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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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5 July 2007
                             Media contact: Surendra Varma (s.varma@CGIAR.ORG)
 
Dr Mustafa El Bouhssini Honored
Dr El Bouhssini at a wheat field experiment on Integrated Pest Management in Tajikistan.
Dr Mustafa El Bouhssini, Senior Entomologist at ICARDA, has won the International Plant Protection Award of Distinction from the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences. The award will be presented during the International Plant Protection Congress in Scotland in October. The award notification reads, "You have made major contributions to the promotion of global plant protection and are most deserving of this recognition by your colleagues."

Since he joined ICARDA in 1996, Dr El Bouhssini has won several awards. To mention only the most recent ones: 2006 CGIAR Award for Innovative Research Partnerships, 2005 ICARDA Outstanding Research Team (team leader), 2005 ICARDA Outstanding Scientific Article (co-author), 1998 ICARDA Scientist of the Year.
  

About ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.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 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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