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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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13 December 2007
Media contact: Surendra Varma (s.varma@CGIAR.ORG), Ravi R. Prasad (r.prasad@cgiar.org)
 
Strengthening Collaboration with UAE
H.E. Dr Al Kindi (second right), Minister of Environment and Water, UAE; Dr Mahmoud Solh (second left), ICARDA Director General; H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Bin Abdel Aziz, Acting Under Secretary (right); and Dr Ahmed Moustafa, Regional Coordinator, ICARDA-APRP, discuss strengthening of collaboration between ICARDA and UAE.
H.E. Dr Mohamed Said Al-Kindi, Minister of Environment and Water, United Arab Emirates, received Dr Mahmoud Solh, Director General of ICARDA, at his office in Dubai on 26 November. Dr Solh briefed H.E. the Minister on ICARDA’s achievements in the region and acknowledged the Ministry’s support for hosting the ICARDA-APRP office in Dubai since the early days of the Arabian Peninsula Regional Program.

Others present at the meeting included Dr Ahmed Moustafa, ICARDA-APRP Regional Coordinator; and several officials from MWE including H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Bin Abdel Aziz, Acting Under Secretary; Mr Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed Seif Al-Attar, Assistant Under Secretary for Financial Affairs; Dr Abdulah Al Abboudi, Director of Research and Extension Department; Eng. Saeed Hassan Al-Bagham Al-Nuaimi, Head of Research Section & Director of Agriculture Research Station; and Eng. Mansour Ibrahim Mansour, Head of Date Palm Development Section.
 

About ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.org) is one of the 15 international research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ICARDA 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 countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting15 international research centers that mobilizes cutting-edge science to promote sustainable development by reducing hunger and poverty, improving human nutrition and health, and protecting the environment.
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