Vinay Nangia, Ph.D.’s Post

I recently had the honor of sharing the stage with 2020 World Food Prize Foundation laureate, Prof. Rattan Lal of The Ohio State University. We both were invited keynote speakers at a high-level conference organized by the Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche Maritime, du Développement Rural et des Eaux et Forêts, INRA INRA Maroc, and Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II Thank you, Rachid Moussadek ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas is a founding Steering Committee member of FAO WASAG (Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture). ICARDA leads the #dryland agriculture working group within WASAG. We are having a Technical Meeting at FAO Headquarters from April 29-30 with the objectives of: - Preparing for the High-Level Dialogue on WASAG that will take place during the WFF in October 2024; - Enhancing collaboration and mobilize commitments to make WASAG more impactful and effective; and review key WASAG operating mechanisms; - Sharing experiences and knowledge in addressing water scarcity by countries and related FAO global and regional initiatives; and - Providing recommendations on priorities in addressing water scarcity in agriculture and to the Global Water related processes such as the forthcoming World Water Week and the World Water Forum. For friends and colleagues in Rome, looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible during this short visit.

ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas is a knowledge partner and a supporter of the 15th WSTA Gulf Water Conference. I'll be delivering an invited keynote speech in Doha on the topic of "Addressing Climate Change Risks on Water and Food Security in the Arab Region" in which I'll making a case that agriculture, especially in the Arab Region, is required to produce more food and welfare for rapidly increasing populations but with less freshwater resources. Conventional responses to this situation focus on increasing yields, improving irrigation efficiency, and managing demand. Those strategies are either not working under current conditions or not anymore sufficient to cope with the daunting demand for more food in water scarce dryland regions. A paradigm shift in how we manage water is needed going into the future. The debate on how better to handle agricultural water allocation and use with increasing scarcity is being intensified over the last decade and is producing new transformative solutions. Climate-smart agricultural practices that require less water, can sustain climatic stresses, produce food with high nutritive values but require less water and energy to produce are the needs of the hour. https://lnkd.in/eSUswH7V

The National Endeavor for Enhancing Water Resource Management through Innovative Technology and Roadmap Alignment (#NEERMITRA) is a comprehensive initiative aimed at accelerating India's progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (#SDG6) targets on clean water and sanitation. The initiative focuses on identifying and prioritizing challenges related to water security in India and developing a technology roadmap to address these challenges. Thank you, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Dr. Preeti Banzal, and Dr. M. Mohanty, FNAAS for inviting ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas to the roundtable discussion. The NEERMITRA roundtable on water security in agriculture was an important step towards identifying and prioritizing the most pressing challenges faced by the sector and guiding the development of a targeted science, technology and innovation (STI) roadmap. We look forward to follow-up steps to help develop a national roadmap and sharing our novel innovations from the world over to serve the dryland farmers of India.

Thanks Ruhiza Jean Boroto! Looking forward to attending.

Thank you CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative for promoting our joint research on agricultural water management in Egypt and Morocco. ICARDA; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas; INRA INRA Maroc; Ajit Govind; Rachid Moussadek; Mina Devkota; Samar Attaher ; Mohie Omar; Rania Gamal

WE ARE HIRING COMMS ASSISTANT FOR OUR SOIL, WATER, AND AGRONOMY RESEARCH TEAM Under the management and guidance of the SWA Team Leader and the Communications Unit Senior Manager, the post-holder will support a range of communications and marketing activities that aim to target and build key audiences, raising the profile of ICARDA’s work and supporting resource mobilization. This is a nationally recruited consultancy contract, for which ICARDA is seeking qualified candidates holding a bachelor’s degree in communication, public relations, journalism, marketing, international relations, or relevant fields. Candidate should have at least 2 years’ experience in social media, event management and content creation in a marketing agency, an international organization or international NGO, or similar multi-project work environment. Excellent command of the English and Arabic languages, both written and spoken.