International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

"In 1972, the CGIAR commissioned a team of experts to study the potential threats of food shortages and loss of natural resources in the dry areas. The team recommended that an internationally supported, research center be set up to serve developing countries with large dry areas. The proposed center would focus on sub-tropical (temperate) zones. ICARDA’s founding charter was signed in 1975, with three United Nations agencies (the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Development Program and the World Bank) as co-sponsors, and Canada's International Development Research Centre as the executing agency. The government of Syria provided a 948-hectare site the following year, and operations began in 1977."

Trustees
Accessed April 2012:


 * Henri Carsalade
 * Mona Bishay
 * Nader Sheikh Ali
 * Mahmoud Solh
 * Paul Steffen
 * Camilla Toulmin
 * Michel A. Afram
 * John C. Coleman
 * Fawzi Al-Sultan
 * Carl-Gustaf Thornström
 * Masum Burak
 * Susan G. Schram

Contact
Web: http://www.icarda.org

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