G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists recently published a communiqué following their third meeting of 19-20 June, 2014, held in Brisbane, Australia. The communiqué summarizes key issues for tackling global food security.

On the occasion of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

The 3rd International Salinity Forum, held in Riverside-California June 16-18 gathered wide interna

In the Gaza Governorates in Palestine groundwater, which is the main water supply is being seriously over extracted and increasingly unusable. This was the topic of a meeting held at ICBA Headquarters 4-5 May 2014.

Two days of productive discussions took place at the ICBA campus in Dubai from 7-8th May during which international and regional experts explored different insights, technologies and possibilities for establishing a Famine Early Warning Systems for Yemen and three regions within Africa.

Staff from farmers’ extension services, research institutes and ministries from 12 African countries enjoyed two weeks of training on enhancing small scale irrigation technologies in saline areas. 

On 31st of March 2014, ICBA hosted, at its Dubai headquarters, a training workshop on climate change analysis and downscaling. Led by Prof. Ben Zaitchik from Johns Hopkins University, the three-day training attracted participants from Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) hosted the high school students of the neighboring Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou (LFIGP) to share information on the agricultural research carrie

HH Sharifa Zein Alsharaf Bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Hashemite Fund for Development of Jordan Badia, joined Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), in the signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two organizations.