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May 2017
Article title	Source	Date
Islamic Development Bank 42nd Annual Meeting Policymakers, experts urge more youth engagement in agriculture to fight unemployment, food security	ReliefWeb	16 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	News One Place	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	World News	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	Public	3 May 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	GFAR News	3 May 2017

April 2017
Article title	Source	Date
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	PreventionWeb (by UNISDR)	30 April 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	Humanitarian News	30 April 2017
ICBA joins forces with partners to set up first-ever operational drought monitoring system in Jordan	ReliefWeb	27 April 2017
The breakthrough that could transform the process of desalinating sea-water	The National	16 April 2017

March 2017
Article title	Source	Date
UAE Portrait of a Nation A champion of dry agriculture	The National	9 March 2017

February 2017
Article title	Source	Date
The future health of our forests requires prudent investment now	The National	21 February 2017
Eight new species of plant discovered in the UAE	The National	6 February 2017

January 2017
Article title	Source	Date
Wasting food is harming the environment, UAE experts say	The National	3 January 2017

December 2016
Article title	Source	Date
Calls to rethink UAE diet as UN study shows environmental damage of eating meat	The National	31 December 2016
Dubai hosts biggest international conference on quinoa	Multiple sources	8 December 2016
Emirates Soil Museum opens its doors in Dubai	Multiple sources	8 December 2016
A for Agriculture The homegrown revolution	Gulf News	1 December 2016

October 2016
Article title	Source	Date
True meaning of empowerment	The National	25 October 2016
Protected Agriculture	Dubai Eye 103.8	24 October 2016
New programme aims to increase representation of female farmers in the Middle East	The National	24 October 2016
Greenhouse yield to grow ‘threefold’ in UAE	Gulf News	16 October 2016
Tunisie vers la mise en place d’un syst?me d’alerte ? la s?cheresse	MARC Diplomatique	14 October 2016
La Tunisie doit mettre en place un syst?me d'alerte s?cheresse d'ici d?but 2017	Agence Tunis Afrique Presse	12 October 2016

September 2016
Article title	Source	Date
Emirates Soil Museum set to open in Dubai in 12	Arabian Business Horn	15 September 2016
Emirates Soil Museum 2 store data & samples on home soil	Nature	15 September 2016
Empower Arab Women Scientists	Sci.Dev.Net	11 September 2016
Emirates Soil Museum to open in Dubai	Gulf Today	6 September 2016
Researchers Identify Barley That Thrives In Salty Soils	Eurasia Review	5 September 2016

August 2016
Article title	Source	Date
IsDB-Gates Foundation drive backs women scientists	Trade Arabia	30 August 2016
New program supports women sciencists in Middle East, North Africa	Ecampus News	30 August 2016
IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa	Relief Web	29 August 2016
IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa	PRnewswire	29 August 2016
IsDB, Gates Foundation Support New Program for Women Scientists in Middle East, North Africa	Yahoo Finance	29 August 2016
Cultivation of Qunioa in marginal areas	Scidev.Net	12 August 2016
The Earth Overshoot Day	Landscape Magazine	8 August 2016

July 2016
Article title	Source	Date
NU agencies lead international project to help arid regions respond to drought	Brazil Business Today	17 July 2016
NU agencies lead international project to help arid regions respond to drought	The Independent	16 July 2016
International efforts continue to address drought and disease	Circle of Blue	14 July 2016
NDMC, Water for Food Global Institute and CALMIT lead project for Nebraska to help MENA region respond to drought	WaterforFood	12 July 2016
American University of Dubai professor named to UAE Sustainability Research Committee	Gulf News	6 July 2016

June 2016
Article title	Source	Date
Clean energy on agenda	The Gulf Today	27 June 2016
Scientists go against the grain to make Dubai an unlikely quinoa hotspot	Theguardian	27 June 2016
Off hours Dubai scientist paints a busy picture	TheNational	9 June 2016
OFID approves USD 233mln to finance projects in developing countries	Kuwait News Agency	7 June 2016

April 2016
Article title	Source	Date
Mitigation or sustainable development? Egypt’s 1.5m feddan bet	The Cairo Post	28 April 2016
UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Visits International Center for Biosaline Agriculture	WAM	17 April 2016

March 2016
Article title	Source	Date
Report on successful Moroccan women in the UAE highlights the role of Dr. Ismahane Elouafi at ICBA	2M TV	24 March 2016
Ministry of Energy celebrates World Water Day	Aldafrah TV	23 March 2016
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation launched	The Gulf News	16 March 2016
ICBA, CRDF Global launch competition for women scientists	Saudi Gazette	10 March 2016