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    Impact Stories

    Placing his grandson on his shoulder, Adylbek leads us to the field. In the beginning of August, he planted pearl millet and sorghum to use for green mass in winter. His grandson, three-year-old Magjan named after a famous Kazakh poet, insists on him going to other fields too so that we take photos of him with watermelon. Adylbek follows the toddler’s request. “His parents have just departed for Kazakhstan, that’s why the child is distressed,” he justifies.

    27 December 2018

    Farming in Uzbek desert

    With a changing climate, the introduction of crops resistant to drought and salinization has become a priority in the country to ensure food security and boost agricultural productivity.

    26 December 2018

    Tajik farmers look at pearl millet for food, forage production

    He returned to pursue a project started by his father more than 18 years ago. The Bedouin resettlement project aimed to encourage local people to work in agriculture.

    10 December 2018

    How biosaline agriculture is helping Bedouins settle down in Jordan

    The pioneer farmer who started growing quinoa in the area is 44-year-old agronomist Azamat Kaseev. His company AgroLead is a major producer of this super crop in the region. It all began in 2012 when he received first seeds of quinoa varieties "Regalona" and "Titicaca" from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It has taken him around five years to test and adapt the crop to local conditions.

    27 October 2018

    Kyrgyz-grown quinoa makes its way into global markets

    Through an improved, cost-effective inland modular farming approach in desert environments, scientists at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) have achieved one of the highest fish biomass densities of Tilapia fish (30 kg per cubic meter) compared to previous growing seasons (10 kg per cubic meter), using reject brine (waste water) from desalination units.

    07 June 2018

    ICBA scientists manage to increase fish biomass by 300% using reject brine

    A team of scientists at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has made a major breakthrough in increasing yield potential of Salicornia, a multi-purpose halophyte.

    10 May 2018

    ICBA achieves progress in breaking Salicornia yield ceiling

    More and more farmers in the country are growing the crop.

    06 May 2018

    UAE farmers warm to quinoa

    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

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