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    The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and the Abu Dhabi City Municipality have completed the first phase of a project to create a new sustainable garden for halophytic, or salt-loving, and salt-tolerant plants at Al Shahama, the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

    26 December 2022

    ICBA, Abu Dhabi City Municipality complete first phase of sustainable garden for halophytic plants in Abu Dhabi

    The center will be nominating individuals, communities, businesses and organizations whose solutions make the most progress towards achieving the five Earthshots – simple but ambitious goals which if achieved by 2030 will improve life for all, for generations to come.

    19 December 2022

    ICBA invites submissions for Earthshot Prize

    Called Dr. Nabat, the application is a result of collaboration between ICBA and the University of Barcelona, Spain, under a project titled “Developing a user-friendly mobile application for smallholder farmers to detect plant disorders”.

    12 December 2022

    ICBA launches new AI-powered mobile app for crop disorder detection

    Around 50 senior officials and representatives from the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and a number of government agencies in Uzbekistan convened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 26 September 2022 to discuss an action plan and next steps for a multi-year project in Karakalpakstan, a republic within Uzbekistan.

    26 September 2022

    High-level stakeholder meeting mulls way forward for new project in Karakalpakstan

    Launched with funding from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the project will be implemented by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) through its Regional Office for Central Asia and the South Caucasus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in partnership with the Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan. The project will specifically target vulnerable communities living in the degraded areas of Karakalpakstan, a republic within Uzbekistan

    23 August 2022

    New project aims to boost agri-production in degraded areas of Aral Sea basin

    Published in Agricultural Water Management, the study is based on the results of an experiment carried out at ICBA’s research station in Dubai from 2001 to 2016. Researchers evaluated the performance of 18 local and regional date palm varieties in an open-field area of 2.5 hectares.

    20 August 2022

    New study gauges long-term salinity effect on date palm fruit yield

    Dr. Tarifa Ajeif Alzaabi has been appointed as the Center’s new Director General, becoming the first Emirati to hold the position since ICBA’s foundation in 1999.

    10 August 2022

    New director general is appointed at ICBA

    Since 2002 the center has conducted different experiments in the UAE to determine the long-term effect of saline water irrigation on date palm growth, productivity, fruit quality, and the impact of salinity on the soil. The experiments are conducted on 18 date palm varieties from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including Nabtat Sultan and Am-Al-Hamam, which are found to be very sensitive to salinity.

    27 June 2022

    Developing integrated date palm management solutions

    The courses are self-paced and include presentations, videos, quizzes and reading materials. Students receive certificates upon successful completion of each course.

    21 June 2022

    ICBA’s e-learning platform to offer certified courses in agriculture

    UAE President visits International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, reviews measures to boost productivity, sustainability

    05 June 2022

    UAE President visits International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, reviews measures to boost productivity, sustainability

    In the presence of Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Prof. Khaled Amiri, a member of ICBA’s Board of Directors, and global visionary Sadhguru, founder of Conscious Planet, signed the agreement during Sadhguru’s visit to Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi. After the signing, Sadhguru, Her Excellency, Prof. Khaled Amiri, and several VIP guests participated in mangrove planting, organized by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in cooperation with Juba

    18 May 2022

    International Center for Biosaline Agriculture Signs Cooperation Agreement with Conscious Planet Movement to Save Soil

    Under the project titled “Evaluation of diverse and nutrient-rich, climate-resilient crops/accessions for dietary diversification in marginal environments”, ten food crops such as pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, fonio, proso millet, barnyard millet, buckwheat, moth bean and spices (cumin and ajwain) have been tested under varying salinity conditions.

    14 May 2022

    Millets show promise for dietary diversification in arid, saline environments

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