Focus on crop improvement in maize, wheat, barley and triticale. CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima, Peru. Focus on potato and sweet potato improvement with special attention to the ecology of specific mountain regions. Conservation of gene pools for crops and forages. Focus on improving farming systems for North Africa and West Asia.
Research covers wheat, barley, chickpea, lentils, pasture legumes and small ruminants.
Research on all aspects of fisheries to improve efficiency and productivity of culture and capture fisheries. Focus on initiating and supporting research on integrating trees in land-use systems in developing countries. Focus on crop improvement, cropping systems in sorghum, millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut. IIMI - International Irrigation Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Focus on performance of irrigation in developing countries.