ICARDA’s research program is implemented through 19 research projects, as detailed in the Center’s Medium-Term Plan. Restricted projects are those activities that are supported by restricted funding provided separately from the Center’s unrestricted core funding. Restricted funding includes donor-attributed funding (core funds allocated by the donor to specific activities) and project-specific grants. The financial contributions by the respective donors are reported in Appendix 7. Reports on the activities listed are encompassed in the appropriate sections of the body of this Annual Report.
During 2002, the following Restricted Projects were operational.

AFESD (Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development)

• Technical assistance to ICARDA’s activities in Arab countries (Training Arab nationals and support to Arab national programs).Development of integrated crop/livestock production systems in low-rainfall areas of the Mashreq and Maghreb regions.Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems of the Arabian Peninsula.

Asian Development Bank

• On-farm soil and water management for sustainable agricultural systems in Central Asia.

Australia

ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research)

• Near isogenic lines for the assessment of pathogenic variation in the wheat stripe (yellow) rust pathogen.
• Lentil and Lathyrus in the cropping systems of Nepal: improving crop establishment and yield of relay and post-rice-sown pulses in the terai and mid hills.
• Conservation, evaluation and utilization of plant genetic resources from Central Asia and the Caucasus.
• Host resistance, epidemiology and integrated management of faba bean, chickpea and lentil diseases.
• Impact of ICARDA Research on Australian Agriculture.

GRDC (Grains Research and Development Corporation)

• Preservation and utilization of the unique pulse and cereal genetic resources of the Vavilov Institute.
• Technologies for the targeted exploitation of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR), ICARDA and Australian bread wheat landrace germplasm.
• CIPAL (Coordinated Improvement Program for Australian Lentils).
• Coordinated improvement of chickpeas in Australia – Northern Region module.
• Faba Bean Improvement - Northern Region.
• Associate Expert in legume pathology.

Belgium

VVOB (Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance)

• Associate Expert in the utilization of remote sensing techniques for monitoring changes in land cover and land use in ICARDA’s mandate region.
• Associate Expert in land resources assessment.

Canada

CGIAR-Canada Linkage Funds

• The increasing role of women in resource management and household livelihood strategies.

Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan

• Off-season evaluation of ascochyta blight reaction in chickpea.

CGIAR Systemwide Programs

CGIAR Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG)

• CGIAR’s impact on germplasm improvement.

CGIAR Collaborative Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Program Facilitation Unit.
• Germplasm conservation, adaptation and enhancement for diversification and intensification of agricultural production in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
• On-farm soil and water management for sustainable agricultural systems in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Systemwide Genetic Resources Program (SGRP)

• Management and characterization of small ruminants.
• Global inventory of barley genetic resources.

Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management

• Inter-Center IPM Adoption Initiative: Pilot sites in Egypt and Morocco.
• SP-IPM Soil Biota Global Workshop.

Systemwide Programme for Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (SP-PRGA)

• Village-based participatory breeding in the terraced mountain slopes of Yemen.
• Impact assessment of participatory breeding.
• Analysis of PRGA approaches in ICARDA.

Systemwide Program on Soil Water and Nutrient Management (SWNM)

• Optimizing soil water use.

CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies)

• Collaborative Molecular Biotechnology Integrating Network COMBINE: Integrating regional expertise in biotechnology for sustainable exploitation of plant genetic resources in the Mediterranean region.
• Mediterranean Rainfed Agriculture Technologies Evaluation (MEDRATE): Evaluation of agricultural practices to improve efficiency and environment conservation in Mediterranean arid and semi-arid production systems.
• Screening legumes and forage nursery for salinity tolerance.

Denmark

• Collaborative research in Eritrean National Seed Development Programme (ENSDP).
• Integrated disease management to enhance barley and wheat production in Eritrea.
• Junior Professional Officer in milk transformation.
• Junior Professional Officer in characterization of small ruminant production and associated local knowledge systems.

EC (European Commission) Attributed Funding

• Durum wheat germplasm improvement for increased productivity, yield stability and grain quality.
• Food legume germplasm improvement (lentil, kabuli chickpea, faba bean and pea) for increased systems productivity.
• Agrobiodiversity collection and conservation for sustainable production.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

• Electronic production of agricultural documents and bibliographic database management.
• Translation of AGROVOC terms into Arabic.
• International workshop on food barley.
• Publication on quality declared seed.
• Expert Consultation Meeting on rehabilitation of food legume crops in North Africa.
• Expert Consultation on IPM for Orobanche control in food legume systems in the Near East and North Africa.
• Expert Consultation Meeting on greenhouse ventilation and cooling in the Arabian Peninsula.

France

• Associate Expert in socioeconomics of rangeland management.

GEF (Global Environment Facility) / UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

• Conservation and sustainable use of dryland agrobiodiversity in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority.

Germany

• Action research for sustainable groundwater use in Syria.
• An integrated approach to sustainable land management in dry areas.
• Functional genomics of drought and cold tolerance in chickpea and lentil.
• International workshop on barley leaf blight.
• Facilitator for international workshop on integrated natural resources management.
  

IDRC (International Development Research Centre)

• From formal to participatory plant breeding: improving barley production in the rainfed areas of Jordan.
  
• Improving natural resources management and food security for rural households in the mountains of Yemen.
  
• International workshop on integrated natural resources management.
• Strengthening seed systems for food security in Afghanistan.

IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)

• Development of integrated crop/livestock production systems in low-rainfall areas of the Mashreq and Maghreb regions.
  
• Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems of the Arabian Peninsula.
  
• Integrated feed and livestock production in the steppes of Central Asia.
  
• Projet du developpement agropastoral du Gouvernorat de Tataouine, Tunisie.
  
• Programme to foster wider adoption of low-cost durum technologies.
  
• Programme for enhancing food security in the Nile Valley and Red Sea region: Technology generation and dissemination for sustainable production of cereals and cool-season food legumes.
  
• Technical assistance for accelerated project performance in North Africa.
  
• Workshop for the development of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Desertification, Poverty and Agriculture.

International Nutrition Foundation

• Impact of lysine fortified wheat flour on the nutritional status of rural families in northwest Syria.

Iran

• Scientific and technical cooperation and training.

Italy

• Associate Professional Officer in barley improvement.

Italy Attributed Funding

• Durum wheat germplasm improvement for increased productivity, yield stability and grain quality in West Asia and North Africa.
  
• Barley germplasm improvement for increased productivity.
  
• Food legume germplasm improvement for increased systems productivity: Chickpea improvement.

Japan

• Improving income of small-scale producers in marginal agricultural environments: small ruminant milk production and milk derivatives, market opportunities and improving value added returns.
• Training program in management of water resources.

Japan Attributed Funding

• Rehabilitation and improved management of native pastures and rangelands in dry areas.
  
• Improvement of small ruminant production in dry areas.
  
• Germplasm enhancement for diversification and intensification of agricultural production in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

OPEC Fund for Internationl Development

• Devolution of barley breeding to farmers in North Africa.
  
• Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems of the Arabian Peninsula.

Pakistan

• Cooperation in the applied research component of the Barani Village Development Project (BVDP).

Switzerland

• Renovation of traditional water supply system: sustainable management of ground water resources.
  
• Sustainable management of the agropastoral resource base in the Maghreb.

Turkey

• Technical assistance to Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration.

United Kingdom

DFID (Department for International Development) Competitive Research Facility

• Improving the yield potential and quality of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.): a dependable sourceof dietary protein for subsistence farmers in Ethiopia.
  
• Integrated pest management of Sunn Pest in West Asia.

British Embassy, Damascus

• Restoring production and ecological integrity to high-potential low-lying areas in the Syrian steppe.

U.K. Attributed Funding

• Food legume germplasm improvement for increased systems productivity.
  
• Land management and soil conservation to sustain the agricultural productive capacity of dry areas.
  
• Socioeconomics of agricultural production systems in dry areas.

UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Global Mechanism

• Workshop on development of a regional program for rainfed areas in WANA.
  
• Regional Environmental Management Officer, Tashkent.

UNCCD Sub-Regional Action Program (SRAP) for West Asia

• Inventory study and regional database on sustainable water management in West Asia.
  
• Preparing project proposals on integrated natural resources management for combating desertification in West Asia.

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

• Yemen: Sustainable environment management.

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

• Preparation of a feasibility study on the establishment of a bank for plant genetic resources in the Arab world.
  

United States of America

USAID (United States Agency for International Development)

• Adaptation of barley to drought and temperature stress using molecular markers.
  
• Inheritance and mapping of winter hardiness genes in lentil for use in marker assisted selection.
  
• Use of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of Sunn pest in West Asia.
  
• Feasibility study of use of remote sensing and image analysis for land use mapping and evaluation.
  
• Poverty, agricultural household food systems and nutritional well-being of the child.
  
• Assisting Afghan farmers to restore food security.

USDA/ARS (United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service)

• Collection of plant genetic resources in the Central Asia and the Caucasus region.
  
• Climatological analysis as a tool for agricultural decision making in dry areas.

USDA/FAS (United States Department of Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service)

• Biological Diversity, cultural and economic value of medicinal, herbal and aromatic plants in southern Tunisia.
  
• Partnership to improve rural livelihoods in West Asia and North Africa through strengthened teaching and research on sheep and goat production.
  
• GIS for watershed management in the arid regions of Tunisia.
  
• Research on improving productivity of oats as a priority forage species.
  
• Tunisia-U.S. collaboration on biological control of weeds with plant pathogens.

World Bank

• Workshop on Rural Development in WANA February 2003.

Republic of Yemen

• Agriculture Sector Management Support Project (ASMSP), Yemen.