Corporate News

The shrinking of the Aral Sea is widely considered as one of the planet's worst environmental disasters.

13 October 2018

Uzbekistan to host international Aral Sea science, innovation forum

Organized on 4-6 October 2018 in Agadir, Morocco, by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and veterinary medicine, and the Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, the conference brought together participants from 30 countries from Europe, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and West Asia.

06 October 2018

Morocco: global forum puts alternative water sources center stage

Published in Frontiers in Plant Science, the study presents the genome assembly and annotation of Solanum pimpinellifolium, a wild relative of cultivated tomato.

04 October 2018

New study brings scientists one step closer to salt-tolerant tomato

On 1 October 2018 the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) shared with Dubai Municipality more than 800 seeds of five threatened, indigenous wild plant species from its gene bank.

01 October 2018

ICBA gives Dubai Municipality seeds of threatened, indigenous plant species

As droughts in Morocco continue to increase in both frequency and intensity, a new research report by the World Bank has found drought is severely affecting the country’s water systems and food production.

01 October 2018

Study sheds new light on drought threat in Morocco

Two recently published research reports by the World Bank concerning climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region underscore the growing problem of drought in Lebanon and Tunisia.

01 October 2018

Research reports highlight growing drought risks in Lebanon, Tunisia

The experts convened in Dubai, UAE, on 25-26 September 2018 at an international policy workshop, which was organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA.

26 September 2018

Global policy forum mulls how data can prop up drought mitigation

In keeping with the spirit of the Year of Zayed, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has donated more than 500 kg of dates to the Emirates Red Crescent.

23 September 2018

ICBA donates over 500 kg of dates to Emirates Red Crescent

The partnership will pave the way for closer cooperation between the organizations, which share broad objectives of supporting rural farming communities through agricultural R&D and extension.

04 September 2018

ICBA, South Korean agriculture agency join forces for biosaline R&D

Mr. Showkat Nabi Rather, Journalism and Media Outreach Specialist at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), has recently won a scholarship to do a program in persuasive communication for technology professionals at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA.

10 August 2018

ICBA staffer wins MIT communication program scholarship

The books include titles in Arabic and English authored and co-authored by ICBA scientists and cover a wide range of subjects from soil classification to biosaline agriculture to salt-tolerant plants of the UAE.

01 August 2018

ICBA contributes books to Mohammed Bin Rashid Library

Mr. Rustam Abdusattorov, a livestock farmer in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan, struggles to provide enough fodder for his flock and has to purchase feed in the market.

26 July 2018

Seed isles in Uzbek desert