CGIAR Centers and Regional/International Organizations ACSAD (The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands) - Joint workshops, conferences and training - Exchange of germplasm - Cooperation in implementing pilot projects on integrated natural resource management for combating desertification in Syria, Jordan, Yemen and Lebanon within the Thematic Networks (TN1 and TN4) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Sub-Regional Action Program for Western Asia - Cooperation in GEF/UNDP project on "Conservation and sustainable use of dryland agro biodiversity in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority and Syria" AOAD (Arab Organization for Agricultural Development) - Sub-regional training course on electronic document management and tools for database management and development - ICARDA participated in the "Workshop on Activating the International Agreements and Arab Coordination on Biodiversity," organized by AOAD - Individual training on IPM and legume pathology related subjects CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) - ICARDA participates in the Systemwide Program on Soil Water and Nutrient Management (SWNM) and in the Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA), both coordinated by CIAT - ICARDA is participating in HarvestPlus (Challenge Program on Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition), led by CIAT and IFPRI - CIAT is the managing center for Theme 2 of the Challenge Program on Water and Food and collaborates in the project led by ICARDA on strengthening livelihood resilience in the Karkeh River Basin in Iran CIHEAM (International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies) - Joint training courses and information exchange - Study of the tolerance of ICARDA mandate crops to salinity at CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari - ICARDA participates in the FAO-CIHEAM subprogram for nutrition and feeding strategies and the subprogram for breeding strategies for sheep and goats - Collaboration with CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza in the evaluation of Mediterranean rainfed agriculture technologies - ICARDA participates in the Collaborative Molecular Biotechnology Integrating Network (COMBINE) coordinated by CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania - ICARDA participates in the FAO/CIHEAM Cooperative Research Network on Sheep and Goats, Genetic Resources Sub-Network - ICARDA is participating in a project on mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments coordinated by CIHEAM - CIHEAM, ICARDA and FAO-RNE are co-conveners of the Network on Drought Management for the Near East, Mediterranean and Central Asia (NEMEDCA Drought Network) - Collaboration in Consultative Workshop on Participatory Plant Breeding - Joint supervision of graduate students on improved water management CIMMYT (International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat) - CIMMYT and ICARDA cooperate through the Joint Dryland Wheat Program - An ICARDA barley breeder is seconded to CIMMYT - CIMMYT's outreach program in Turkey and ICARDA's Highland Regional Program share facilities in Ankara, Turkey and collaborate with Turkey in a joint Winter and Facultative Wheat Improvement Program - CIMMYT participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - CIMMYT participates in the Future Harvest Consortium for Rebuilding Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ICARDA is participating in the Generation Challenge Program (Unlocking Genetic Resources in Crops for the Resource Poor) led by CIMMYT and IRRI CIP (International Potato Center) - CIP participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - CIP participates in the Future Harvest Consortium for Rebuilding Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA ESCWA (UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia) - Development of a website for " Professionals for Iraq Reconstruction" - Collaboration in a study of on-farm water use efficiency - Joint publication on enhancing agricultural productivity through on-farm water use efficiency: an empirical case study of wheat production in Iraq FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) - ICARDA and FAO are co-sponsors of AARINENA - ICARDA participates in FAO's AGLINET cooperative library network, AGRIS and CARIS - ICARDA cooperates with FAO in the production of the Arabic version of the agricultural multilingual thesaurus AGROVOC - ICARDA participates in FAO's Global Animal Genetic Resources program - Joint planning in areas of feeding resources and strategies with FAO's Animal Production and Health Division - ICARDA participates in the FAO/CIHEAM Cooperative Research Network on Sheep and Goats, Genetic Resources Sub-Network - ICARDA cooperates with the FAO Commission on Plant Genetic Resources - ICARDA participates in the Inter-Agency Task Forces convened by the FAO-RNE (FAO Regional Office for the Near East) - FAO-RNE, ICARDA and CIHEAM are co-conveners of a Network on Drought Management for the Near East, Mediterranean and Central Asia (NEMEDCA Drought Network) - Joint training courses, workshops, publications and exchange of information - ICARDA cooperates with FAO in translating FAO plant and animal terminology to Arabic - Expert Consultation Meeting on Orobanche management in food legumes - FAO-RNE and ICARDA coordinate the Oat-Vetch Regional Network (REMAV) - FAO-RNE and ICARDA collaborate in applied research to improve and maintain seed quality for fodder shrubs and grass species used for rangeland rehabilitation - Collaboration in a project on food security and poverty alleviation in Balochistan, Pakistan - Collaboration in a Technical Cooperation Program on Orobanche control in food legumes - FAO participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA FAO/IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Joint Division - Management of nutrients and water in rainfed arid and semi-arid areas for increasing crop production - Research in feeding systems for small ruminants in the dry areas ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) - ICRISAT participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - ICRISAT participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ICARDA and ICRISAT are co-conveners of the sub-program on Optimizing Soil Water Use within the Systemwide Program on Soil Water and Nutrient Management - ICARDA is collaborating with ICRISAT on insect pests of grain legumes within the Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management - ICARDA and ICRISAT are co-conveners of the Consortium on Desertification, Drought, Poverty, and Agriculture (DDPA) - ICARDA and ICRISAT collaborate in the Cereal and Legumes Asia Network (CLAN) - ICARDA and ICRISAT are partners in a study of yield gaps within the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management of the Systemwide Program on Water - ICRISAT participates with ICARDA in research on strengthening seed systems for food security in Afghanistan" IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) - ICARDA participates in the Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) coordinated by IFPRI - IFPRI participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - IFPRI participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - Collaboration in research on property rights and collective action in CWANA through a joint staff appointment - ICARDA is participating in the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) Initiative led by IFPRI and ISNAR - ICARDA is participating in HarvestPlus (Challenge Program on Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition), led by IFPRI and CIAT IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) - ICARDA is collaborating with IITA on parasitic weeds within the Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) - ILRI participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - ILRI participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ILRI and ICARDA share a joint position on animal epidemiology - ILRI and ICARDA cooperate in a joint project on small ruminant health, improved livelihoods and market opportunities in the Near East and North Africa - ILRI and ICARDA cooperate in strengthening teaching and research on sheep and goat production in Tunisia International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) - ICBA and ICARDA jointly delivered two training courses on salinity management in Central Asia IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute) - ICARDA hosts and services the IPGRI Regional Office for Central and West Asia and North Africa (IPGRI-CWANA) - ICARDA participates with other CG Centers in the Systemwide Genetic Resources Program, coordinated by IPGRI, in both plant and animal genetic resources - IPGRI participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - IPGRI participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ICARDA collaborates with IPGRI in two sub-regional networks on genetic resources (WANANET and CATN/PGR) - ICARDA participates in developments of the SINGER project coordinated by IPGRI and contributes data to the core SINGER database - IPGRI-CWANA is a partner with ICARDA in the GEF/UNDP project on "Conservation and sustainable use of dryland agro-biodiversity in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority and Syria" IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) - IRRI participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - IRRI participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ICARDA is participating in the Generation Challenge Program (Unlocking Genetic Resources in Crops for the Resource Poor), led by IRRI and CIMMYT - IRRI is the Managing Center of ICARDA's projects in Iran and Eritrea within Theme 1 on water productivity of the Challenge Program on Water and Food IWMI (International Water Management Institute) - IWMI participates in the CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, coordinated by ICARDA - IWMI participates in the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA), coordinated by ICARDA - ICARDA is participating in the Challenge Program on Water and Food, coordinated by IWMI - ICARDA serves on the Steering Committee of the Systemwide Initiative on the Comprehensive Assessment of Water, coordinated by IWMI - IWMI and ICARDA share a joint position on marginal water use - IWMI and ICARDA are partners in a joint research project on salinity in Central Asia - ICARDA is participating in the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information - Knowledge Management Project, coordinated by IWMI UNESCO-MAB (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization- Man and the Biosphere Program) - Collaboration in sustainable land management of marginal drylands United Nations University - Collaboration in sustainable land management of marginal drylands World Vegetable Center - formerly the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) - AVRDC participates in the CGIAR Consortium for Central Asia and the Caucasus AUSTRALIA Australian Winter Cereals Collection, Tamworth - Development and conservation of plant genetic resources in the Central Asian Republics - Bread wheat landrace eco-geographic diversity studies Australian Temperate Field Crops Collection, Horsham - Development and conservation of plant genetic resources in the Central Asian Republics - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils - Survey of faba bean diseases in Quinghai Province, China University of Adelaide, CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding - Joint training of a PhD student (enrolled in the Southern Cross University) - Collaborative barley breeding for low rainfall environments - Developing elite barley germplasm for salt stressed environments University of Adelaide, Waite Campus - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils Centre for Management of Arid Environments, Kalgoorlie, WA - International collaboration in grazing management Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University - Development of ESTs using wild barley from ICARDA CLIMA (Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture) - Development and conservation of plant genetic resources in the Central Asian Republics - Preservation of the pulse and cereal genetic resources of the Vavilov Institute - Improving crop establishment and yield of relay and post-rice-sown pulses (lentil and Lathyrus) in the cropping systems of the terai and mid-hills in Nepal - Development of interspecific hybrids between chickpea and its wild relatives - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils Department of Agriculture, Western Australia - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils Department of Primary Industry, Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement - Durum wheat improvement - Chickpea improvement - Identification of legume viruses and selection of legume germplasm for virus disease resistance - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils - Survey of faba bean diseases in Quinghai Province, China Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney - Near isogenic lines for the assessment of pathogenic variation in the wheat stripe (yellow) rust pathogen - Breeding for resistance to barley stripe (yellow) rust Department of Primary Industry, Horsham, Victoria - Improvement of narbon vetch for low rainfall cropping zones in Australia - Coordinated improvement project on Australian lentils - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils - Survey of faba bean diseases in Quinghai Province, China AUSTRIA Federal Institute for Agrobiology, Linz - Safety duplication of ICARDA's legume germplasm collection University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna - Production diversification in small ruminant production in some countries of WANA BELGIUM University of Gent - Assessment of Vicia sativa and Lathyrus sativus for neurotoxin content University of Leuven - Joint supervision of MSc graduate research on integrated assessment of land degradation - Cooperation within research on strengthening livelihood resilience in the Karkeh River Basin in Iran CANADA Agriculture Canada, Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta - Development of barley germplasm with multiple disease resistance University of Guelph, School of Rural Development and Planning, Ontario - Role of women in resource management and household livelihood strategies University of Guelph, Ontario Agriculture College, Department of Plant Agriculture - Modeling Sustainability of Cropping Systems based on Long-term Trials University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Collaboration in tan spot disease University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon - Genetic improvement of resistance to Ascochyta blight and Anthracnose in Lentil - Evaluation of chickpea for Ascochyta blight resistance - Evaluation of resistance of chickpea germplasm and their wild relatives to vascular wilt DENMARK Risø National Laboratory, Plant Biology and Biogeochemistry Department - Genetic mapping in barley - Barley pathology - Integrated cereal disease management in Eritrea Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (DIAS) - Yellow rust of wheat - Integrated cereal disease management in Eritrea Danish International Development Agency (Danida) - Cooperation in the development of appropriate seed processing technology in Vietnam EGYPT AGERI (Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute), Cairo - Development of transformation systems for wheat and barley: gene discovery for tolerance to abiotic stresses - Transformation systems for lentil, chickpea and faba bean - Assessment of factors leading to deterioration of fig trees in the dry areas of Egypt and development of virus free fig seedlings CLAES (Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems), Cairo, Egypt - Collaboration in delivering a regional training course on utilization of expert systems in agricultural research and production - Collaboration in development and utilization of intelligent systems in plant protection - Collaboration in upgrading and regionalizing expert systems for faba bean and wheat FINLAND Agricultural Research Center of Finland (MTT) - Nutritional aspects of grain legumes FRANCE CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) - Bioeconomic and agro-pastoral community modeling studies in WANA - Socioeconomic studies of rangeland management in WANA - Global program for direct sowing, mulch-based systems and conservation tillage Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Morphophysiological traits associated with constraints of Mediterranean dryland conditions in durum wheat - Water balance studies in cereal-legume rotations in semi-arid mediterranean zone - Collaboration on cereal cyst nematodes - Genotyping of crop wild relatives - Biological control and botanical pesticides against insect pests - Studies on salt tolerance in cereals and food legumes - Evaluating the performance of crop model STICS developed by INRA L'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) - Cooperation in the establishment of a network on water information Université de Paris-Sud, Labo Morphogenese Vegetale Experimentale - Production of doubled haploids in bread wheat and barley GERMANY Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmBH, (DSMZ), Pflanzliche Zellkulturen, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany - Develoment of drought-tolerant plants University of Bonn - QTL analysis in barley - Integrated approaches to sustainable land management in dry areas - Joint supervision of Ph.D. graduate research on the use of remote sensing and GIS techniques for land degradation assessment in Syria University of Frankfurt am Main - Genomics of cold and drought tolerance in chickpea and lentil University of Hamburg - Establishment of a barley transformation system University of Hannover - Development of transformation protocols for chickpea and lentil - Collaboration in research on impact assessment University of Hohenheim - Increasing the heterozygosity level of barley to exploit heterosis under drought stress - Joint supervision of Ph.D. graduate research on sustainable management of a wheat-chickpea rotation using a cropping systems simulator University of Karlsruhe - Use of remote sensing and GIS for identification of water harvesting sites University of Kiel - Assessment of information needs for development of water management models - Institutions of supplemental irrigation - Development of SSER markers in lentils ITALY Catania University - Developing a decision support system for mitigation of drought impacts in Mediterranean regions Institute of Nematology, Bari - Studies of parasitic nematodes in food legumes Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Sezione di Fiorenzuola d'Arda - Collaboration in mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments University of Tuscia, Viterbo - Diversity of storage proteins in durum wheat University of Tuscia, Viterbo; Germplasm Institute, Bari; ENEA (Italian Research Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment), Rome - Evaluation and documentation of durum wheat genetic resources Plant Pathology Research Institute, Rome - Collaboration on vascular wilt in lentil JAPAN Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - JICA's volunteers program supports research on small ruminant health and nutrition - Joint training program in management of water resources and improvement of water use efficiency in dry areas Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) - Comparative genomics and cDNA microarray technology for the identification of drought and cold inducible genes in model plants - Evaluation of genetic resources and biotechnological approaches for the improvement of wheat germplasm tolerant to environmental stresses Kyoto University - Collaboration in molecular characterization of wheat wild relatives Tottori University - Collaboration on human resource development programs for arid land sciences NETHERLANDS Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculteit der Aard en Levenswetenschappen) - Collaboration on groundwater research in Syria Wageningen University - Collaboration on land and water management research in Syria - Collaboration on internship on technology transfer mechanisms and participatory approaches in dry areas - Collaboration in international training course on agrobiodiversity and support to local seed supply systems Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen - Collaboration in mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments NORWAY Noragric (Agricultural University of Norway) - Collaboration on soil and water management research in Syria PORTUGAL Estacao National de Melhoramento de Plantas, Elvas - Developing lentil, faba bean, chickpea, and forage legumes adapted to Portugal's conditions - Evaluation of IZARIG irrigation management model for supplemental irrigation RUSSIA All Russian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Moscow - Establishment of barley transformation system The N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) - Genetic resources exchange, joint collection missions and collaboration in genetic resources evaluation and documentation - Bread wheat eco-geographic diversity studies SPAIN University of Barcelona - Durum and bread wheat stress physiology - Barley stress physiology - Mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments University of Cordoba - Durum grain quality UdL-IRTA (University of Lleida and Institut de Recerca i Technologia Agroalimentaria - IRTA) - Mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments SWITZERLAND Institut Universitaire d'Études du Développement (IUED), Geneva - Sustainable dryland resource management in the arid margins of Syria Station Fédérale de Recherches Agronomiques de Changins (RAC), Nyon - Duplication of Lathyrus genetic resources and data Swiss Centre for International Agriculture - Improving resistance to barley scald through understanding the processes that govern the evolution of Rhynchosporium secalis populations Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Animal Nutrition Department - Feeding systems and quality of sheep milk products University of Bern - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) Swiss College of Agriculture - Joint supervision of student research in livestock production - Joint supervision of graduate student on water harvesting THAILAND Khon Kaen University - Technical assistance to ICARDA on livestock management in Pakistan UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham University - Collaboration in advising students on in situ conservation Bristol University - Analysis of the climatology of rainfall obtained from satellite and surface data for the Mediterranean basin CABI Bioscience - Entomopathogenic fungi for Sunn pest control Macaulay Land Use Research Institute - Research planning on feeding systems for small ruminant production in the dry areas - Joint Ph.D. study on analysis of long-term rotational trials in sheep and fodder production in Syria together with Reading University, U.K. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich - Sunn pest pheromones University of Reading - Gender analysis in the agricultural systems of WANA - Testing wooly-pod vetch in hillside project in Uganda Scottish Crop Research Institute - Mapping adaptation of barley to drought environments UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Busch Agricultural Resources Inc. - Development of barley germplasm with multiple disease resistance and enhanced malting quality University of California, Riverside - Biodiversity of wheat wild relatives University of California, Davis - GL-CRSP (Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program): rangeland production and utilization in Central Asia - Developing chickpea cultivars with resistance to Ascochyta blight - Study of genetic diversity in natural populations of Aegilops spp. - Study of genetic diversity and evolution in cultivated and wild lentil, peas and chickpea Colorado State University - Testing for stripe rust in barley Cornell University - Use of molecular markers for genome mapping and marker-assisted selection for stress resistance in durum wheat - Spatial variability in lentil trials University of Delaware - Use of information technology for improving water use efficiency DuPont Agric. Biotechnology - Development of EST markers in wheat and lentils Fort Valley State University, Georgia - Strengthening teaching and research on sheep and goat production in Tunisia University of Hawaii - Collaborative training program for visiting scientists and graduate research fellows from Iraq University of Massachusetts - Child nutrition in rural areas of Syria University of Minnesota - Research on improving productivity of oats as priority forage crops North Carolina State University, Department of Statistical Genetics - QTL estimation for disease data Oklahoma State University - Collaboration in feasibility study for sustainable renovation of qanats in Syria Ohio State University - Collaboration in research on carbon sequestration Oregon State University - Molecular mapping of barley within the North America Barley Genome Mapping project - Identification of molecular markers associated with resistance to diseases of barley Purdue University - GIS for watershed management in the arid regions of Tunisia University of Missouri, Columbia - Adaptation to drought and temperature stress in barley using molecular markers TIGR (The Institute for Genomic Research) - Development of functional genomics and single nucleotide polymorphism platforms for cereals and legumes University of Vermont - Use of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of Sunn pest in West Asia