ICARDA-CAC King Baudouin Outstanding Partnership Award

CGIAR "King Baudouin Science Award for Outstanding Partnership" awarded to the Program for Sustainable Agriculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) The CGIAR Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) is implemented by a Consortium of partners, namely the eight National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, eight International Centers of the CGIAR - Bioversity International, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), International Potato Center (CIP), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Center for Water Management (IWMI); two other International Centers - AVRDC - the World Vegetable Center, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA); and Michigan State University (MSU). The Program was established in 1998, and is hosted by ICARDA's Regional Office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The activities of the Program over the last ten years have been very positively evaluated by an independent External Review in 2008.

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Blip | January 14, 2009

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