Steering Committee Meetings

16^th SCM - Fergana
15^th SCM - Issyk-kul
14^th SCM - Tashkent

16^th Steering Committee Meeting

27-29 August 2014, Fergana, Uzbekistan

Background documents

Program of the meeting / Программа
- English version
- Русская версия
Program of the Field visit / Программа полевого дня
- English version
- Русская версия
Field tour guide
- English version
- Русская версия
List of participants / Список участников
- English version
- Русская версия
Logistics information / Логистика
- English version
- Русская версия
Summary report of previous Program Steering Committee meeting
- English version
- Русская версия
List of CGIAR Research Programs
- English version
- Русская версия
Selected Recent Publications (September, 2014) / Избранные недавние публикации (Сентябрь, 2014)
- English version
- Русская версия
Press release / Пресс-релиз
- English version
- Русская версия
List of Intermediate Development Objectives
- English
- Русская
Update on CGIAR Research Programs implemented in CAC Region
Thematic presentations from International Centers
- Presentations List
Country needs, priorities and capacities
Agreement on Program Facilitation Unit
- English version, Annex I
- Русская версия, Приложения I
Financial Report and Budget
- 2013-2014
Ministerial-level meeting
- Agenda [English version]

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#	Title	Author(s)	Download
1.	Overview of CRPs implemented in the Region	Jozef Turok, Head PFU-CGIAR/ICARDA on behalf of the Centers	English Русская
2.	Policy implications of collaborative agricultural research in the CAC Region	Muhabbat Turdieva, Bioversity International on behalf of the Centers	English
3.	Statements by the heads of Country Delegations	Country representatives	Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
4.	Statement by CACAARI Executive Secretary	Alisher Tashmatov, Executive Secretary, CACAARI	English Русская
5.	Agricultural diversity, dietary diversity, and nutritional outcomes in Central Asia	Kamiljon Akramov, IFPRI	English
6.	Improving water and energy productivity in lift irrigated areas of Central Asia	Akmal Karimov, IWMI	English Русская
7.	Results and perspectives of potato cultivation in CAC	Timur Abdurakhmanov, CIP	English
8.	Vegetable research and development network in CAC	Ravza Mavlyanova, AVRDC	English
9.	Conservation agriculture in rainfed areas, winter wheat and spring wheat improvement	Alex Morgounov, CIMMYT	English
10.	Conservation agriculture in irrigated areas	Aziz Nurbekov, ICARDA	English
11.	Winter wheat: performance, achievements and inter-phase with CRP Dryland Systems	Ram Sharma, ICARDA	English Русская
12.	Mainstreaming biodiversity of fruit trees to sustain production systems	Muhabbat Turdieva, Bioversity	English
13.	Multipurpose Use of Marginal Lands and Water (crop diversification, agroforestry, pasture-livestock production system) under saline environment	Kristina Toderich, ICBA	English
14.	Centers’ strategies for work in the CAC Region	Center representatives	AVRDC CIMMYT IWMI
15.	Terms of Reference for Working Groups / Техническое задание для рабочих групп		Download/Скачать

15^th Steering Committee Meeting

4-6 September 2012, Issyk-Kyl, Kyrgyzstan

Introduction

The 15th annual Steering Committee Meeting of the CGIAR Regional Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus will be held on 4-6 September 2012 at Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. The meeting is being co-organized jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Melioration of Kyrgyzstan.

The Steering Committee provides guidance and governance of the Program and holds the overall responsibility for the Program. In particular, the Committee:

Provides overall strategic, technical and policy guidance to the operations;
Reviews the progress made in the Program on the basis of annual reports prepared by the Program Facilitation Unit (PFU);
Provides broad guidelines and takes decisions regarding the general scope of activities;
Develops a coherent framework plan of activities and budget for three years, in particular aimed at implementation of the relevant CGIAR Research Programs in the CAC Region, monitors and evaluates progress;
Debates and identifies emerging research issues and priorities relevant for the Program and how to address them;
Provides policy or technical inputs to key Regional or global processes, such as the implementation framework of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification;
Approves a three-year budget for the PFU;
Mandates, oversees and evaluates the Program Facilitation Unit.

Senior officials responsible for agricultural research and innovation from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as well as Directors General or their representatives from the participating international agricultural research centers will attend in their capacity as members of the Steering Committee. A number of development, donor and partner international research agencies will also attend the meeting as observers.

Background documents

Summary Report
- English version
- Русская версия
Information for SCM Participants
- English version
- Русская версия
Program of the meeting
- English version
- Русская версия
List of Participants
- English version
CGIAR CAC Annual Report
- English version
- Русская версия
Agreement on Program Facilitation Unit
- English version
- Русская версия
Financial Report
- English version
Presentations
- Presentations List
Selected Recent Publications
- English version
- Русская версия
Issyk-Kul Declaration
- English version
- Русская версия

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#	Title	Author(s)	Download
First day, September 4, 2012
1.	Overview of major developments in the Region and progress made in the implementation of the Regional Program	Dr Jozef Turok, Head, CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit	English Русская
2.	Integrated pest management in Kyrgyzstan	Murat Aitmatov, MSU, Kyrgyzstan	English Русская
3.	Development and out-scaling of new varieties in winter wheat and chickpea	Ram Sharma, ICARDA Central Asia and the Caucasus	English Русская
4.	Introducing vegetable legumes for crop diversification, better nutrition and well being in the CAC Region	Veronika Kim, Uzbek Research Institute of Vegetables, Melon Crops and Potato, Uzbekistan	English
5.	Wild fruit species in Kyrgyzstan: perspectives for breeding	Aybek Dolatbakov, Innovation Center for Phytotechnologies, Kyrgyz Republic	Русская
6.	Evaluation of germplasm from the international gene banks in Georgia	Ana Gulbani, Georgia	English
7.	Strengthening biosaline agriculture research and development for rehabilitation of salt-affected lands in CAC	Kristina Toderich, ICBA, Uzbekistan	English
8.	Improving spring wheat in Kazakhstan: results and perspectives	Murat Karabayev, CIMMYT, Kazakhstan	English
9.	A new initiative on potato multiplication in Uzbekistan: a result of the collaboration between the Academy of Sciences and CIP	Timur Abkurakhmanov, Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan	English
10.	Improving water productivity at plot level in the Fergana Valley (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)	Kahramon Jumaboev, IWMI Central Asia	English
11.	Adaptation to climate change in Central Asia	Maria Glazirina, ICARDA-CAC	English Русская
12.	Food policy research in Central Asia and the Caucasus	Kamiljon Akramov, IFPRI	English
13.	Armenia	Dr. Irina Tsereteli, Department of Science, Ministry of Agriculture	Русская
14.	Azerbaijan	Dr. Asad Musaev, Director-General, Agrarian Scientific Center	Русская
15.	Georgia	Acad. Shota Chalaganidze, President, Academy of Agricultural Sciences	Русская
16.	Kazakhstan	Dr. Bayan Alimgazinova, Director of Department, KazAgroInnovation	Русская
17.	Kyrgyzstan	Acad. Dzhamin Akimaliev, Leader of the national agricultural research system	English Русская
18.	Tajikistan	Acad. Hukmatullo Ahmadov, President, Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences	Русская
19.	Uzbekistan	Dr. Bahtiyor Kamilov, Head of Research Planning and Coordination Department, Uzbek Scientific Production Center for Agriculture	Русская
20.	Regional synthesis	Acad. Dzhamin Akimaliev, Chair of the Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI)	English Русская
Second day, September 5, 2012
1.	CRP “Dryland Systems”	Dr. Kamil Shideed, Deputy Director General, ICARDA	English
2.	Brief updates on the CRPs “Policies, Institutions and Markets”; “Wheat”; “Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals”; “Roots, Tubers and Bananas”; “Water”; “Forests and Trees”; and “Climate Change”		Lead Center representatives
3.	Mode of operation, services, human resources, host country agreements, financial report and budget	Dr. Jozef Turok	English Русская
4.	Resource mobilization initiative with European countries	Dr. Dyno Keatinge	English
5.	Russian Initiative and Russia’s membership in the CGIAR	Prof. Sergey Kiselev / Dr. Krasilnikov	English/Русская Русская
6.	Overview of new projects acquired for the Program	Dr. Zakir Khalikulov	English

14^th Steering Committee Meeting

20-22 September 2011, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Introduction

The 14th Steering Committee meeting of the CGIAR Regional Collaborative Research Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC Program) was held in Tashkent, 20-22 September 2011.

Heads of the National Agricultural Research Systems from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the host country, as well as Directors General or their representatives from the International Agricultural Research Centers attended the meeting in their capacity as members of the Program Steering Committee. Partners from a wider range of international research and development agencies also joined.

The meeting sessions took place on 20 and 21 September 2011, followed by a field tour to a few demonstration sites in the Tashkent district, on 22 September. An overview of Program's activities and achievements was presented on the first day. The second day provided an opportunity to discuss future priorities of collaborative agricultural research-for-development in the Region, including governance of the Program, its mode of operation and budget.

Background documents

Summary report

Program of the meeting

Minutes of 13th Program Steering Committee meeting (held in Ashgabat, June, 2010)

English version

Mode of operation and proposed budget of the Program for 2012-2014

List of participants

Presentations

Presentations List

Annual report

English version

Financial report

English version

Press release

Terms of Reference of the Program adopted at the 14th Steering Committee meeting

English version

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#	Title	Author(s)	Download
1.	Opening address: "CGIAR Research Programs and their implications to Central Asia and the Caucasus"	Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Chair, CGIAR Program for Central Asia and the Caucasus / Director General, ICARDA	English
2.	Overview of major developments in the Region and progress made in the implementation of the Regional Program	Dr. Jozef Turok, Head, CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit	English Русская
3.	Groundwater development in the Fergana Valley	Dr Akmal Karimov, International Water Management Institute	English Русская
4.	Meso-level cooperation on transboundary tributaries and infrastructures in Fergana Valley	Dr Kai Wegerich, Dr. Jusipbek Kazbekov, Mr. Firdavs Kabilov & Ms. Nozilakhon Mukhamedova, International Water Management Institute	English
5.	Use of remote sensing, information technology and cell phone technology for irrigation scheduling in Fergana Valley	Ms. Hilola Masharipova, Ph.D. student, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, Uzbekistan, & Prof. Mohan Junna, International Water Management Institute	English
6.	Promoting sustainable renewable water and bio-energy production on marginal lands in Central Asia	Prof. Faisal Taha, Dr Kristina Toderich, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture & Dr. Natalya Akinshina, National University of Uzbekistan	English
7.	In-vitro screening for salinity and drought tolerance in potato advanced clones in Central Asia	Dr. Zulfiya Davlyatnazarova, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Tajikistan in collaboration with International Potato Center	English
8.	Assessment of climate change impact on production and productivity of bread-wheat in Central Asia	Dr Maria Glazirina, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	English Русская
9.	Improving food security and coping with biotic and abiotic constraints using improved crop germplasm in Central Asia and the Caucasus	Dr Ram Sharma & Dr Zakir Khalikulov, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	English Русская
10.	CIMMYT achievements and challenges in a changing climate with focus on Central Asia	Dr Etienne Duveiller, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre	English
11.	International food policy research in Central Asia: the implications of climate change	Dr. Pramod Joshi & Dr. Kamiljon Akramov, International Food Policy Research Institute	English
12.	Evaluation and selection of potato clones tolerant to abiotic stress	Dr. Firuz Yuldashev, International Potato Center	English
13.	Application of DIVA GIS technology in predicting pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) productivity in changing environment	Mr. Mansur Holmuradov, Ph.D. student, Prof. Abdikhalil Kayimov, TashGAU, Uzbekistan, & Ms Muhabbat Turdieva, Bioversity International	English Русская
14.	The World Vegetable Center’s approaches towards varietal trials, selection and adoption of vegetable crops’ lines to abiotic stress	Ms. Makhfurat Amanova, UzRIPI & Dr. Ravza Mavlyanova, World Vegetable Centre	English
15.	Biological control of diseases on Solanaceae crops in Uzbekistan	Mr. Murodjon Nasedjanov, Institute of Soil Science, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Ms. Gulnara Djumanyazova, Institute of Mycrobiology, Uzbekistan & Dr Barno Tashpulatova, Integrated Pest Management Project/ Michigan State University	English
16.	Main results and prospects of collaboration between armenia and international centers for agricultural research	Dr. Gayane Sarkisyan, Director, Research Center for Vegetables and Technical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture	English Русская
17.	Краткий отчет о результатах и перспективах сельскохозяйственных исследований за 2010-2011 год ва рамках КГМСХИ	Dr. Javanshir Talai, Director, Azerbaijan Research Institute of Crop Husbandry	Русская
18.	Agricultural Research for Development in Georgia	Mr. Lasha Gotsiridze, Rector, Georgian Sate Agrarian University	English
19.	КГМСХИ: опыт и перспективы сотрудничества	Dr. Serik Kenenbayev, President, JSC “KazAgroInnovation”	Русская
20.	КГМСХИ: опыт и перспективы сотрудничества	Acad. Jamin Akimaliev, Director General, Kyrgyz Research Institute of Crop Husbandry	Русская
21.	КГМСХИ: опыт и перспективы сотрудничества	Acad. Hukmatullo Akhmadov, President, Tajikistan Academy of Agricultural Sciences	Русская
22.	КГМСХИ: опыт и перспективы сотрудничества	Dr. Tagan Annagulyyev, Vice-president, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan	Русская
23.	Итоги сотрудничества Узбекистана с международными центрами КГМСХИ в 2010-2011 годах	Prof. Sherali Nurmatov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan / Director General, Uzbek Scientific Production Center for Agriculture / Rector, Tashkent State Agrarian University	Русская
24.	CAC Regional Priorities for AgriculturaCAC Agricultural Research and Development	Regional Priorities for agricultural research for development: presentation from Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI) by Acad. Jamin Akimaliev, Chair of CACAARI	English Русская

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Introduction

Background documents

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