Training Directory 1989: Participants and Course Outlines
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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). (28/12/1989). Training Directory 1989: Participants and Course Outlines. Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
A total of 533 research scientists, technicians and extensionists participated in the training activities of the Center in the training year 1989. Reflecting the continuing strategic emphasis on decentralization of research and training activities, 211 participants were enrolled in sub-regional or in-country courses, compared to headquarters enrollment of 322 participants.
Eighteen countries of West Asia and North Africa were represented in training, as were three developing countries outside the region and four countries of the European community. Approximately 13% of the participants were women, principally in collaborative postgraduate agricultural research training with the national universities of the region.
The human development program of the Center was financially supported through non-restricted core funds, 10,981 person days and non-core funding sources, 10,662 person days. The continuing grant of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development was the major restricted-core source of funding support for Arab participants in the region. The special project grant of the Ford Foundation was the major funding source in support of graduate research training at national universities in Syria, Jordan, Sudan, and Egypt. Additional funding support was provided by AOAD, UNDP, USAID, FAD, GTZ, IDRC, and various bilateral donor development projects to meet specific national program or project resource development needs in agricultural research and seed production.
In this directory, brief course descriptions are included for group activities. As in the past, the directory includes a record of all agricultural research colleagues who have participated in the training activities during the year.