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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS

Time To Do More For Afghanistan

The researchers who chose the name for an improved wheat variety – Solh-02 (meaning “peace”) – released in Afghanistan during 2003 had a pretty good idea of the true meaning of this word for the country’s mostly rural people.
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	Global agricultural research-for-development against desertification			Knowledge Sharing Project
	FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus			International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development
	Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB)		FIGS	Bread Wheat Landrace Database - Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy

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New Publications

ICARDA in the News

-	ECOSA International Seed Trade Conference, 2-4 December 2009, Antalya, Turkey
-	Land Degradation Central to a Looming Storm, Scientists Warn
-	First Global Scientific Conference Supporting UN Efforts to Curb Desertification Opens in Argentina
-	1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding -BREEDING DIVERSIT -, Sante Fe, NM, USA; August 25-28, 2009
-	International Conference on: "FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN DRY AREAS", 1-4 February 2010. Amman, Jordan
-	Fourth Regional Yellow Rust Conference (Second and Final Announcement), 10-12 October 2009, Antalya, Turkey
-	5th International Food Legumes Research Conference (IFLRC V) and 7th European Conference on Grain Legumes (ECGL VII). 26-30 April 2010 (registration open)
-	UNCCD-CST First Scientific Conference and Consultation Working Group Deliberations Underway. 22-24 September 2009.
-	1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding - BREEDING DIVERSITY, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 25-28 August 2009
-	Bridging Workshops - Second Workshop: Productive and Sustainable Use of Saline Waters and Salt-affected Soils in Agriculture, 15-18 November 2009
-	New website on Farmers' Rights: The Farmers' Rights Project of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) in Norway has recently launched a new website

1- Seed Hunter: (Video) a highly entertaining
documentary about a topic that is vital for the future
of the planet

2- ICARDA Annual Report 2007

3- Seed production of cool-season food legumes: faba bean, chickpea and lentil

4- Farmers' Performance Criteria for New Barley Varieties and their Diffusion through Farmer-
to- Farmer Seed Distribution

5- Human and Nature: Working Together for Sustainable Development of Drylands

6- Harnessing Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering for Agriculture Development in the Near East and North Africa

7- Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 1. Characteristics of benchmark research agroecosystems in WANA: rainfed, irrigated, and marginal drylands.

8- Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 2. Selection and characterization of Badia watershed research sites.

9- Socioeconomic and livelihood characterization, and baseline information of integrated research sites in Balochistan.



-	IFAD/ICARDA Knowledge Exchange Workshop – Objectives
-	Transboundary Disease Threatens a Crop that Feeds 2 Billion People Worldwide, Top Wheat Experts Call for Scaling Up Efforts to Combat Ug99
-	Memorandum of Understanding with Egypt Agriculture Research Center
-	Prime Minister of Syria visits ICARDA
-	Water Benchmarks Project: final workshop
-	Water and Livelihoods Initiative – Irrigation Benchmark Workshop
-	Strategic partnerships for food security: initiatives from Arab development agencies
-	Global Rust Initiative: the war on Ug99 continues
-	Karkheh River Basin projects in Iran: final workshop
-	ICARDA hosts IWMI Board of Governors
-	Bangladesh seeks wider collaboration
-	Strengthening partnerships in India
-	World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
-	Dr Malhotra honored
-	Friendship: new lentil variety released in India
-	Lifetime Award for Dr Solh
-	Iraq, ICARDA, IFAD launch new project
-	IFAD and ICARDA to focus on strategic partnerships





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