Review of agriculture in the dry areas
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From the Director General


News from the Drylands
       ICARDA Celebrates Presentation Day 2004
       Swiss Grant for Desertification Project
       CGIAR Science Council Meets at ICARDA
       ICARDA Hosts CBC and CDC Meetings
       World Bank – ARD Meeting at ICARDA
       Iraq Develops Plans with ICARDA to Rebuild Agriculture
       Palestine/ICARDA Coordination Meeting
       Celebration as Bangladesh produces more lentil

       And briefly...

Ties that Bind
       IFAD President Visits ICARDA

Special Report
       ICARDA and the Millennium Development Goals

Focus
       Taking Research to Farmers’ Fields in Iran
       Breeding Barley for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
       In Morocco, IPM Options Increase Wheat and Chickpea Yields
       Sustainable Use of Groundwater in Syria
       Developing Technologies with Farmers: ICARDA’s Experience in Pakistan
       Combating Desertification, Drought and Poverty

Investors in ICARDA, 2004

Publications


Caravan is published twice a year, in June and December, by ICARDA

Editor-in-Chief
Surendra Varma

Editors
Ronald Kayanja
Swathi Sridharan

ISSN 1025-0972
© ICARDA 2004
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