Table 2. Arid land biotechnology-
examples of regional activities.
Organization |
Biotechnology
Activities |
Countries |
Association of Agricultural
Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa |
Development of wheat cultivars
resistant to leaf and stem rusts in the Nile Valley and Red Sea Regions Arab Peninsula Region
West and Central Asia Region |
Cyprus,
Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria; Djibouti, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia,
Yemen Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
Asia Pacific Association
of Forestry Research Institutes |
Strengthening of regional networks working with
cereals and legumes, maize and underutilized fruits |
China,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines,
Thailand |
Central Asia and Caucasus
Region (CACR) |
Agriculture has a dual
function in economic development i.e. the production of food, and the
provision of gainful employment |
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, (Caucasus), Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Central Asia) |
Regional Forum on Agricultural
|
Agriculture is a key component
of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Member countries in Latin
American and the Caribbean |
|