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Since 2012, ICBA and its partners have been investigating the potential for growing Salicornia under the hot, dry, and saline conditions of marginal environments.

20 February 2023

Salicornia research at ICBA reaches important milestones

A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Dr. Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Chief Scientist at ICBA, and Mr. David Rosenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of AeroFarms, during the AeroFarms 2nd Annual AgTech Innovation Summit in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, in February 2023.

16 February 2023

ICBA, AeroFarms join forces for controlled-environment agriculture research

Over 200 course completions were registered by learners from 38 countries, including Australia, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the UAE.

31 December 2022

ICBA’s e-learning courses benefit learners from 38 countries in 2022

One of the highlights of the year was a visit by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This helped to reinforce the museum’s reputation as a crucial repository of information about the UAE’s natural heritage.

31 December 2022

Emirates Soil Museum marks important milestones in 2022

Under a project financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) titled “Cross-regional Partnerships for Improving Food and Nutritional Security in Marginal Environments of Central Asia”, ICBA and partners assessed ways of integrating quinoa into local farming and food production systems in five Central Asian countries and Azerbaijan.

30 December 2022

Quinoa genotype from ICBA gets go-ahead for cultivation in Tajikistan

Polyamines play a role in different physiological processes: a) growth and development; b) abiotic stress response; c) defense response; and d) aging in plants. (Source: Tyagi et al. 2022)

27 December 2022

New study sheds more light on plant growth-regulating compounds

The framework will help to ensure that a comprehensive set of climatic conditions informs adaptation planning and risk management and may also help prioritize improvements in modeling sectoral dynamics that depend on climatic conditions.

27 December 2022

Climate scientists create new framework for climate risk assessment

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

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