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29 Sep 2016 | 18:58 BST

Empowering women scientists in MENA

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: 2016, Agriculture, Research, Science

Funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an international center for agriculture is promising to lay the ground work for a women empowerment initiative aimed at scientists, reportedly the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Read more

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  • science
  • women

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07 Oct 2015 | 15:53 BST

Safekeeping Syria’s plant genetic heritage

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Agriculture

Safekeeping Syria's plant genetic heritage

The war in Syria has left nothing untouched, including researchers unaffiliated to any of the fighting parties. In September 2012, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) based in Aleppo, Syria, had to move all its international staff out of Syria as the fighting intensified. After looting and attacks on the premises, the research institute had to move a lot of sensitive equipment to hide them in rented houses, before they eventually had to evacuate and move all the operation to neighbouring Lebanon in the same year.  Read more

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  • Genetics

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16 Apr 2014 | 11:17 BST

New agricultural trends to feed the world

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Agriculture, Science, Technology

Scientists are struggling to come up with new technologies to feed ever increasing populations around the world.

The agriculture sector needs to double food production by 2050 to meet growing global populations – a tremendous feat considering the challenges posed by climate change, water shortage and how the increase in farming land is not catching up with demand. That’s why scientists are up to their ears looking for ways to sustainably increase production of crops capable of withstanding different environmental stresses.  Read more

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  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • farming
  • food insecurity
  • water insecurity

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13 Nov 2013 | 11:36 GMT

Desert farming pilot yields positive results

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Research, Technology

Desert farming pilot yields positive results

After two and a half years if research and testing, the Sahara Forest Project pilot in Qatar has started to yield results, and initial findings are showing good results for arid land agriculture.  Read more

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  • arid
  • dryland
  • greenhouses
  • Gulf
  • Qatar

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