A course on “Economics and Productivity of Water in Agriculture Sector” was organized jointly between the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and was conducted at ICBA campus in Dubai from 17-19 December 2013.

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has supported several activities regarding soil including soil mapping, soil salinity and management research, soil classification, soil agriculture suitability, and the International Conference on Soil Classification and Reclamation of Degraded Lands in Arid En

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) held a 3 day training course on ‘Production Systems on Non-conventional Crops’, 19-21 November 2013, at the ICBA campus in Dub

The relationship between ICBA and the Abu Dhabi Farmers Service Center (ADFSC) has developed since early 2010 and continues to strengthen.

Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA, thanked the participants for their dynamic interaction during the workshop on ‘Plant Genetic Resources in the UAE’ in her closing speech on 30 October 2013. Dr. Elouafi stressed the importance of the large diversification in genetic resources of UAE plants.

Dubai – Distinguished delegation from the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) visited the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) on Thursday, 19 September 2013. The EAD delegation included each of Mr. Darryl Lew, Dr. Simon Pearson, Dr. Mohamed Dawood, Mr.

Dubai – The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) hosted the sixth monthly progress meeting of the project: “Integrated Crop and Seed Production Systems under Water/Irrigation Management in Sub-Saharan Africa” from 8-12 September, which was openned by Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA.

Dubai - International Center for Agriculture (ICBA) and Ajman Sewerage have signed an agreement to implement a feasibility study on the reuse of biosolids produced at Ajman Wastewater Treatment Plant on Wednesday, 28 August 2013. Dr. Ahmed Al Sharif, Deputy Director General of ICBA, and Mr.

The article “Alternative water resources in agriculture for improving production and poverty reduction” by Shoaib Ismail, Ian McCann, Shabbir Shahid, Fiona Chandler and Mohamed Amrani from the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), ha

Dhamar, Yemen – The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) , with its partner the Agricultural Research and Extension Authority (AREA)from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Yemen are involved in a research project that assesses forage productivity