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Seminar on Drought Mitigation
ICARDA, FAO and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (CIHEAM-Zaragoza) organized a seminar on drought mitigation, held in June 2006 at ICARDA’s headquarters in Aleppo, Syria. There were 24 participants from 14 countries: Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia. Resource persons were drawn from Algeria, Italy, Spain, USA, and ICARDA.

The seminar focused on methodologies, tools, and management options for improving drought preparedness, planning and mitigation.

The organizers of the seminar, FAO, ICARDA and CIHEAM, jointly established the NEMEDCA Drought Network in 2002. The network now operates in some 30 countries in Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, and the northern Mediterranean region.



   
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