ICARDA annual report 2004

Preparation for Cash Crop
Production,” “Quality Seed
Supply in the Informal Seed
Sector,” “Integrated Production
and Protection Management
(IPPM) for Cash Crop
Production under Protected
Agriculture,” and “Greenhouse
Manufacturing.”
• Regional training course on
“Participatory Approach to
Rangeland Management” held
in Tataouine, Tunisia, jointly
organized and sponsored by
SDC, INRAT, and ICARDA.
• In-country training course on
“Breeding for Stress Tolerance
in Food Legumes and Analysis
of Genotype x Environment
Interaction Using Specialized
Techniques and Software” held
in Karaj, Iran, jointly organized
and sponsored by the
Agricultural Research and
Education Organization (AREO)
of the Ministry of Jihad and
Agriculture, Iran.
• In-country training course on
“DNA Molecular Marker
Techniques for Crop
Improvement” held at the headquarters
of the Syrian General
Commission for Scientific
Agricultural Research (GCSAR)
in Douma, Damascus, jointly
sponsored and organized by
ICARDA and the Syrian component
of the GEF/UNDP Project
on Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Dryland
Agrobiodiversity in West Asia.
• In-country training course on
“DNA Molecular Marker
Techniques for Crop
Improvement” held at INA, El
Harrach, Alger, Algérie, coorganized
and sponsored by
ICARDA and the Algerian
national program.
• Regional training course on
“Drought Preparedness and
Mitigation Strategies in the
Mediterranean Region” held in
Zaragoza, Spain, and co-organized
by CIHEAM and ICARDA.
Research Support Services
• In-country training course on
“Integrated Pest Management of
Cereal and Legume Crops,”
organized by ICARDA in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and jointly
sponsored by CIMMYT and
GTZ.
• Regional training course on
“Livestock Market Assessment”
held in Khartoum, Sudan, sponsored
by IFAD, jointly organized
by the Federal Ministry of
Animal Resources and Fisheries,
Sudan, ILRI, and ICARDA.
• Regional training workshop on
“Biosaline Agriculture:
Principles and Applications,
with Reference to Central Asia
and the Caucasus Region” jointly
organized and sponsored
ICBA and ICARDA, held in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The
course was offered in Russian
language and involved 37 senior
researchers from the Central
Asia and the Caucasus region.
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