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The study collected the latest information about soil museums and museums with permanent exhibitions on soils around the world, including the Emirates Soil Museum hosted by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).

30 November 2020

Global study on soil museums features Emirates Soil Museum

ICBA has a global network of partners and manages a significant collection of germplasm of drought-, heat- and salt-tolerant plant species. ICBA’s genebank is home to some 14,524 accessions of around 270 plant species from more than 150 countries and territories.

15 November 2020

ICBA, Crop Trust join forces to conserve plant genetic resources for marginal environments

The Aral Sea basin is a diverse region shared by several Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan. The countries are taking various measures to mitigate the challenges posed by the dried seabed.

10 November 2020

Developing capacities for sustainable development in Aral Sea region

The machine was jointly designed and built by the Scientific Research Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture; Tashkent State Agrarian University; and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).

20 October 2020

Scientists in Uzbekistan patent new quinoa seed processing machine

Co-edited by Dr. Redouane Choukr‐Allah, Senior Fellow at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the book presents a detailed analysis of the latest research on new cropping systems suitable for marginal environments.

15 October 2020

Alternative crops key to food security in marginal environments – new book

As part of the study, scientists evaluated a diversity panel of 377 two-row spring barley genotypes during the vegetative (in controlled-environment conditions) and reproductive (in field conditions) stages using an "interaction model" which considered the interaction between treatment (control and salinity) and genetic markers.

10 October 2020

Study discovers new salt tolerance traits in two-row spring barley

Called the power of triple noon or 3N (derived from the Arabic letter ن, which is pronounced as noon), the initiative was launched on Zayed Humanitarian Day (19th day of the month of Ramadan), and represented three key actions: grow, harvest and share.

30 September 2020

New community initiative supports food security efforts in UAE

The study – which was conducted in three regions of Tunisia, namely Beja (a sub-humid region), Kairouan (a semi-arid region), and Medenine (an arid region) - shows that Batini performed well in salt-affected arid areas when irrigated with water with a salinity level of up to 15 deciSiemens per meter (dS/m).

25 September 2020

Salt-tolerant barley shows promise for boosting farmers’ yields, incomes in Tunisia

The project focuses on the development of a value chain for Salicornia by creating innovative Salicornia-based food products. So far, Salicornia and fish have been introduced oneight farms in the UAE using intermediate upscaling methodologies adopting the Integrated Agri-Aquaculture Systems (IAAS) approach.

20 September 2020

Developing value chains for halophyte-based food products in UAE

Based on the review of previous research on various crops, including pigeon pea, chickpea, faba bean, durum wheat, barley and rice, the study shows that crop populations obtained from multi-parent crosses enable a genetic analysis of complex traits in different crops and facilitate modern as well as conventional plant breeding.

20 August 2020

Study sheds new light on multi-parent populations’ potential for crop breeding

This partnership makes it possible to extend the reach of ICBA’s capacity development offerings and allows its stakeholders to benefit from over 350 multilingual courses provided free of charge as a global public good through the FAO elearning Academy.

10 August 2020

ICBA teams up with FAO elearning Academy

The agreement follows a recent visit by a Brazilian delegation led by Dr. Celso Luiz Moretti to ICBA.

05 August 2020

ICBA partners with Brazilian agricultural research corporation