Source: http://www.agricultureday.org/openletter Our world faces formidable challenges. The global population has now crossed the seven billion mark and is projected to reach nine billion by mid-century, requiring at least a 70 percent increase in agricultural production to meet increased…

Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, is a major agricultural crop in the Near East and African Regions, and its economical role in the countries of these regions is well recognized. The world date palm production (about 4.6 million tons in 1997) is concentrated mostly in the Near East and Africa. About…

The Asia-Pacific Agricultural Research Information System (APARIS), in collaboration with GFAR and ACIAR, organized a two-day technical workshop on Development and De-Centralized Management of ARD Information Resources. Among the 20 participants of the workshop, 10 were…

The Third Steering Committee Meeting of Inter-regional Cotton Network in the Central Asia and North Africa (INCANA) was held in Damascus, Syria during the period 19-20 June 2007. The meeting was organized by the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR) and INCANA…

AARINENA Executive Committee held its meeting in New Delhi, India on 8 November 2006.  The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ahmed Al Bakri President of AARINENA.  The Committee discussed and recommended the following: Present the following amendments to the constitution to the next general…

APAARI in collaboration with IPGRI organized a meeting of the Asian Representatives nominated by the Chairs of the FAO Regional Groups for the drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA), under the FAO Treaty ITGRFA. The meeting was held from the 5th to the 6th of April 2006 at…