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Egyptian
Leaders Undertake a Study Tour of ICARDA and Syria
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Eighteen
leaders from the Parliament, Shura (Consultative Council), and agricultural
cooperatives in Egypt participated in a study tour of both ICARDA
and Syria from 13 to 23 July 2006. They had a one-day tour of ICARDA
on 16 July to understand the research and training activities of the
Center and seek opportunities for further collaboration between Egypt
and ICARDA in agricultural production and technology transfer. They
visited several other places in Syria, including the Syrian agricultural
chambers and marketing organizations in Aleppo, Idleb, Lattakia, Damascus,
and Sweida provinces, and held meetings with senior officials on how
to enhance export and import of agricultural products between Egypt
and Syria.
The leader of the delegation, Mr Ahmed Abou Seida, President, Egyptian Central Agricultural Cooperatives and Vice President, Arab Union for Agricultural Cooperatives, thanked ICARDA for facilitating their visit. He noted the need for further collaboration between ICARDA and farmers in Egypt especially in technology transfer, human resource development, water use efficiency, and exchange of adapted germplasm and scientific publications. Among the visitors were Mr Ahmed Mansse Ayad, President, Egyptian Farmers Union and Member, Egyptian Parliament; Mr Abou El-Abbas Othman Ahmed, Chairman, Board of the General Cooperative for Agricultural Accreditation; Mr Mahmoud Mohammed El-Shazly, Member, General Cooperative for Agricultural Accreditation and the Egyptian Shura (Consultative Council); Mr Haeba Mustafa Haeba, Chairman, Board of the Vegetable and Horticultural Cooperative in Ismaieleia; and Mr Shukri Yousef Khalil, Chairman, Board of the Central Agricultural Cooperative in Ismaieleia. |
About
ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.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.