International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Centre international de recherches agricoles dans les régions sèches
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URL: https://www.icarda.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/icarda
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICARDA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/icarda/
Founded
1977
History
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Contribute to improvement of livelihoods of the resource-poor in dry areas by enhancing food security and alleviating poverty through research and partnerships to achieve sustainable increases in agricultural productivity and income, while ensuring efficient and more equitable use and conservation of natural resources.
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Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Sponsoring agency of: D-XD0785 - Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA). Special links with: E-XE5527 - Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD). Joint activities with: E-XE4188 - Scientific Information Centre of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (SIC ICWC).
Cooperates with national agricultural research organizations, universities, and the other CGIAR supported centres:
- D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire);
- E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru (India);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi (Kenya);
- E-XE2417 - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila (Philippines).
- Member of: Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)(Associate)
- Member of: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS)
- Partner of: Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID)
- Partner of: Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)
- Partner of: AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Partner of: CABI
- Partner of: Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
- Partner of: Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
- Partner of: Global Soil Partnership (GSP)
- Partner of: Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
- Partner of: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Partner of: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Partner of: Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS)
- Partner of: Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
- Partner of: Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East
- Partner of: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- Partner of: United Nations University (UNU)
- Cooperates with: CIHEAM - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Represented with: E-XJ1566 - Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI); E-XM4498 - Wheat Initiative. Cooperates with national agricultural research organizations, universities, and the other CGIAR supported centres: E-XE3089 - Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor (Indonesia); U-XE4637 - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Cali (Colombia); E-XE6331 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC (USA); E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan (Nigeria); E-XE0270 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City (Mexico); E-XE4103 - International Potato Center, Lima (Peru); E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo (Sri Lanka); E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi (Kenya); E-XE5021 - WorldFish, Penang (Malaysia).
Links indicated by: F-XM6699 - International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN).
- Member of: European Forest Institute Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED)
- Member of: International Foundation for Science (IFS)
- Instrumental in setting up: Central Asia and South Caucasus Consortium of Agricultural universities for Development (CASCADE)
- Partner of: Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF)
- Partner of: Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI)
- Partner of: Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA)
- Partner of: Crops For the Future (CFF)
- Partner of: Institut des régions arides, Tunisia (IRA)
- Partner of: International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
- Partner of: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
- Partner of: International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC)
- Partner of: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Partner of: International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
- Partner of: ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Partner of: Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
- Partner of: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (CIHEAM Zaragoza)
- Partner of: TerrAfrica
- Partner of: World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)
Publications
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- Climatology → Arid Zones
- Society → Disadvantaged
- Living Conditions → Food
- Research, Standards → Research
- Agriculture → Agriculture
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE5928
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