ICARDA annual report 2004

ICARDA Annual Report 2004
98
Canada
CGIAR-Canada Linkage Funds
- Characterization and Molecular
Mapping of Drought Tolerance
in Chickpea
Canada Fund for Africa
- Support to research and capacity
building activities in Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Mauritania and Sudan.
Crop Development Centre,
University of Saskatchewan
- Off-season evaluation of
Ascochyta blight reaction in
chickpea
CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact
Assessment (SPIA)
- Ex post impact assessment of
natural resources management
technologies in crop-livestock
systems in arid and semi arid
areas
CGIAR Challenge
Programs
Generation Challenge Program
- Commissioned research
- Allele mining based on non-coding
regulatory SNPs in barley
germplasm
HarvestPlus
- Identification of barley
germplasm accessions with high
concentration of B-carotene, iron
and zinc
- Identification of lentil germplasm
accessions with high concentration
of B-carotene, iron and zinc
Challenge Program on Water and
Food
- Improving water productivity of
cereals and food legumes in the
Atbara RIVER BASIN of Eritrea.
- Strengthening livelihood
resilience in upper catchments
of dry areas by integrated natural
resources management.
- Improving on-farm agricultural
water productivity in the
Karkheh river basin.
CGIAR ICT-KM Programme
- CSI (CGIAR Consortium for
Spatial Development) project
research activities
CGIAR Marketing Group
- ICARDA Marketing Group
activities in 2004
CGIAR Systemwide
Programmes
CGIAR Collaborative Programme
for Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Program Facilitation Unit
Systemwide Genetic Resources
Programme (SGRP)
- Global inventory of barley
genetic resources.
Systemwide Livestock Programme
(SLP)
- Low-toxin grasspea for
improved human and livestock
nutrition and ecosystems health
in drought-prone areas in Asia
and Africa.
- Public Awareness Grant: Fodder
shrubs and trees for improved
livelihoods in the dry areas of
West Asia, North Africa and the
Sahel.
- Public Awareness Grant: Feed
resources for smallholder livestock
farmers in the Caucasus.
Systemwide Programme for
Participatory Research and Gender
Analysis (SP-PRGA)
- Analysis of participatory
research and gender analysis
approaches in ICARDA.
IWMI Comprehensive Assessment
Program
- Assessment of water harvesting
and supplemental irrigation
potential in arid and semi-arid
areas of West Asia and North
Africa
Denmark
- Integrated disease management
to enhance barley and wheat
production in Eritrea.
- Junior Professional Officer in
milk transformation.
- Junior Professional Officer in
characterization of small ruminant
production and associated
local knowledge systems.
EC (European Commission)
EC Attributed Funding
- Barley germplasm improvement
for increased productivity and
yield stability.
- 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.
EC 6th Framework International
Cooperation (INCO)
- Mapping adaptation of barley to
drought environments
(MABDE).