Meanwhile in Lebanon 🇱🇧 national workshop for empowering women cooperatives 🚺as drivers🚊 of resilience to climate change, conflict and corruption #LARI ICARDA PRIMA Program Mediterranean Partnership 🇪🇺 MountainHER. Actionable outcomes formulated btw Coops, Gov, NGOs & UN

A big thanks to Guillaume Grosso 👋 It was a pleasure to host you & gain your valuable insights at the ICARDA / INRA Maroc Research Platform. And grats to my dedicated team & our partners in Rabat for their outstanding work & innovation in climate smart agriculture 🙏

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Field day organised for the Crop Diversity Meeting and the Crop Trust Board Meeting: despite only 171 mm rainfall in Merchouch the Crop is still looking good and will help farmers in Morocco in adaptation to climate change ICARDA The Crawford Fund Catherine Bertini The Crop Trust

Gratitude to all delegates for contributions to the ICARDA/The Crop Trust Crop Diversity Day 2024, an opportunity to spotlight successful initiatives in crop diversity for sustainable dryland livelihoods, & highlight the need for sustained investment in crop R&D & conservation

If we work in isolation, without collaboration, we cannot make the advances needed for future food security.

They will only happen with increased funding for the #genebanks worldwide - Sarada Krishnan at the closing of the Crop Diversity Day in Rabat.

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During the afternoon panel at Crop Diversity Day in Rabat, scientists collaborate on envisioning the future of crop diversity and exploring strategies to harmonize the utilization and conservation of plant genetic resources by bolstering #genebanks globally.

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“Successes in crop diversity conservation, research use, and direct agricultural use in the MENA Region” - Genebank experts from @icarda, @croptrust, University of Kansas, @IPKGatersleben discuss the importance and functions of genebanks and success stories supporting regional rural

Meeting and hearing from staff is the highlight of visits to CGIAR Centers. Thank you ICARDA colleagues for the warm welcome and great discussions this week in Rabat! #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan

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An engaging tour of ICARDA's genebank for the Crop Diversity Day participants!

Innovative research technologies are fast-tracking the development of new crop varieties, which are crucial for supporting dryland communities facing climate change impacts.

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The Crop Diversity Day isn't complete without a lively tour at ICARDA's genebank & speed breeding facilities. Cutting-edge technologies & research are accelerating the development of improved crops, vital for sustaining dryland livelihoods amidst climate change challenges

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Many energetic and insistent voices on plant breeding, saving seeds, long term EXISTENCE by scientists committed to the future of food ⁦The Crop Trust⁩ ⁦ICARDA⁩ ⁦Food and Agriculture Organization⁩ ⁦The Rockefeller Foundation⁩ ⁦Gates Foundation⁩

The climate smart CGIAR crops demonstrated by Aly Abousabaa’s team at the INRA Maroc ICARDA Morocco Research Platform aren’t just resilient, they may be the lifeline for rural livelihoods in the face of accelerating climate change.

CGIAR #WithScienceWeCan

Thrilled to open at the ICARDA/The Crop Trust Crop Diversity Day Rabat 2024 by spotlighting biodiversity's vital role in climate resilience & food security in MENA & beyond. 🌱 #SeedsToSolutions Stefan Schmitz Guillaume Grosso @PlantTreaty FAO in Near East and North Africa CGIAR INRA Maroc
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Executive board of The Crop Trust meeting in #Rabat where we also had benefit of Food and Agriculture Organization and ICARDA and #Morocco National gene bank

M. Sadiki a accueilli le FAO Director-General QU Dongyu M. Qu Dongyu au Maroc pour la #ARC33 à Rabat. Ils ont visité l'@INRA et le FAO Director-General QU Dongyu s'est enquis du Programme de Recherche Moyen Terme 21-24 et a visité le Laboratoire de qualité des céréales ainsi que la Banque de gênes de l’ICARDA. 🌍🌾

'Plant genetic resources are vital for humanity, ecosystems & social well-being. Optimising biodiversity via global genebanks are crucial amid global climate challenges. Collaboration & innovative funding approaches are needed more than ever.' - Aly Abousabaa at Crop Diversity

Genebanks often receive funding for storage, but there's a vital need for more research bridging genomics and breeding.

#Genebanks require increased funding to evolve into expert and dynamic research hubs - Nils Stein from Leibniz IPK at Crop Diversity Day in Rabat.