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Dedicated to World Food Day, which is celebrated every year on 16 October to mark the founding of FAO, the meeting brought together around 40 representatives from international agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions, including FAO, the UN, the World Food Programme, and the United Arab Emirates University.

16 October 2019

Agrobiodiversity key to healthy, sustainable diets, experts say on World Food Day

The agreement was signed by His Excellency Eng. Abdulrahman Al Fadley, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia, and Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA.

28 August 2019

ICBA, Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture partner to develop biosaline agriculture in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi

25 August 2019

ICBA welcomes Emirati woman social scientist as deputy director general

H.E. Mr. Jamshid Khodjaev, Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan, and Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA, signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect on the sidelines of a two-day international multi-stakeholder forum dedicated to the problems of the Aral Sea Basin.

08 August 2019

ICBA forms partnership with Agriculture Ministry of Uzbekistan

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and CGIAR Research Program on Wheat, Awla is a regional leadership and research development program led by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).

25 July 2019

Arab women scientists set sights on transforming R&D in regional agriculture and food security

ICBA and JCU signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to the effect at the centre’s head office in Dubai, UAE, on 9 July 2019 in the presence of senior officials from the UAE Office of Food Security.

18 July 2019

ICBA and James Cook University partner to step up food security R&D in dryland areas

In response to the growing interest among schoolchildren and other visitors in the UAE, the Emirates Soil Museum has announced a series of new learning programs for the 2019-2020 season.

16 July 2019

Emirates Soil Museum announces new learning programs for 2019-2020 season

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

The cooperative agreement to this effect was signed by Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA, and Dr. Ren Wang, Senior Vice President of BGI Group, during the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China, on 25 April 2019.

07 May 2019

ICBA, BGI partner to set up advanced genomics center in UAE