Welcome to 2021!
Between COVID-19 and the intensifying impact of the climate crisis, farmers face unprecedented threats and challenges to their livelihoods, particularly in vulnerable dry regions. ICARDA s mission to provide vital livelihoods resilience through innovative agricultural science is more urgent than ever. Alongside CGIAR, and our community of donors, partners, and rural stakeholders, we start the new year with energy, confidence, and a single-minded goal to roll out game-changing agricultural innovations to support farmers in these harsh times, now and in the future.
Our people-centered research includes farmers at every stage to make sure we deliver agricultural innovations tailored to specific agronomic and socio-economic contexts, as well as food and nutritional security where it’s needed most:
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ICARDA s innovative climate-smart agricultural solutions strengthen drylands livelihoods resilience and provide rural communities with opportunities to build productive lives and more reasons to remain in their homelands
Due to the severe impact of climate change on agriculture, global food security faces increased challenges. Warmer weather, water scarcity, environmental degradation, and severe droughts in addition to shocks like COVID-19, combine into a perfect storm that threatens the sustainability of rural livelihoods, especially in the dry regions. As food systems flounder, farming communities struggle with fewer opportunities, especially for women and young people, forcing them to look for better lives elsewhere, or, for the most vulnerable, to stay trapped where they are.
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