International Center for Agricultural Researchin the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Aleppo, Syria
Course Schedule and Training Opportunities
2010

Headquarters Training Courses (Aleppo, Syria)
Short-term Training Courses *Organizers/Sponsors
17-28 January
Regional Euphrates Development International course
ICARDA/SIDA
7-18 March
Integrated Management of Cereal and Food Legume Pests
ICARDA/JICA
7-18 March
Variety Identification, Maintenance and Quality Seed Production
ICARDA/JICA
9-18 March
Seed Health Modules
ICARDA
18-29 April
Best Practices for Collection, Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources ICARDA/RALP/Libya
18-29 April
Importance of Pre-breeding for Improvement of Wheat
ICARDA
25-29 April
Training of Trainers for Facilitators on IPM-FFS Management
ICARDA/FAO
2-27 May
Improving Water Management Productivity in Agricultural Systems
ICARDA/JICA
09-13 May
Regional Training Workshop on Farmer Participation and Seed Multiplication
ICARDA/IAEA
16-20 May
Training of Trainers for Facilitators on IPM-FFS Management
ICARDA/FAO
23-26 May
Workshop for Iraqi Borlaug Fellows and Mentors
ICARDA/USDA
23-27 May
Advanced Biometical Techniques
ICARDA
June 6-July1
Mapping Rangeland Resources
ICARDA/OFID
4-15 July
Scientific Writing
ICARDA/Libya
3-14 October
Seed Enterprise and Financial Management and Seed Marketing and Promotion ICARDA/ACIAR/RALP
3-14 October
Adoption and Impact: Approaches, Data, Analysis and Reporting
ICARDA
10-21 October
Proposal Writing
ICARDA
24 Oct.-04 Nov.
Seed Health for Quality Seed Production
ICARDA/JICA
Announcements for headquarters training courses, including course description and application procedures, will be sent to the concerned national agriculturalresearch systems, a few months before each course commences.

Non-headquarters Training Courses
In-country Short-term Training Courses**
9-15 January27 February-4 March
13 -28 March
08-20 April
1-6 May
5-11 July
09-21 October
2 weeks ***In-situ Conservation of Agro-biodiversity
Design of Experiments and Statistical Data Analysis Using the Computer
Training of Master Trainers in Libya and Initiation of the Data Collection
Variety Maintenance and Quality Seed Production
In-situ on Farm Conservation
Scientific Writing
On farm Conservation of Agro biodiversity
Farmers’ Course on Feed Blocks Manufacturing, Uses and Straw Upgradingby Ammonia Treatment

Yemen
Libya
Libya
Libya
Libya
Uzbekistan
Libya
Libya

ICARDA/ RALF-Yemen
ICARDA/Libya
ICARDA/Libya
ICARDA/Libya
ICARDA/Libya
ICARDA/ Uzbekistan
ICARDA/Libya
ICARDA/Libya

The collaborating national program of each country administers these courses through ICARDA's Regional Program Coordinator. Applications are accepted only
from authorized NARS and universities in the host country.

Individual Training
Individual non-degree training: Specialized non-degree training is available for individuals or small groups of candidates if officially requested by their NARS.
Graduate studies: ICARDA welcomes nominations form NARS for graduate students to conduct their field research at or through ICARDA. Funding from theArab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports Arab fellows from Arab countries in collaborative field research at the Center. A brochure on
ICARDA’s graduate research training program is available on request.

Financial Support
ICARDA encourages NARS and universities to secure funding from other resources to support the direct costs. A limited number of scholarships are available.
A grant from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development supports Arab country participants in these training activities.

Notes******Applications for these courses are open to all countries where ICARDA has active programs. Invitation letters and application forms for each country will
be sent to the concerned national programs a few months before the course commences.
Applications are limited to participants from the host country.
Exact dates to be determinedAcronyms
AFESD
ACIAR
FAO
JICA
IAEA
USDA
OFID
RALF
SIDA

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy)
Japan International Cooperation Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States Department of Agriculture
OPEC Fund for International Development
Research on Alternative Livelihoods Fund (Afghanistan)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

For additional information, please contact: Capacity Development Unit (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria. Tel: (963-21) 2213433, 2213477
Fax: (963-21) 2213490. E-mail: ICARDA@CGIAR.ORG.