with the “Best Oral Presentation Award” at the 5^th International Group Meeting organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research Karnal (27^th-29^th March 2024).

Dr. Gautam's presentation, titled “The ICARDA durum wheat program for resilient dryland farming” was part of Theme I, focusing on cereal improvement through conventional breeding, biotechnology and genetic research. The presentation highlighted the importance ...

Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hindustan Agricultural Research Welfare Society for ICARDA’s Dr. Shiv Kumar Agrawal

Two prestigious awards for Dr. Shiv Kumar Agrawal, ICARDA’s Head of the Food Legume Research Platform (FLRP) and Regional Coordinator of the ICARDA South Asia and China Regional Program,

2023

Dr. Aynalem Haile, ICARDA Principal Scientist and Small Ruminant Breeder,

ICARDA’S Dr. Aynalem Haile Inducted into the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Aynalem Haile’s work is honored by the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, a prestigious society of scholars founded in 2010 to promote sciences and bring about development, prosperity, and improved health for the people of Ethiopia.

GSP Plenary Assembly 11th session | Day 01

Dr. Rachid Moussadek elected as Chair of the FAO NENA Soil Partnership

ICARDA is delighted to announce that Dr. Rachid Moussadek was elected Chair of the FAO Near East and North Africa Soil Partnership (NENA) Soil Partnership in a meeting in March 2023 in Muscat, Oman. The meeting was attended by representatives of 20 member countries. Dr. Moussadek is a Systems Cropping Agronomist at ICARDA and Joint Researcher of the Moroccan Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), specializing in/focused on Sustainable Soil and Land Management

The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) is an internationally acknowledged initiative to elevate the importance of soils on ...

Excellence Award in the field of Pulses Improvement by the ISPRD and ICAR-IIPR on World Pulses Day 2023

ICARDA Scientist Wins the Excellence Award in the Field of Pulses Improvement

ICARDA’s Dr. Shiv Kumar Agrawal is presented with the Excellence Award in the field of Pulses Improvement by the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD) and ICAR- Indian Institution of Pulses and Research (ICAR-IIPR)

2022

ICARDA MEL Team a Finalist at Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion CGIAR’s Oscars

ICARDA MEL team was chosen as a finalist for the CGIAR Inclusive Team Award – CGIAR's first-ever Inclusive Workplace Awards, recognizing efforts to advance gender equity and support inclusivity in the workplace.

ICARDA former visiting PhD student, Damiano Puglisi, wins SIGA Prize

ICARDA's former visiting Ph.D. student, Dr. Damiano Puglisi, has been awarded the Carlo Jucci Prize for Plant Breeding and Biotechnology from the Italian Society of Agrarian Genetics (SIGA).