ICARDA annual report 2004

1. World Bank 14. Australia
3. United Kingdom 16. Iran
Listed in descending order of investment.
For more information, please refer to page 11 1.
28. Gulf Coop. Coun.
4. European Comm. 17. Switzerland 30. Austria
18. Denmark 31. IDRC
6. Arab Fund 19. Egypt 32. FA0
20. Asian Dev.Bank 33. UNEP
21. Morocco
9. Netherlands 22. US Dept. of Agric. 35. India
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23. France 36. South Africa
24. Pakistan 37. China
25. UNDP 38. UNESCO
26. GM-UNCCD
Above (left to right): An improved variety of lentil, derived from ICARDA germplasm, planted by a farmer in his field in
Nepal; bed-planted wheat in Iran; biotechnology laboratory at ICARDA.
Below (left to right): Harvested rainfall water being drawn from a Roman-time cistern in Egypt; sheep grazing improved vetch
at ICARDA farm, at Tel Hadya, in Syria; an improved, drought-tolerant barley line growing in a low-rainfall area in Syria.
Back cover:
Above (left to right): Distribution of nurseries of medicinal plants by ICARDA's Dryland Agrobiodiversity Project to women
in West Asia; a field training course in progress in Kabul, Afghanistan; an olive orchard established in a village near Aleppo,
Syria to prevent land degradation and diversify farmers' income.
Below (left to right): Woman milking sheep in Syria; cheese made from sheep milk on sale in a village market in Syria; a new
winter and facultative wheat variety 'Bitarap,' derived from ICARDA-supplied germplasm, growing in a field in
Turkmenistan; Sudanese farmers in a traveling workshop on food legumes held in Sudan.
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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Fax: (+963) (21) 2213490,2225105,5744622.
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