International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) researches the possibilities of improving agricultural production methods in the arid regions of the world. ICARDA, founded in 1977, is one of the 15 research institutions of the Advisory Group for International Agricultural Research . ICARDA's headquarters are in Aleppo . The facilities also have branches in various countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

The administration in Aleppo was evacuated in mid-2012 due to the civil war in Syria and the headquarters relocated to Beirut. The most important stocks - u. a. the gene bank - could be saved. In 2015, Icarda requested seeds from the “Noah's Ark of Plants”, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Svalbard, because of the destruction of its local seed collection in Aleppo .

Focus

The main focuses include

  • the breeding of drought-resistant crops such as barley, chickpeas and fabulous beans as well as strengthening the variety of varieties in the region;
  • research into methods that enable water to be used sparingly;
  • the research and improvement of the economic and sociocultural framework conditions, especially the situation of women in the countries concerned.

That is why ICARDA has set up a research center for the development of lentils in Marchouch , Morocco .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cgiar.org
  2. ↑ http://www.scidev.net/en/middle-east-and-north-africa/news/syrian-conflict-forces-research-institute-to-relocate.html accessed on May 14, 2013
  3. ↑ Over a million plant seeds are stored in the ice vault on Spitzbergen , NZZ , February 27, 2018
  4. ↑ Lenses: The recipe against world hunger by Frigge Mehring, NDR , 2017, 45 min.