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H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of State for Future Food Security, gave a welcome address to symposium participants.

04 March 2018

High-profile symposium looks at genomics’ role in food security

As part of the directives of the wise leadership and the country’s research on future food security, H.E. Mariam Bint Mohammed Almheiri will oversee ICBA.

01 March 2018

Harmonizing research efforts is key to achieving food security, UAE state minister says

High-level delegations from Ethiopia and South Sudan led by H.E. Dr. Kaba Urgessa, State Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Dr. Victor Bennet, Director General of Research at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperatives and Rural Development, respectively visited the ICBA’s head office in Dubai on 26-27 February 2018 to attend the annual progress meeting.

27 February 2018

Dealing with soil salinity through alternative crops in Ethiopia, South Sudan

12 February 2018

Islamic Development Bank president visits ICBA to discuss collaboration

H.E. Mariam Almheiri and H.E. Sarah Al Amiri toured ICBA’s research facilities accompanied by Professor Abdulrahman Sultan Alsharhan, Chairman of ICBA’s Board of Directors, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, ICBA’s Director General, and Ms. Seta Tutundjian, Director of Partnerships and Knowledge Management Division.

23 January 2018

UAE state ministers for advanced sciences, food security visit ICBA to mull cooperation

Halfa grass was last spotted by scientists during their expedition to the coastal areas of Ras al-Khaimah in 2007.

20 January 2018

ICBA saves UAE’s rare plant from likely extinction

ICBA and other project partners kicked off the quinoa project during a meeting attended by senior officials, including the Ethiopian minister of state for agriculture, at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco, on 12 January 2018.

12 January 2018

ICBA launches new project to boost quinoa production in Morocco

Scientists from ICBA introduced a low-cost irrigation system, known as the Californian irrigation system, in Mali and other countries among groups of smallholder farmers who grow a variety of crops.

20 December 2017

Boosting food security in sub-Saharan Africa through solar-powered irrigation systems

Quinoa is slowly entering the rural Egyptian diet as an increasing number of women learn of its nutritional benefits and other qualities.

19 December 2017

Rural Egyptian women take to quinoa

Tashkent hosted an international workshop on the potential of marginal water and other marginal resources for food and water security in Central Asia.

13 December 2017

International forum urges tapping marginal water for agriculture in Central Asia

It is estimated that globally over 8.7 million cubic meters of desalinated water is used for irrigation and over 3.5 million cubic meters of reject brine is produced every day. Therefore, it is extremely important to ensure safe disposal and sustainable use of reject brine.

20 November 2017

Tapping potential of reject brine from desalination

The 3rd Date Palm Festival in the Siwa Oasis, Egypt, attracted a large number of local, national and international organizations, companies, farmers and the general public.

18 November 2017

ICBA showcases date palm research results at international festival in Egypt