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Theme
3. Natural Resource Management
ICARDA’s research on natural resource management aims to promote efficient,
integrated, and sustainable use of resources for improved productivity and
alleviation of poverty. The Center’s research plan responds to the vision
expressed at the Lucerne meeting in Switzerland 9-10 February 1995 and to
recommendations in TAC’s 1995 report, “Priorities and Strategies
for Soil and Water Aspects of Natural Resource Management Research in the
CGIAR,” and the Maurice Strong report on “Systemwide Review, 1999.”
While water and its availability are the key issues in the dry areas and are
accorded the highest priority, soil, agricultural biodiversity, and land use
are all closely linked. ICARDA maintains a strong Genetic Resources Unit and
participates in the “System-wide Genetic Resource Program.”
ICARDA is responding to the urgent need for higher productivity using less
water by substantially increasing its research investment on improved and
sustainable water-use efficiency at the farm level. The Center leads the work
in this field and contributes to the “CGIAR Systemwide Program on Water
Management,” coordinated by the International Water Management Institute
(IWMI). In this program, on-farm water management is integrated in an overall
water-basin perspective.
The following projects
are in operation under this theme:
Project 3.1. Water
Resource Conservation and Management for Agricultural
Production
in Dry Areas
Productive Capacity of
Dry Areas
Management, and Development Planning
Project 3.2. Land Management and Soil Conservation to Sustain the Agricultural
Project 3.3. Agrobiodiversity Collection and Conservation for Sustainable
Production
Project 3.4. Agroecological Characterization for Agricultural Research,
Crop
