Appendix 3
Restricted Projects
ICARDA’s research program is implemented through 19 research projects, as detailed in the Center’s Medium-term Plan. Restricted projects are activities supported by restricted funding provided separately from the Center’s unrestricted core funding. Restricted funding includes donor attributed funding (core funds allocated by the donor to specific activities) and project-specific grants. The financial contributions by the respective donors are reported in Appendix 6. Reports on the activities listed here are encompassed in the appropriate sections in this Annual Report. During 2001, the following Restricted Projects were in operation:
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Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
- Technical assistance to ICARDA’s activities in Arab countries (training Arab nationals and support to Arab national programs)
- Development of integrated crop/livestock production systems in low rainfall areas of the Mashreq and Maghreb regions
- Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems in the Arabian Peninsula
- Development of biotechnological research in the Arab States

Asian Development Bank
On-farm soil and water management for sustainable agricultural systems in Central Asia

Australia

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
- Near-isogenic lines for the assessment of pathogenic variation in the wheat stripe (yellow) rust pathogen
- Improvement of lentil and grasspea in Bangladesh
- Lentil and Lathyrus in the cropping systems of Nepal: improving crop establishment and yield of relay and post-rice-sown pulses in the terai and mid-hills
- Development and conservation of plant genetic resources from the Central Asian Republics and associated regions
- Conservation, evaluation, and utilization of plant genetic resources from Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Host plant resistance, epidemiology, and integrated management of faba bean, chickpea, and lentil diseases
- Impact of ICARDA research on Australian agriculture

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
- Preservation and utilization of the unique pulse and cereal genetic resources of the Vavilov Institute
- International selection, introduction, and fast tracking of kabuli chickpea with large seed size, high biomass, high yield, and ascochyta resistance
- Selection of faba bean, chickpea, and lentils for resistance to luteoviruses
 - International collaboration in barley research between ICARDA and Waite Campus Institutions
 - Technologies for the targeted exploitation of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR), ICARDA, and Australian bread wheat landrace germplasm
 - Coordinated Improvement Program for Australian Lentils (CIPAL)
 - Coordinated improvement of chickpeas in Australia 

Belgium

Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB)
 - Has provided an Associate Expert in the utilization of remote sensing techniques for monitoring changes in land cover and land use in ICARDA’s mandate region, and a Research Assistant in land resources assessment

Canada

CGIAR-Canada Linkage Funds
 - The increasing role of women in resource management and household livelihood strategies

CGIAR Systemwide Programs

CGIAR Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG) Study: CGIAR’s Impact on Germplasm Improvement

CGIAR Collaborative Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus
 - Program Facilitation Unit
 - Germplasm conservation, adaptation, and enhancement for diversification and intensification of agricultural production in Central Asia and the Caucasus
 - On-farm soil and water management for sustainable agricultural systems in Central  Asia and the Caucasus

Systemwide Initiative on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)
 - Community and household-level impacts of institutional options for improving rangeland management in the low rainfall areas of Jordan, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia

Systemwide Genetic Resources Program (SGRP)
 - Management and characterization of small ruminants
 - Global inventory of barley genetic resources

Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management
 - Inter-Center IPM Adoption Initiative: Pilot sites in Egypt and Morocco
 - SP-IPM Soil Biota Global Workshop

Systemwide Livestock Program (SLP)
 - Production and utilization of multi-purpose fodder shrubs and trees in West Asia, North Africa, and the Sahel
 - On-farm characterization of small-ruminant breeds in Central Asia and the Caucasus
 - Increasing feed resources and efficiency of utilization in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan

Systemwide Program for Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (SP-PRGA)
 - Village-based participatory breeding in the terraced mountain slopes of Yemen

Systemwide Water Resources Management Program (SWIM)
 - On-farm water use

Systemwide Program on Soil Water and Nutrient Management (SWNM)
 - Optimizing soil water use

International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
 - Collaborative Molecular Biotechnology Integrating Network (COMBINE) 2000-2002: Integrating regional expertise in biotechnology for sustainable exploitation of plant genetic resources in the Mediterranean region
 - Mediterranean Rainfed Agriculture Technologies Evaluation (MEDRATE): Evaluation of agricultural practices to improve efficiency and environmental conservation in Mediterranean arid and semi-arid production systems
 - Development of legumes and forage screening nursery for salinity tolerance

Denmark
 - Collaborative research in Eritrean National Seed Development Program (ENSDP)
 - Integrated disease management to enhance barley and wheat production in Eritrea
Has provided a Junior Professional Officer for milk transformation, and a Junior Professional Officer for characterization of small ruminant production and associated local knowledge systems

European Commission (EC)
 - Nile Valley Regional Program - Egypt Phase II
 - Nile Valley Regional Program Wild Oats Project – Egypt: control of wild oats in cereals and other winter crops

EC: Attributed Funding
 - Durum wheat germplasm improvement for increased productivity, yield stability, and grain quality
 - Food legume germplasm improvement (lentil, kabuli chickpea, faba bean, and pea) for increased systems productivity
 - Agrobiodiversity collection and conservation for sustainable production

Egypt
- Nile Valley Regional Program, Egypt Phase II
 - Matrouh Resource Management Project

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA)
 - Water use in agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
 - Dryland pasture, forage, and range newsletter
 - Expert consultation meeting on integrated production and management for protected agriculture in the Arabian Peninsula
 - Second meeting of the Oat and Vetch Regional Network
 - FAO-EU-ICARDA Expert consultation on drought mitigation
 - Electronic production of agricultural documents and bibliographic database management
 - Translation of AGROVOC terms into Arabic
 - International workshop on food barley

Ford Foundation
 - Community and household-level impacts of institutional options for improving rangeland management in the low-rainfall areas of Jordan, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia

Germany
 - DNA marker-assisted breeding and genetic engineering of ICARDA-mandated crops
 - Improving seed production and marketing systems in the WANA region
 - Action research for sustainable groundwater use in Syria
 - An integrated approach to sustainable land management in dry areas
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
 - From formal to participatory plant breeding: improving barley production in the rainfed areas of Jordan
 - Community-level impacts of policy, property rights, and technical options in the low-rainfall areas of Morocco, Tunisia, and Syria
 - Improving natural resource management and food security for rural households in the mountains of Yemen

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
 - Development of integrated crop/livestock production systems in low-rainfall areas of the Mashreq and Maghreb regions
 - Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems of the Arabian Peninsula
 - Integrated feed and livestock production in the steppes of Central Asia
 - Projet du Developpement Agropastoral du Gouvernorat de Tataouine in Tunisia
 - Technical backstopping support program to ongoing IFAD-financed projects in the Near East and North Africa

International Nutrition Foundation
 - Impact of lysine fortified wheat flour on the nutritional status of rural families in northwest Syria

Iran
 - Scientific and technical cooperation

Italy
- Collaborative research project in durum grain quality
 - Has provided an Associate Professional Officer in barley improvement

Italy: Attributed Funding
 - Durum wheat germplasm improvement for increased productivity, yield stability, and grain quality in West Asia and North Africa
 - Barley germplasm improvement for increased productivity
 - Food legume germplasm improvement for increased systems productivity: Chickpea improvement

Japan
- Improving income of small-scale producers in marginal agricultural environments: small-ruminant milk production and milk derivatives, market opportunities, and improving value-added returns

Japan: Attributed Funding
 - Rehabilitation and improved management of native pastures and rangelands in dry areas
 - Improving small-ruminant production in dry areas
 - Germplasm enhancement for diversification and intensification of agricultural production in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Netherlands
 - Strengthening client-oriented research and technology dissemination for sustainable production of cool season food and forage legumes in Ethiopia
 - Training in seed technology
 - Renovation of traditional water supply system: sustainable management of groundwater resources
 - Has provided an Associate Expert in applied anthropological research

OPEC Fund For International Development
 - Devolution of barley breeding to farmers in North Africa
 - Sustainable management of natural resources and improvement of major production systems in the Arabian Peninsula

Pakistan
 - Cooperation in the applied research component of the Barani Village Development Project

Switzerland
 - Sustainable dryland resource management in the arid margins of Syria
 - Sustainable management of the agropastoral resource base in the Oujda Region, Morocco
 - Renovation of traditional water supply system: sustainable management of groundwater resources
 - Sheep and milk production by smallholders in Syria: module for intensive production systems and added-value capitalization

Turkey
 - Technical assistance to Southeast Anatolia Project, Regional Development Administration (GAP)

United Kingdom

Attributed Funding
 - Food legume germplasm improvement for increased systems productivity
 - Land management and soil conservation to sustain the agricultural productive capacity of dry areas
 - Socioeconomics of agricultural production systems in dry areas

Department for International Development (DFID) Competitive Research Facility
- Improving the yield potential and quality of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.):               a dependable source of dietary protein for subsistence farmers in Ethiopia
 - Integrated pest management of sunn pest in West Asia

British Partnership Scheme
 - Rehabilitation of water cisterns in the Jub Jumaa community (Aleppo steppe)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 - Sustainable environment management in Yemen

UNDP/GEF
- Conservation and sustainable use of dryland agrobiodiversity in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority

United Nations Environment Programme/ Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA)
 - Inventory study and regional database on sustainable water management in West Asia
 - Preparation of a feasibility study on the establishment of a bank for plant genetic resources in the Arab world
United States of America

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
 - Adaptation of barley to drought and temperature stress using molecular markers
 - Inheritance and mapping of winter hardiness genes in lentil for use in marker-assisted selection
 - Use of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of sunn pest in West Asia
 - Feasibility study of use of remote sensing and image analysis for land use mapping and evaluation
 - Poverty, agricultural household food systems, and nutritional well-being of the child

USAID Agricultural Technology Utilization and Transfer Project (ATUT)
 - Application of molecular genetics for development of durum wheat varieties possessing high yield potential, rust resistance, stress tolerance, and improved grain quality
 - Development of high yielding, long spike bread wheat cultivars possessing high tiller number, rust resistance, and heat tolerance facilitated by microsatellite DNA markers

United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS)
 - Collection of plant genetic resources in Central Asia and the Caucasus

United States Department of Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS)
 - Biological diversity, cultural and economic value of medicinal, herbal, and aromatic plants in southern Tunisia
 - Partnership to improve rural livelihoods in West Asia and North Africa through strengthened teaching and research on sheep and goat production
 - GIS for watershed management in the arid regions of Tunisia

University of California, Davis
Acquisition and characterization of Triticum urato and Aegilops tauschii, ancestors of bread wheat

Republic of Yemen
Agriculture sector management support project (ASMSP)

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