Since 1978, ICARDA has
provided training opportunities to thirteen thousand individuals from over
100 countries. The Center offers a wide variety of training activities to
suit group and individual needs such as degree and non-degree training and
long- and short-term courses. Participants in ICARDA's training program
are offered the opportunity to work with a team of international scientists
in the classroom, laboratory and field. ICARDA encourages national agricultural
research organizations and universities to secure funding from international,
regional and bilateral donor agencies to support the direct costs of training
participants at ICARDA. A limited number of scholarships are available from
ICARDA. A grant from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports
Arab-country participants in these training activities.
Headquarters
Training Courses (Aleppo-Syria)* (2007)
Short-term
Training Courses
|
Organizers/Sponsors |
| 4-5 February |
Training workshop on economics of
seed production |
ICARDA |
| 12-15 March |
Regional workshop on participatory
plant breeding and seed supply |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 18-29 March |
Seed health testing |
ICARDA/ACIAR |
| 1-12 April |
Molecular characterisation of small
ruminants |
ICARDA/ILRI/SGRP/BI |
| 8-26 April |
Integrated crop and livestock production |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 22 April-3 May |
Cereal crop improvement |
ICARDA |
| 22 April-3 May # |
Cropping systems and integrated pest
management of cereal and legume crops |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 6-10 May |
Seed bank
management for germplasm collection |
ICARDA |
| 6-17 May |
Variety management
and quality assurance |
ICARDA/Libya |
| 7 May-7 June |
Water management
for improved water use efficiency in the dry areas-water harvesting |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 17-28 June |
Seed health
testing |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 5-16 August |
Design and analysis of experiments |
ICARDA |
| 26 Aug.-6 Sep. |
DNA molecular marker techniques for
crop improvement |
ICARDA/JICA |
| 21 Oct.-1 Nov. |
Using modern ICT in library and information
management systems |
ICARDA |
| 18-29 November |
Water productivity concepts and modeling |
ICARDA |
| *** |
Integrated land managent in drylands |
ICARDA/UNU |
| *** |
Livelihoods characterization, adoption
and impact assessment, socio economics, gender analysis |
ICARDA |
Announcements for headquarters training courses, including course description
and application procedures, will be sent to the concerned national agricultural
research systems throughout the year, a few months before each course commences.
Non-headquarters Training Courses (2007)
Regional/Sub-regional
Short-term Training Courses
|
Location
|
Organizers/Sponsors |
| March
*** |
Training
course for trainers on seed marketing and promotion at Izmir, Turkey |
Turkey |
ICARDA/FAO/ECO/PMT |
| 6-18 May |
Wheat improvement |
Tunisia |
ICARDA/ICWIP/GRI/IRESA |
| 13-23
August |
Regional
East Africa seed workshop |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/ESE/WI |
| 2 wks September
*** |
Training workshop
on rust and resistance breeding |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/GRI |
| 17 Sep. - 12
Oct. |
Plant genetic
resources and seeds: policies, conservation and use |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/NUFFIC/WI |
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In-country
Short-term Training Courses**
|
Location
|
Organizers/Sponsors |
| 22-26
January |
Tailor
made training program (TMTP): Diagnosis and design of regional seed sector
development |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/ESE/WI |
| 25-26 February |
Seed storage |
Syria |
ICARDA/GOSM-Syria |
| 25 Feb.- 8 March |
Design and analysis
of field experiments |
Algeria |
ICARDA/Algeria |
| March *** |
Regional workshops
on diagnosis and design of regional seed sector development (4 parallel
workshops) |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/ESE/WI |
| 11-22 March |
Design
and analysis of field experiments |
Libya |
ICARDA/Libya |
| 25-30 April |
Quality seed
production by VBSE farmers |
Baluchistan |
ICARDA/Afghanistan |
| 2 wks May *** |
Conservation
and utilization of plant genetic resources |
Georgia |
ICARDA/Univ.
of Birmingham |
| 25 May-7 June |
Quality seed
production by VBSE farmers |
Afghanistan |
ICARDA /DAI-Afghanistan |
| 3-14 June |
Experimental
station management |
Libya |
ICARDA/Libya |
| 10-14 June |
Advanced experimental
designs and statistical analysis of data |
Syria |
ICARDA/Syria |
| 20-22 June |
National workshop
on plant genetic resources and informal seed supply |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/ESE/WI |
| 25-27 June |
National workshop
on plant genetic resources and informal seed supply |
Ethiopia |
ICARDA/ESE/WI |
| 30 June-10 July |
Seed certification
and health |
Iran |
ICARDA/SPCRI-Iran |
| 1 wk July *** |
Utilization
of Integrated Pest Management |
Syria |
ICARDA/GCSAR-Syria |
| 1 wk August
*** |
Farmer field
school |
Syria |
ICARDA/GCSAR-Syria |
| 22-23 October |
Knowledge management
and dissemination |
Syria |
ICARDA/GCSAR-Syria |
| *** |
Plant breeding |
Iran |
ICARDA/DARI/SPII-Iran |
The collaborating national program of each country administers these courses
through ICARDA's Regional Program Coordinator. Applications are accepted
only from authorized national agricultural research systems organizations,
(NARS) and universities in the host country.
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Applications for these courses
are open to all countries where ICARDA has active programs. Invitation
letters and application forms for each country will be sent to the
concerned national programs a few months before the course commences. |
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**
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Applications are limited to
participants from the host country. |
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***
|
Exact dates to be determined |
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(1) Cropping systems and integrated
pest management of cereal and legume crops
(JICA/ICARDA)
(2) Integrated management of cereal and legume diseases and insects
pests in central and
West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)
(ICARDA) |
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Individual Training
Individual non-degree training: Specialized
non-degree training is available for individuals or small groups of candidates
if officially requested by their national agricultural research systems.
Graduate studies: ICARDA welcomes nominations
form NARS for graduate students to conduct their field research at or through
ICARDA. Funding from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports
Arab fellows from Arab countries in collaborative field research at the Center.
A brochure on ICARDA's graduate research training program is available on request..
Financial Support
ICARDA encourages NARS and universities to secure funding from other resources
support the direct costs. A limited number of scholarships are available.
A grant from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports Arab
country participants in these training activities.
Acronyms
| ACIAR |
Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research |
| AFESD |
Arab Fund for Economic
and Social Development |
| DAI |
Development Alternative Inc |
| DARI |
Dryland Agricultural Research Institute
(Iran) |
| ECO |
Environmental Careers Organization |
| ESE |
Ethiopian Seed Enterprise |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (Italy) |
| GRI |
Global Rust Initiative |
| GCSAR |
General Commission for
Scientific Agricultural Research (Syria) |
| GOSM |
General Organization for Seed Multiplication
(Syria) |
| ICARDA |
International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas (Syria) |
| ICWIP |
ICARDA/CIMMYT Wheat Improvement Program |
| ILRI |
International Livestock
Research Institute (Ethiopia) |
| BI |
Bioversity International (Italy) |
| IRESA |
Institution de Recherche et enseignment
Superieur Agricole |
| WI |
Wageningen International (The Netherlands) |
| JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| NUFFIC |
The Netherlands Organization for
International Cooperation in Higher Education |
| PMT |
Program Committee Team |
| SGRP |
Systemwide Genetic Resource Program |
| SPCRI |
Seed and Plant Certification and
Registration Institute (Iran) |
| SPII |
Seed and Plant Improvement Institute
(Iran) |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| VBSE |
Village Based Seed Enterprise (Afghanistan) |
For additional information, please contact:
Human Resources Development Unit
ICARDA P.O. Box 5466 Aleppo, Syria
Fax: (+963 21) 2225105 or 2213490
Tel: (+963 21) 2213433, 2213477, 2225112, 2225012
E-mail: ICARDA@CGIAR.ORG
