International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:01:23 1 Research Programs
00:01:33 1.1 Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management
00:02:29 1.2 Integrated Water and Land Management
00:03:19 1.3 Diversification and Sustainable Intensification of Production Systems
00:04:04 1.4 Social, Economic, and Policy Research
00:04:57 2 Decentralization
00:05:27 2.1 Integrated Research Platforms
00:07:29 2.2 Thematic research locations
00:08:53 3 Awards
00:09:11 4 External links



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The International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), a member of the CGIAR, supported by the CGIAR Fund, is a non-profit agricultural research institute that aims to improve the livelihoods of the resource-poor across the world's dry areas.
ICARDA has been temporarily headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, since leaving Aleppo, Syria in 2012. Support is provided by research centers and offices in Jordan, Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Established in 1977, ICARDA's origins lie in a 1973 study that highlighted the food security challenges faced by countries across the dry regions of the Near East and North Africa. ICARDA research activities include the development of new crop varieties, water harvesting, conservation agriculture, the diversification of production systems, integrated crop/rangeland/livestock production systems, and the empowerment of rural women.