of INRA, Morocco, who is now a consultant in gender issues and has been collaborating with ICARDA in Marsa Matrouh. Dr Nassif talked about Women in Development, extension, credit and women's organizations, and assisted Ms Malika Martini of ICARDA's Natural Resource Management Program with the fieldwork. Ms Martini presented concepts of gender and gender analysis and their incorporation into development, the characteristics of intensification in Syria and other research techniques.
       Several other ICARDA scientists participated; Dr Ahmed Mazid of ICARDA's Natural Resource Management Program introduced the participants to farmer-survey techniques, and made a valuable contribution in the fieldwork, while further assistance came from Barley Breeder Drs Stefania Grando, Seed Unit Head Dr Michael Turner and Seed Economist Dr Sam Kugbei.The course also included three days in the field. Ms Martini arranged for 50 local women agricultural workers, with whom she has been working in her own research (see Caravan No. 7), to join the participants for fieldwork. The last day of fieldwork included a visit to the Centre of Rural Development in Afrin, Northwest Syria.
       The course finished with a day of lively discussion, which resulted in a set of recommendations."The participants showed great dedication throughout, and seemed really interested in the course content," said Ms Martini.

CARDA has recently been host to 25 women working in agricultural development--23 of them Egyptian, and two Syrian--for a major course in gender issues. The course, which took place between 1 and 12 March 1998, broke new ground for ICARDA.
      These were participants in the first Gender and Development Training Course held at the headquarters. Twenty Egyptian participants came from three Governorates: Menia, Beni Suef and Fayoum. All are working in the Agricultural Intensification Project (APIP), funded by IFAD. Three participants also came from the Matrouh Resource Management Project (MRMP), funded by the World Bank. The two participants from Syria are both working at the Badia Project for Rangelands Regeneration and Nature Reserves Project in the Palmyra area, funded by FAO.
       ICARDA trainers were joined by Dr Fatima Nassif, originally