Regional Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus

to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership in Central Asia and Caucasus

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Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events - 2012

January 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
30-31 January	Training workshop for researches, postgraduates, students, workers of reserves, forest enterprises, farmers and horticulturists-amateurs on “The technology of growing and regeneration of local variety of fruit crops and their wild forms, documentation of traditional knowledge and agrobiodiversity assessment, marketing, fruit products and the fundamentals of economics in use of genetic plant resources of local varieties of fruit crops and their wild forms”	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
February 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
2 – 3 February	Final Workshop on “Climate change adaptation in Central Asia and PRC”	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA
3 February	Training workshop for workers of reserves, forest enterprises, farmers on “The technology of growing and regeneration of local variety of fruit crops and their wild forms, documentation of traditional knowledge and agrobiodiversity assessment, marketing, fruit products and the fundamentals of economics in use of genetic plant resources of local varieties of fruit crops and their wild forms”	Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
6 February	Coordination Committee Meeting	Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
7 February	Training workshop for farmers, foresters and researches “Methodic of economic assessment of forests”	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies, Regional Training center on Walnut
8 February	Training workshop on “Forming and cutting of trees of local varieties of fruit crops”	Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
8-9 February	Training workshop for researchers and teachers of institutes of higher education, and certain farmers on documentation of plant genetic resources	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bioversity International, Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
9 February	Training workshop on “Development of proposals for strengthening legislation on PGR conservation”	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Vegetable Growing of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Training Center on Priority Crops
9 February	Training workshop on “Current state of nut-fruit forests and form diversity of walnut. Introduction and acclimatization of walnut in the North Kyrgyzstan”	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies, Regional Training center on Walnut
14 February	Coordination Committee Meeting	Baktuu-Dolonotu village, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
15 February	7th National Steering Committee Meeting of UNEP/GEF	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Bioversity International, Uzbek Research Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants
20-25 February	Training workshop on storage and processing fruit crops	Koytendag, Turkmenistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Deserts , Flora and Fauna, Scientific Research Institute of Farming
22 February	Training workshop on cutting fruit tress	Talgar and Enbekshikazakh districts of Almaty region	Bioversity International, Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
27 - 29 February	Workshop on Exchange of International Nurseries in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Past Achievements and Future Prospects	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
March 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
1 March	Agro-theatre performance	Baktuu-Dolonotu village, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
1 March	Demonstration of video-film on agrobiodversity to local population of project site	Baktuu-Dolonotu village, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
2 March	Training workshop on exchange of experience between farmers and local population	Bosteri, village, Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
2-7 March	Training workshop on conservation of agrobiodiversity of almond and fruit crops	Kara-kala, Turkmenistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Deserts , Flora and Fauna, Makhtumkuli research and scientific center of PGR
12-16 March	Training Course on Vegetable Production	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA/AVRDC/ UzRIVMC&P
12-17 March	Training workshop on natural regeneration of pistachio	Badkhyz, Turkmenistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Deserts , Flora and Fauna
13 March	7th National Steering Committee Meeting of UNEP/GEF-Bioversity International project	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Vegetable Growing of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Training Center on Priority Crops
19 March	7th National Steering Committee Meeting of UNEP/GEF-Bioversity International project	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Bioversity International National project Implementation Unit, Institute of Deserts , Flora and Fauna
27 March	Republican meeting on further development of horticulture and viticulture	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bioversity International, Ministry of Agriculture of RK, Academy of Agricultural Sciences of RK, Institute of horticulture and viticulture
28 March	Improved potato varieties and water management technologies to enhance water use efficiency, resilience, cost-effectiveness, and productivity of smallholder farms in stress-prone Central Asian environments	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	CIP - Tashkent
27 – 29 March	Training Course on IPM and Grafting of Vegetable Crops	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA/AVRDC, Tashkent State Agrarian University
29 March	Training workshop for workers of reserves, forest enterprises, farmers on “The technology of growing and regeneration of local variety of fruit crops and their wild forms, documentation of traditional knowledge and agrobiodiversity assessment, marketing, fruit products and the fundamentals of economics in use of genetic plant resources of local varieties of fruit crops and their wild forms”	Petrovka village, Chuy region, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies
29 – 30 March	"Participatory Varietal Selection of Potato with the Mother & Baby Trial Design" Course and Planning Workshop	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	CIP - Tashkent, Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of vegetables, cucurbits and potato
30 March	Training workshop on “Technology of cultivation and reproduction of local varieties and forms of pistachio and walnut”	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Vegetable Growing of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Training Center on Priority Crops
May 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
10 - 11 May	Wheat Breeder’s Traveling Seminar – Karshi, Gallaral, Kibray in Uzbekistan	Karshi, Gallaral, Kibray, Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC and Uzbek Scientific Production Center
12 May	Media-tour with students of Tashkent State Agrarian University to wild fruit forests	Sidjak forestry of Bruchmulla forest enterprise , Uzbekistan	Bioversity International, Uzbek Research Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants
13 - 14 May	“Sorghum and Pearl Millet for Crop Diversification Improved Crop-Livestock Productivity and Farmers Livelihood in Central Asia” project workshop	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC/ICBA/ ICRISAT
14 – 17 May	CRP1.1 Regional Inception workshop for Central Asia and the Caucasus	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA/PFU CGIAR
18 May	“Issues in conservation of agrobiodiversity, its role in development of agricultural sector, achieving in food security and environmental sustainability”	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Samarkand Agricultural Institute jointly with the Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants of Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and Bioversity International
18 May	Republican scientific practical conference “Distribution and conservation of fruit crops and their wild relatives”	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Bioversity International, Uzbek Research Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants, Tashkent State Agrarian University
18 May	Training “ Access of Women to scientific achievements and innovations”	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA, AVRDC, National University, Oliy Majlis, khokimiyats
18 May	Workshop in the Bostanlyk Agricultural College “Integration of Education, Science And Production In Colleges”	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA, AVRDC, National University, Oliy Majlis, khokimiyats
21-25 May	National training workshop “ Application of technologies of molecular markers in PGR researches”	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Bioversity International, Uzbek Research Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants, National Training Center on molecular markers
May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Azerbaijan	Ter-ter Azerbaijan	ICARDA-CAC
May	Adoption and Out-scaling of Improved Varieties of Wheat in Georgia	Georgia	ICARDA-CAC
May	Wheat Breeder’s Traveling Seminar	Karshi, Gallaral, Kibray Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Kazakhstan	South Kazakhstan Province Kazakhstan	ICARDA-CAC
May	Field Day (in UzRIPI)	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA, AVRDC, National University, Oliy Majlis, khokimiyats
May	Farmers’ Field Day on Out-scaling of Chickpea, Barley and Wheat Varieties in Tajikistan	Tajikistan	ICARDA-CAC
May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Uzbekistan	Karshi Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
June 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
18-19 June	Mobile workshop “Conservation and use of nut-forest crops and their wild relatives”		Bioversity International, Uzbek Research Institute of Genetics and Experimental Biology of Plants, Training Center on nut-fruit crops
July 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
13 July	Training workshop on “Organization of household farms, cooperatives and associations”	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Vegetable Growing of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Training Center on Priority Crops
July	Field day on Improved crop production and management within demonstration sites through accelerated adoption of conservation agricultural practices in Uzbekistan	Karshi Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
July	Field day on Improved crop production and management within demonstration sites through accelerated adoption of conservation agricultural practices in Kazakhstan	South Kazakhstan Province Kazakhstan	ICARDA-CAC
July	Field day on Improved crop production and management within demonstration sites through accelerated adoption of conservation agricultural practices in Azerbaijan	Ter-ter Azerbaijan	ICARDA-CAC
August 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
15-16 August	International conference on results of implementation of the Project on agrobiodiversity conservation in Tajikistan	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Bioversity International, Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Vegetable Growing of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Training Center on Priority Crops
August	National Planning Meetings of Wheat Improvement in Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
August	Experimental Data Analysis and Interpretation of Results	Karshi Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
August	Collaborators’ Meeting on Winter Wheat Improvement for Salinity Tolerance and Quality	Karshi Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
September 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
4 – 6 September	15th CGIAR-CAC Steering Committee Meeting	Issyk-Kul Kyrgyzstan	ICARDA/CGIAR-Tashkent
4 - 7 September	Farmers’ Field Day	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA, AVRDC, National University, Oliy Majlis, khokimiyats, partners
10 September	International workshop “Introduction, conservation and use of plants of Central Asia”	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Bioversity International, Kyrgyz Innovation Centre of Phytotechnologies, Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
September	A two day SCM of the “Improving Livelihoods of Small Farmers and Rural Women through Value-Added Processing and Export of Cashmere, Wool and Mohair” IFAD/ICARDA Grant project		ICARDA-CAC
October 2012
DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	ORGANIZER(S)
October	Field day on crop rotations in the project demonstration site in Azerbaijan	Ter-ter Azerbaijan	ICARDA-CAC
October	Field day on crop rotations in the project demonstration site in Kazakhstan	South Kazakhstan Province Kazakhstan	ICARDA-CAC
October	Field day on crop rotations in the project demonstration site in Uzbekistan	Karshi Uzbekistan	ICARDA-CAC
October	Fifth Steering Committee Meeting on Central Asia and the Caucasus Vegetable R&D Network (CACVEG)	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	ICARDA/ AVRDC

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April 28, 2012	Cooperation agreement signed with the largest academic institution in Uzbekistan

April 18, 2012	Biological control of wilt disease on tomato plant

April 07, 2012	Building capacities and promoting conservation agriculture

April 01, 2012	New potato project launched in Central Asia

March 24, 2012	IWMI young scientists present their research findings at the EU-Tempus Workshop

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Events of This Month

10 - 11 May	Wheat Breeder’s Traveling Seminar – Karshi, Gallaral, Kibray in Uzbekistan

12 May	Media-tour with students of Tashkent State Agrarian University to wild fruit forests

13 - 14 May	“Sorghum and Pearl Millet for Crop Diversification Improved Crop-Livestock Productivity and Farmers Livelihood in Central Asia” project workshop

14 – 17 May	CRP1.1 Regional Inception workshop for Central Asia and the Caucasus

18 May	Training “ Access of Women to scientific achievements and innovations”

18 May	Workshop in the Bostanlyk Agricultural College “Integration of Education, Science And Production In Colleges”

18 May	Republican scientific practical conference “Distribution and conservation of fruit crops and their wild relatives”

18 May	“Issues in conservation of agrobiodiversity, its role in development of agricultural sector, achieving in food security and environmental sustainability”

21-25 May	National training workshop “ Application of technologies of molecular markers in PGR researches”

May	Field Day (in UzRIPI)

May	Adoption and Out-scaling of Improved Varieties of Wheat in Georgia

May	Wheat Breeder’s Traveling Seminar

May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Uzbekistan

May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Kazakhstan

May	Formal and Field Training courses on zero-till cum bed planter and land leveling technology in Azerbaijan

May	Farmers’ Field Day on Out-scaling of Chickpea, Barley and Wheat Varieties in Tajikistan

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