ICARDA is the global agricultural research center working with countries in the world’s dry areas. Drylands agriculture in the world’s low-income countries is situated primarily in Central Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America.ICARDA works closely with national agricultural research programs and other partners worldwide – Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and elsewhere.

The goal of these partnerships is to develop new solutions to improve dryland agriculture and create international public goods that are freely available to other countries and regions with dry areas.

From the Special issue on International Year of Deserts and Desertification IYDD :

Desertification: Heading for Catastrophe? 7Fighting Desertification in Jordan and Lebanon 10The Vallerani Water Harvesting System 13Protection Money: a New Approach to Rangeland 16ManagementNew Technologies for Central Asia 19Restoring Soil Fertility in Dry Areas 23A Framework for Integrated Natural Resources 26ManagementMapping Desertification for Decision Makers