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News
Successful artificial insemination campaign for Tajik angora goats
Small producers of sheep and goat fiber in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran share the problem of poor access to world fiber markets and, as a result, experience considerable losses of income.
Seed potato multiplication receives new support in Uzbekistan
CIP’s main partner in Uzbekistan, the National University of Uzbekistan in Tashkent received a US$2.8 million grant from the Government to implement a seed potato multiplication project using the three CIP clones released in the past two years.
First round of bilateral Kyrgyz-Tajik consultations on institutional options for joint management of a transboundary river
Transboundary water allocation and use belong to the key cooperation policy issues in Central Asia. For more than three years, IWMI has been engaged in activities aimed at improving transboundary water cooperation on two small pilot rivers – Shakhimardansai and Khojabakirgansai.
Management of tomato leaf mould with effective microorganisms
Leaf mould caused by the fungus Cladosporium fulvum is one of the most destructive foliar diseases of tomato grown under humid conditions.
Linkages between food security and effective natural resource management under climate change conditions discussed during the workshop in Turkey
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) jointly with Arid Land Research Center of Totori University, Japan organized an International Workshop on “Dryland Science for Food Security and Natural Resource Management under Changing Climate”, which took place on 7-9 December, Konyo, Turkey.
Training workshop on biosafety, regulations and policy issues held in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Upon the request of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2010 CIMMYT and FAO in collaboration with National Center for Biotechnology and Joint Stock Company “KazAgroInnovation” of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan have jointly launched the scientific and technological project - “Strengthening the Plant Biotechnology Capacity for Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Kazakhstan”.
Regional strategy for Strengthening Agricultural Research and Innovation Systems discussed at a brainstorm meeting
About 30 participants representing national agricultural research policy making, different research institutions, higher education, extension, farmers and agribusiness from all eight countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) attended the ‘brainstorm meeting’ held in Tashkent, on 29-30 November 2011.
Plant genetic resources in Central Asia and the Caucasus – constraints and opportunities
The region of Central Asia and the Caucasus is widely known for the rich agricultural biodiversity that is of vital importance to present-day agriculture globally.
New local variety of pearl millet introduced in Uzbekistan
To assist National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in their breeding programs and efforts on rehabilitation of salt affected and abandoned by farmers lands, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics (ICRISAT) have supplied a set of improved lines and high-yielding accessions of pearl millet.
Project meeting on tolerance of potato varieties to abiotic stresses
The International Potato Center (CIP) is implementing a GIZ-funded (German International Cooperation Agency) Project on “Enhanced food and income security in South, West and Central Asia (SWCA) through potato varieties with improved tolerance to abiotic stress”.
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Events of This Month
| 2 – 3 February | Final Workshop on “Climate change adaptation in Central Asia and PRC” |
| 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” |
| 6 February | Coordination Committee Meeting |
| 7 February | Training workshop for farmers, foresters and researches “Methodic of economic assessment of forests” |
| 8 February | Training workshop on “Forming and cutting of trees of local varieties of fruit crops” |
| 8-9 February | Training workshop for researchers and teachers of institutes of higher education, and certain farmers on documentation of plant genetic resources |
| 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” |
| 9 February | Training workshop on “Development of proposals for strengthening legislation on PGR conservation” |
| 14 February | Coordination Committee Meeting |
| 15 February | 7th National Steering Committee Meeting of UNEP/GEF |
| 20-25 February | Training workshop on storage and processing fruit crops |
| 22 February | Training workshop on cutting fruit tress |
| 27 - 29 February | Workshop on Exchange of International Nurseries in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Past Achievements and Future Prospects |
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