Measuring Impact

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

 

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Overview

Australia works with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to improve agriculture in Central and West Asia, North Africa and subtropical and temperate areas of developing countries. ICARDA's mandate covers improvement of crops including barley, lentils and chickpeas, on-farm management of water, forage and pasture systems, improving sheep and goat productivity, the rehabilitation and management of rangelands and enhancing and protecting the natural resource base in countries in these areas. Australia contributes AUD250,000 (in 2005-06) in core funding as well as project funding. For more information about ICARDA, see its website, http://www.icarda.cgiar.org.

ICARDA produce regular publications that give an indication of their current activities and future plans. These include an Annual Report which looks that their activities over the calendar year 2006, and a Medium-Term Plan that details their organisational direction for 2008-2010. It also includes an External Program and Management Review which is done annually by the CG Science Council.