Impact Stories

22 July 2020

Helping smallholders cope with soil salinity in sub-Saharan Africa

06 June 2020

ICBA's quinoa genotypes can boost agriculture in Ethiopia's salt-affected areas - study

22 May 2020

How ICBA preserves agrobiodiversity for food security in marginal environments

22 April 2020

Supporting drought action in Middle East, North Africa through better data

14 March 2020

ICBA quinoa genotypes get go-ahead for commercial cultivation in Morocco

05 February 2020

Helping Jordanian farmers save water and money

15 January 2020

Farmers in Abu Dhabi start using reject brine to grow fish, halophyte

10 January 2020

Emirates Soil Museum attracts over 4,000 visitors

The effect of reclamation efforts is clearly seen in Suez, Egypt (a reclaimed salt-affected land plot is shown on the right, and a non-reclaimed salt-affected land plot on the left; both plots share the same soil properties).

10 July 2019

Egyptian farmers pin high hopes on biosaline agriculture

Led by Mrs. Hafida El Filahi, general secretary of the cooperative, all women who work here have different stories to share but one common goal: to make a living for themselves and their families and create employment opportunities for other women in their community.

20 June 2019

Moroccan rural women come together to create quinoa value chain link

“It was a great opportunity to push forward my research and help my students," says Dr. Afwa Thameur.

15 June 2019

Helping Arab women scientists achieve more

One of them is Abdulrady, an elderly farmer whose 8.4-ha farm had suffered from salinization for years. With few resources, Abdulrady was helpless, watching his farm turn infertile over the years.

10 June 2019

How quinoa is changing farmers’ lives in Egypt’s salt-affected areas