Achievements in

Natural Resource Management

Sample of Agroecological Zones Map: southern part of Central Asia

Effect of Rotations on Organic Matter

and Total Soil Nitrogen Content over 10

years, Tel Hadya

OM (%) Total N (ppm)

Rotation 1985 1995 1985 1995

Cereal/legume 1.01 1.34 632 903

Cereal/fallow 1.10 1.08 637 738

Cereal/cereal 0.99 0.95 596 650

Community Approach

The Mashreq and Maghreb Project

CommunityCommunity

TechnologiesTechnologiesPolicy & Policy &

Property right Property right

studiesstudies

AgroAgro--Ecological Ecological

CharacterizationCharacterization

ScenariiScenarii

ModelingModeling

NGOs

Validation with community representativesValidation with community representatives

Presentation to decision makersPresentation to decision makers

Private sector Other communities

Public institutions

CommunityCommunity

TechnologiesTechnologiesPolicy & Policy &

Property right Property right

studiesstudies

AgroAgro--Ecological Ecological

CharacterizationCharacterization

Scenarios

ModelingModeling

NGOs

Validation with community representativesValidation with community representatives

Presentation to decision makersPresentation to decision makers

Private sector Other communities

Public institutions

Mashreq and Maghreb ProjectSuccessful Technologies

On-farm Feed

Production

On-farm Feed

Production

By-products

Feed Blocks

By-products

Feed Blocks

Cactus

& Fodder Shrubs

Cactus

& Fodder Shrubs

Natural Pastures Enhancement

& Rangeland Management

Natural Pastures Enhancement

& Rangeland Management

Barley ProductionBarley Production

Benchmark Sites for Integrated Research on Water

MacroMacro-- and Microand Micro--catchmentscatchments for Water for Water

HarvestingHarvesting

Macro-catchment Micro-catchments

Rehabilitation with saltbushes

ICARDAPFU-CAC

Conservation AgricultureConservation Agriculture

in Central Asiain Central Asia

Planting olive trees to

halt land degradation

Planting olive trees to

halt land degradation

Diversification of Cropping SystemsDiversification of Cropping Systems

Protected Agriculture

Pasta Burghul

Freke

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10101010

20202020

30303030

40404040

50505050

60606060

Small Small Small Small MediumMediumMediumMedium LargeLargeLargeLarge

PlantPlantPlantPlant

FrekeFrekeFrekeFreke

LivestockLivestockLivestockLivestock

Off-FarmOff-FarmOff-FarmOff-Farm

Freke Producers only (%)

Freke Contribution to Farm Income

Role of micro-credit

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003

Poorest Poor Less poor

'`000 SP Informal

Formal

Sanadiq

Average amount of credit taken by a household from the different poverty

categories in the years 2000 and 2003 in a CWANA village

Major Achievements:

Capacity Building

Persons trained: 15,000

MSc and PhD: 550

Countries: 100

1977 to 2006

Impact Assessment by the CGIAR (2005):

ICARDA Ranked Highest

ICARDA

ICARDA has been playing a lead role in

rebuilding agriculture in countries

affected by conflict and natural disasters,

such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Iraq, Palestine, and Sudan; or political

reorganization, such as the newly

independent republics of Central Asia

and the Caucasus.

Rebuilding agriculture in

conflict-affected countries

The Hypothesis

Technological change in agriculture

Improved

nutrition

Reduced

poverty

Sustainable

NRM

Reduced armed conflict and terrorism

Courtesy: Dr Pinstrup Per-Andersen,

Cornell University

Program Development

1. Seed systems and crop improvement

2. Soil and water management

3. Livestock, feed and rangelands

4. Horticulture

Four themes were developed by separate workgroups at Tashkent:

3500 tonnes distributed for spring sowing3500 tonnes distributed for spring sowing

Afghanistan Minister of Agriculture inspecting

mint production in a greenhouse

Water Harvesting Techniques

in Palestine

Rebuilding Agriculture in Iraq

• Demonstrations to promote adapted crop varieties and technologies

• Conservation cropping technologies identified, promoted and adopted

• Capacity building

Supported by ACIAR

Donors to ICARDA(In descending order of contribution)

USA

UNITED KINGDOM

WORLD BANK

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

IFAD

ARAB FUND (AFESD)

THE NETHERLANDS

CANADA

GERMANY

SWITZERLAND

CGIAR

ITALY

AUSTRALIA

NORWAY

SWEDEN

SYRIA

JAPAN

FAO

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

PAKISTAN

DENMARK

EGYPT

MOROCCO

BELGIUM

IRAN

FRANCE

IDRC

AUSTRIA

GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL

UNDP

GM-UNCCD

INRA-INRAT

GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST

MAURITANIA

CHINA

THE OPEC FUND

UNESCO

SOUTH AFRICA

UNEP

INDIA

JIRCAS

TURKEY

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