Integrating Crop/Livestock Production Systems in the Low-Rainfall Areas of West Asia and North Africa
Project Implementation & Participating institutions

The project is implemented by the following partners:

• the eight countries of the Mashreq and Maghreb regions,

• the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), and

• the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
 
Activities within each participating country are undertaken by a number of national agricultural research institutes, universities, and extension agencies within a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary approach. Activities are coordinated by the following designated national coordinating institutes, each represented by a National Coordinator:

In the Mashreq
In the Maghreb

• IPA Agricultural Research Center, Iraq
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LARI (Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute), Lebanon
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NCARTT (National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer), Jordan
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DASR (Directorate of Agricultural Scientific Research), Syria

• ITGC (Institut Technique des Grandes Cultures), Algeria
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INRA (Institut National de la Recherchι Agronomique, Center Aridoculture), Morocco
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ARC (Agricultural Research Center), Libya
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INRAT (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie), Tunisia

The project is coordinated by ICARDA through its Regional Coordinators and their offices in Amman and Tunis, who bear responsibility for helping the national programs interact at the regional level through the exchange of research results, technological developments, and information; exchange visits between countries; organization of regional workshops and annual regional technical meetings; and, in coordination with research scientists, arranging for training both within and outside countries. Technically, the project is supported by ICARDA's Germplasm Program and Natural Resource Management Program, and IFPRI's Environmental and Production Technology Division.

A project Steering Committee has been formed comprising the National Coordinators, ICARDA's Regional Coordinators, ICARDA's ADG for International Cooperation, an IFPRI representative, and donor representatives. The Committee meets once a year to review the results obtained, amend, and approve annual work plans and budgets. A regional Technical Coordination and Planning Meeting is held annually in which staff from the national institutions collaborating in the project, ICARDA and IFPRI review the results of the past work and finalize plans for the coming season.


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