INTERNATIONAL
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Phone: (963-21) 2213433, 2213477, 2225112, 2225012
Fax: (963-21) 2213490, 2225105; E-mail: ICARDA@CGIAR.ORG
Website: www.icarda.cgiar.org
Surendra Varma (s.varma@CGIAR.ORG)
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| Meeting with H.H. Rashid Khalfan Al Shariqi, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, UAE. |
Mr Abdullah Moalla, Director of Central Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), UAE, received Dr Madkour in his office on 28 November 2004. ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Regional Program (APRP) research and development activities in the UAE’s Central Region were discussed. The discussions covered the dissemination of information and technologies jointly generated by ICARDA and MAF, and the on-going adaptive research at the region’s research station at Al-Dhaid. Mr Moalla appreciated ICARDA-APRP efforts in the UAE and expressed keen interest to expand the joint research and development activities.
Dr Madkour then visited collaborative research and development activities of ICARDA-APRP and MAF at the Dhaid Research Station. These included the Seed Technology Unit, which has recently been established at Dhaid by ICARDA-APRP and MAF, with the support of ICARDA's Seed Unit. During the visit, Dr Madkour was accompanied by Dr Ahmed T. Moustafa, ICARDA-APRP Regional Coordinator, Dr Ahmed Osman, ICARDA-APRP rangeland and pasture specialist, and Eng Arash Nejatian, ICARDA-APRP information management aide.
H.H. Rashid Khalfan Al Shariqi, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, received Dr Madkour and Dr Moustafa at his office in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on 29 November 2004. During the meeting, future collaboration between ICARDA and the Ministry as well as different pathways for expanding the joint research and development activities were discussed.
About
ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.cgiar.org)
serves the entire developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil,
and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management
of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants
(sheep and goats), and rehabilitation and management of rangelands. In
the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, ICARDA is responsible
for the improvement of durum and bread wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage
legumes and farming systems; and for the protection and enhancement of
the natural resource base of water, land, and biodiversity.
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
(www.cgiar.org) is a strategic alliance
of 62 members and 16 Future Harvest Centers that mobilizes cutting-edge
science to promote sustainable development by reducing hunger and poverty,
improving human nutrition and health, and protecting the environment.