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September 24th, 2014
Sustainable Agriculture for Poverty Reduction in
Marginal Environments
International Center for Biosaline AgricultureDubai, United Arab Emirates
www.biosaline.org
ICBA – Agriculture for Tomorrow
To work in partnership to deliver agricultural and water scarcity solutions in marginal environments
To be the global Center of Excellence for innovative agriculture in saline and marginal environments
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Strategic Objectives
ICBAMission
Reflecting our long-term
perspective
Strategic Outcomes
10 year time horizon.The context within which our
own strategy must fit.
Strategic Objectives
10 year time horizon.The objectives against which
we align our efforts
ICBAVision
• Increased Food and Nutritional Security
• More Resilient Environment and Income
• Improved Water Security
1. Improve generation and dissemination of knowledge (knowledge hub)
2. Expand food and bioenergy solutions3. Facilitate competitive agri-business
enterprises
4. Increase and enrich partnerships
ICBA Strategy 2013-23
• Innovation
• Partnership
• Impact
Solve today and tomorrow’s problems in marginal environments
Increasing global population, degradation and depletion of natural resources, and the impact of climate change - require innovative thinking about sustainable management of both high potential areas as well as marginal environments.
Why Marginal Environments are important?
Arable land & Land Degradation...Arable Land in %
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Projected change in water stress by year 2030 in high emissions scenario
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Geographical Targeted Regions
GCC ~ MENA ~ Africa ~ Central Asia ~ South & Southeast Asia ~ Latin America
Introduction of saline tolerant Forages in Ethiopia
Potentially cultivable land is 70 m.haCurrently cultivated is 15 m.haSalt affected is 11 m.ha
Second largest country in Africa region for livestock
Key Technologies and Products
Irrigation technologies and
management
Use of alternative water
Land management technologies
OMICs
Best management practices
Modelling, remote sensing,
databasesAlternative crops
Hydroponics and Aqua-ponics
Research Innovations
• Assessment of natural resources
• Climate change impacts and management
• Crop productivity and diversification
• Aquaculture and bioenergy• Policies for resilience
Crop Diversification & Production
Alternative cropsNew salt-, heat -and drought-tolerant crops (e.g. sorghum and Pearl Millet)…. are productive in marginal environments
Managing Salinity in MENA and CAC Regions
Model Farm Approach
For sustaining agriculture in marginal environment
Testing new technologies and crops
Dissemination and knowledge hub platform
Seed ProductionSeed production is a challenge in marginal areas for:
1. Demand by farmers2. Non-availability of non-
conventional crops and forages
3. ICBA has introduced seed production for all of its R4D projects for scaling-up
1. Yemen (60 ha)2. Egypt (250 ha)3. Syria (120 ha)4. Oman (2 large
farms)5. CAC (100 ha)
System Approach for better management
Evaluation, introduction and adaptation of salt-, heat- and drought-tolerant system
Promoting best management practices
Sub-surface irrigation – can reduce water use by 20% compared with surface irrigation
Dual purpose food-feed crops and shrub-tree crops
Forage-Livestock Integration
On-farm production, processing and utilization is the key for economical sustainability
Technology IncubationStrategic Alliances
Knowledge Transfer Capacity Building
Enabling Innovations
ICBA, Dubai, UAE
A unique Center of Excellence looking at Agriculture for
Tomorrow www.biosaline.org