CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Central Asia and the Caucasus
News
Historic dialogue between agricultural scientists, farmers, policymakers, and other key development actors charts new path towards ending hunger and poverty
Date: 01.04.2010
The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010, was held in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010.
The Young Researcher’s Seminar 2010 in Montpellier, France
Date: 29.03.2010
A group of 40 young researchers from 26 countries, amongst them Dr. Kirsten Kienzler from the ICARDA Tashkent office, participated in the Young Researcher’s Seminar organized by the French Initiative for International Research in collaboration with the Agropolis Fondation on March 25-28, 2010.
Training Course on Wheat Improvement in Uzbekistan
Date: 27.03.2010
ICARDA CAC Regional Program and Kashkadarya Scientific Research Institute (SRI) of Breeding and Seed Production of Cereal Crops jointly organized a “Training Course on Wheat Improvement” from 22 to 26 March, 2010.
Regional Workshop on “Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)”
Date: 26.03.2010
The Regional Workshop on “Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)” was organized on 23-25 March, 2010 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan within the Bioversity International/UNEP-GEF project “In Situ/On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity (Fruit Crops and Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia”.
IWMI and SIC organize Annual Stakeholder Meeting along Water Productivity Improvement (WPI) Project
Date: 26.03.2010
Annual Stakeholder and Project Steering Committee (PSC) meetings were organized on March 25, in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. The participants included SDC representatives, 15 partners in three countries of Ferghana Valley (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan) and Association specialists. Partners represented the water relevant ministries, research (knowledge generation), information centers (knowledge processing), extension (knowledge dissemination).
ICARDA organized a project inception meeting on 9-10 March, 2010 in Tashkent to launch a new project titled “Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality for Central Asia”. This new project of 3-yr duration (2010-2012) is being funded by BMZ/GTZ.
The annual planning workshop for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Ferghana Valley (IWRM-Ferghana) project funded by SDC was held on March 3, 2010.
The Regional Training Workshop on “Linking information from Focus Group Discussion, Household Surveys, and Farm and Forest Assessment for Cultivated and Wild Fruit Tree Diversity in Central Asia” was held on 22-25 February, 2010 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan within the Bioversity International/UNEP-GEF project “In Situ/On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity (Fruit Crops and Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia”.
ICARDA organized the “First CAC Barley Workshop” on 22-25 February 2010 in Tashkent Uzbekistan. The workshop was attended by 38 barley experts from different institutions including ICARDA, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and Russia.
Fifth meetings of National Steering Committees in Uzbekistan (January 29, 2010), Kazakhstan (February 2-3, 2010) and Tajikistan (February 11-12, 2010) were organized within the regional project “In situ/On farm Conservation and Use of Agricultural Biodiversity (Fruit Crops & Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia” supported by Bioversity International and UNEP-GEF.
The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010, was held in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010.
A group of 40 young researchers from 26 countries, amongst them Dr. Kirsten Kienzler from the ICARDA Tashkent office, participated in the Young Researcher’s Seminar organized by the French Initiative for International Research in collaboration with the Agropolis Fondation on March 25-28, 2010.
ICARDA CAC Regional Program and Kashkadarya Scientific Research Institute (SRI) of Breeding and Seed Production of Cereal Crops jointly organized a “Training Course on Wheat Improvement” from 22 to 26 March, 2010.
The Regional Workshop on “Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)” was organized on 23-25 March, 2010 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan within the Bioversity International/UNEP-GEF project “In Situ/On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity (Fruit Crops and Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia”.
Annual Stakeholder and Project Steering Committee (PSC) meetings were organized on March 25, in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. The participants included SDC representatives, 15 partners in three countries of Ferghana Valley (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan) and Association specialists. Partners represented the water relevant ministries, research (knowledge generation), information centers (knowledge processing), extension (knowledge dissemination).
ICARDA organized a project inception meeting on 9-10 March, 2010 in Tashkent to launch a new project titled “Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality for Central Asia”. This new project of 3-yr duration (2010-2012) is being funded by BMZ/GTZ.
The Regional Training Workshop on “Linking information from Focus Group Discussion, Household Surveys, and Farm and Forest Assessment for Cultivated and Wild Fruit Tree Diversity in Central Asia” was held on 22-25 February, 2010 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan within the Bioversity International/UNEP-GEF project “In Situ/On Farm Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity (Fruit Crops and Wild Fruit Species) in Central Asia”.
ICARDA organized the “First CAC Barley Workshop” on 22-25 February 2010 in Tashkent Uzbekistan. The workshop was attended by 38 barley experts from different institutions including ICARDA, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and Russia.