Smart agriculture against climate change
This furrow irrigation will not work for us, it’s too much labour”, exclaims a farmer during a field visit to the trial field of ICARDA and the Ministry of Agriculture in Beni Sueif, Egypt. The Agriculture Innovation Project II, funded by Germany and Switzerland, is assessing climate vulnerability of agricultural crops and viability of different solutions, in cooperation with ICARDA and the Ministry of Agriculture, to promote green innovations for higher incomes for smallholder farmers and rural businesses in Upper Egypt.