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A low-cost technology boosts
farm income in Kazakhstan

A low-cost technology developed by scientists at ICARDA to treat high level of magnesium in soil by using calcium has demonstrated the potential to double the crop yield in magnesium-rich soils in Central Asia..

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ICARDA in the News

-	The 1st International Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Their Cultivation and Aspects of Uses, Petra, Jordan, 15 - 16 October 2008.
-	IDDC Ninth International Conference on Dryland Development: Sustainable Development in the Drylands - Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change, 7-10 November2008
-	4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 4-7 February 2009 (First Announcement)
-	From Seed to Pasts: The Durum Wheat Chain. International Durum Wheat Symposium, 30 June - 3 July 2008, Bologna, Itaky
-	The 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium (IBGS), 5-10 April 2008, Alexandria, Egypt
-	Harlan II - Biodiversity In Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution and Sustainability An International Symposium, 14-18 September 2008, University of California, Davis, USA.
-	New Dwarf Faba Bean Genotype
-	CWANA+ Network, a New South-South Partnership

1- Seed production of cool-season food legumes: faba bean, chickpea and lentil

2- Farmers' Performance Criteria for New Barley Varieties and their Diffusion through Farmer-
to- Farmer Seed Distribution

3- Human and Nature: Working Together for Sustainable Development of Drylands

4- Harnessing Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering for Agriculture Development in the Near East and North Africa

5- Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 1. Characteristics of benchmark research agroecosystems in WANA: rainfed, irrigated, and marginal drylands.

6- Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 2. Selection and characterization of Badia watershed research sites.

7- Socioeconomic and livelihood characterization, and baseline information of integrated research sites in Balochistan.



-	Drought and Broomrape - A threat to Faba Bean
-	ICARDA-FAO collaboration in training of Afghan scientists
-	Strengthening Partnership with Egypt
-	CGIAR “Visioning Workshop for Change”
-	First South Asian Travelling Workshop on Food Legumes in India
-	10th International Barley Genetics Symposium begins in Egypt
-	The 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium (IBGS)
-	Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee
-	Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development delegation visits
-	Expert Consultation on "Developing a Small Ruminant Research and Development Strategy for Rural Poverty Reduction"





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