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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS

P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Phone: (963-21) 2213433, 2213477, 2225112, 2225012
Fax: (963-21) 2213490, 2225105;
E-mail: ICARDA@CGIAR.ORG
Website: www.icarda.cgiar.org
For more information contact: Dr Surendra Varma (s.varma@CGIAR.ORG)
 
 
5 May 2005
“ICARDA Day” at Ain Shams University
In his keynote address Prof. Dr Adel El-Beltagy reviewed the dry-land agriculture challenges and how ICARDA is addressing them in collaboration with NARS and other partners.
ICARDA and the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo jointly organized an "ICARDA Day" at the premises of the University on 18 April.

Staff members and graduate students of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University and agricultural research organizations in Egypt participated in the event. Following an introduction by Dr Abdel Ghani El-Gendi, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, seven ICARDA presentations were made.

In his keynote presentation, Prof. Dr Adel El-Beltagy, Director General of ICARDA, highlighted the mission, organizational structure, partnerships, and research activities and achievements of ICARDA. The second presentation was made by Dr Magdy Madkour, Director of International Cooperation,
A view of the audience. Seated in the front row (second from right) is Prof. Abdel Wahab A. Hafez, former President of Ain Shams University.
focusing on the activities and structure of ICARDA's regional programs and training activities. Five technical presentations followed: Dr Adel Aboul Nagga talked about crop and livestock management; Dr Ahmed Mustafa presented work conducted in the Arabian Peninsula on protected agriculture; Dr Michael Baum summarized achievements in gene management; Dr Mustafa Pala discussed natural resources management; and Dr Khaled Makkouk presented plant health research at ICARDA.

 More than 20 posters, summarizing different research activities of ICARDA, were on display.

The presentations were followed by a general discussion of the problems of agriculture and the role of partnerships in addressing them.

Dr Saleh Hashim, President of Ain Shams University, invited the ICARDA delegation and senior staff of Ain Shams University to a reception at the Ain Shams University Hospitality House, where discussions on areas of mutual interest took place.

About ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.cgiar.org) serves the entire developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil, and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and rehabilitation and management of rangelands. In the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, ICARDA is responsible for the improvement of durum and bread wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage legumes and farming systems; and for the protection and enhancement of the natural resource base of water, land, and biodiversity.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) (www.cgiar.org) is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting15 international research centers that mobilizes cutting-edge science to promote sustainable development by reducing hunger and poverty, improving human nutrition and health, and protecting the environment.
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