CGIAR Central Asia and the Caucasus

FIVE DIRECTORS GENERAL WELCOMED BY TAJIK AGRICULTURAL MINISTER

CG CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CHECK PROGRESS IN THE FIELD

A field trip to show the activities undertaken by the Consortium Partners in Tajikistan to the participants of the Steering Committee Meeting of CGIAR Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus (CGIAR-CAC) was organized on 28 May 2007.

TENTH CGIAR-CAC PROGRAM STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING HELD

The Tenth Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) of the CGIAR Ecoregional Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 29 - 30 May, 2007.

CACAARI GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

General Assembly Meeting of Association of Agricultural Research Institutions of Central Asia and the Caucasus (CACAARI) was organized on 9 March, 2007 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

EXPERT CONSULTATION ON RESEARCH NEED ASSESSMENT IN CAC REGION

Expert Consultation meeting to assess the needs and establish Eestablish priorities for agricultural research in Central Asia and the Caucasus was organized jointly by CACAARI, GFAR, and ICARDA on 7-9 March, 2007 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

MOU SIGNED BETWEEN ICARDA AND GULISTAN STATE UNIVERSITY

MEETING ON ADB PROJECT’S ANNUAL REVIEW AND LINKAGES TO CACILM

The Meeting to review the research findings of the ADB Project on Soil and Water Management and Discussion on Linkages to CACILM was held in Tashkent on 6 March, 2007.

New Vacancy: Animal Production and Breeding Specialist

New Vacancy: Pasture and Forage Production Specialist

EPMR team visits ICARDA-CAC office in Uzbekistan

An EPMR Team ( Dr. Elias Fereres and Dr. John Passioura ) visited Tashkent , Uzbekistan from 7-9 June, 2006 to have an overview of the progress achieved under the ICARDA Regional Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus . On 7 June, they met with Dr. Amir Amanov , Advisor, Office of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan , who expressed his high appreciation for the support received from ICARDA to Uzbekistan in the area of germplasm enhancement and seed production. He emphasized the importance of breeding activities in wheat, especially for drought- and heat-tolerance and thanked ICARDA for having initiated last year in Uzbekistan a regional wheat breeding program. He also was happy with the results in the area of crop diversification and noted that new chickpea varieties of ICARDA have a good potential in Uzbekistan . At the end, Dr. Amir Amanov mentioned that ICARDA is facilitating and catalyzing various important agricultural research activities that are very crucial for sustainable development of the CAC countries.