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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Institution
Section overview
Description
Established in 1977, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of the 16 centers strategically located all over the world and supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). With its main research station and offices based in Aleppo, Syria, ICARDA works through a network of partnerships with national, regional and international institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations and ministries in the developing world; and with advanced research institutes in industrialized countries. The web-site offers information about research activities, publications, job announcements, training facilities and a library service.
Activities
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Developing drought and heat tolerance wheat germplasm and its utilisation for the drylands of Central and West Asia and North Africa
- Development of conservation agriculture technologies for adoption by smallholders in Central Asia
- Evaluation and application of advanced tools for molecular breeding for drought and salinity tolerance in chickpea
- Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality for Central Asia
Involved in research projects
Contact
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA)
Aleppo-Damascus Highway
P.O. Box 5466 Tel Hadya, Aleppo
Syria
Syria
Phone: (963-21) 2213433
Email: icarda(@)cgiar.org
