International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Under the agreement, ICBA and AJBWC will develop projects and capacity development programs, including training workshops focused on agripreneurship targeting, among others, AJBWC members.

ICBA, Ajman Business Women Council team up to boost agripreneurship in UAE

As part of the project titled “Resilient agrifood dynamism through evidence-based policies” (READY), ICBA and UOWD will also formulate policies and actions to help make the country’s food system more resilient to supply shocks and disruptions. Moreover, the project will design a dedicated knowledge portal and a database, as well as create a set of scenarios and models.

ICBA, UOWD join forces to support food system resilience in UAE

Examples of activities to safeguard and use fruit and vegetable biodiversity

Global rescue plan needed for fruit and vegetable diversity

There is a need to tackle the issues around the availability, accessibility and affordability of fruits and vegetables where 3 billion people around the world are unable to afford diverse healthy diets. (Photo credit: Pixabay)

UN Food Systems Summit brief calls for global increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables

Climate-resilient crops like quinoa hold great potential for food security and nutrition in marginal environments.

World’s indigenous peoples to bear brunt of climate change, warns UN paper

Research Themes

Management of natural resources in marginal environments

increase agricultural productivity and thus improve food, nutrition and water security, and create jobs and livelihoods for communities living in these environments

Climate change modeling and adaptation

enhance livelihoods, adaptive capacities and incomes of agricultural communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change

Crop improvement and sustainable production

increase adaptive capacities, livelihoods and food security of smallholder farmers and rural communities

Integrated agri-aquaculture systems

help reduce environmental footprint, increase incomes of farming communities and improve their adaptive capacities to climate change

Call for testing and demonstration of agricultural inputs and technologies suitable for use in marginal environments at ICBA research station

Research Publications

2021

Managing sodic soils for better productivity and farmers’ income by integrating use of salt tolerant rice varieties and matching agronomic practices

2021

Water–energy nexus in Central Asia's lift irrigation schemes: Multi-level linkages

2021

Root endophyte induced plant thermotolerance by constitutive chromatin modification at heat stress memory gene loci

Events

17 June 2021, 10:00

Webinar: Is Degraded Land a Lost Hope?

Current Projects

November 2019 - October 2024

Creation of agricultural startups for Tunisian youth

November 2019 - October 2024

Introduction of value chains for stress-resilient crops to support the development of sustainable rural communities in Kasserine, Tunisia

March 2019 - February 2023

Improving agricultural resilience to salinity and climate change through development and promotion of pro-poor technologies and management strategies (RESADE)

Corporate Publications

ICBA at 20: A Look at History

ICBA at 20: Stories of Success

One-page infographic about ICBA

ICBA Strategy: Refresh 2019-2023

Multimedia

ICBA Acting Director General's message on World Environment Day 2021