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The students also visited the Emirates Soil Museum located at ICBA and made a virtual tour of the Gracia Farm. What is more, they got to plant native trees at ICBA as a way to make their contribution to environmental protection.

10 January 2021

ICBA hosts agripreneurship winter camp for schoolchildren in UAE

The academy will draw on its resources and experience as the educational arm of Dubai SME - the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector - to develop various programs with the support of ICBA to improve the knowledge and skills of university students, women and the youth in general in different disciplines related to agriculture and enable them to be successful entrepreneurs in this sector.

28 December 2020

ICBA partners with Dubai Entrepreneurship Academy to offer new capacity development opportunities

In particular the center continued providing venues for learning and collaboration through programs like the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture (AWLA) and the ICBA Youth Engagement Society (ICBA YES) to foster the skill and creativity of women and youth to generate novel solutions for sustainable development and food security.

25 December 2020

Harnessing the power of online learning

The museum has external and internal exhibits that allow visitors to immerse themselves in the world of soils.

20 December 2020

Emirates Soil Museum grows into a hub of education on sustainable development

In recent years scientists at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) have also initiated a number of projects using genomic technologies and approaches. One of the projects is genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of quinoa conducted at the center's research station in Dubai, the UAE.

15 December 2020

Harnessing genomics for food security in marginal environments

The study collected the latest information about soil museums and museums with permanent exhibitions on soils around the world, including the Emirates Soil Museum hosted by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).

30 November 2020

Global study on soil museums features Emirates Soil Museum

ICBA has a global network of partners and manages a significant collection of germplasm of drought-, heat- and salt-tolerant plant species. ICBA’s genebank is home to some 14,524 accessions of around 270 plant species from more than 150 countries and territories.

15 November 2020

ICBA, Crop Trust join forces to conserve plant genetic resources for marginal environments

The Aral Sea basin is a diverse region shared by several Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan. The countries are taking various measures to mitigate the challenges posed by the dried seabed.

10 November 2020

Developing capacities for sustainable development in Aral Sea region

The machine was jointly designed and built by the Scientific Research Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture; Tashkent State Agrarian University; and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).

20 October 2020

Scientists in Uzbekistan patent new quinoa seed processing machine

Co-edited by Dr. Redouane Choukr‐Allah, Senior Fellow at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the book presents a detailed analysis of the latest research on new cropping systems suitable for marginal environments.

15 October 2020

Alternative crops key to food security in marginal environments – new book

As part of the study, scientists evaluated a diversity panel of 377 two-row spring barley genotypes during the vegetative (in controlled-environment conditions) and reproductive (in field conditions) stages using an "interaction model" which considered the interaction between treatment (control and salinity) and genetic markers.

10 October 2020

Study discovers new salt tolerance traits in two-row spring barley

Called the power of triple noon or 3N (derived from the Arabic letter ن, which is pronounced as noon), the initiative was launched on Zayed Humanitarian Day (19th day of the month of Ramadan), and represented three key actions: grow, harvest and share.

30 September 2020

New community initiative supports food security efforts in UAE