ICBA Board meeting |
| 23 May 2010: The ICBA Board of Directors met on Sunday to discuss matters relating to the programs of the Center. |
FAO visitor |
| 8 July 2010: 'The need to double food production by 2050 for 9 billion people while protecting the agro-biodiversity base is the challenge facing the world'. |
Emirates Institute of Science and Technology |
| 14 June 2010: Mr Adnan Al Rais, Eng. Ammar Saif Al Muhairi and Eng. Abdulla Hamad Bushehab from the Emirates Institute of Advanced Science and Technology visited ICBA to discuss potential research collaboration. |
BADEA training course |
| 23 May-3 June 2010: A BADEA funded training course, Biosaline Agriculture Technologies for arid and semi-arid regions with reference to Africa, will take place at the ICBA Headquarters in Dubai. |
Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research |
| 3-4 May 2010: Dr Afaf Al-Nasser and Dr Habiba A. Menaie from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research renewed professional ties when they recently visited ICBA. |
Liwa Agricultural Exhibition |
| ICBA participated in the Liwa Agricultural Exhbition which ran from Thursday to Saturday April 8-10. |
DADCSI |
| 1 April 2010: Dr Mubarak A. Abdallah, Director, and Dr Eltegani Mohamed Salih, Associate Professor, of the Desertification and Desert Cultivation Studies Institute (DADCSI), which is based in Shambat in Sudan, visited ICBA. |
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology |
| 25 March 2010: Over 50 students and accompanying lecturers from Masdar Institute of Science and Technology visited ICBA. |
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan |
| 14 March 2010: Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad and a delegation of representatives from the university visited ICBA to discuss areas of mutual interest. |
Ministry of Environment, Iraq |
| 11 February 2010: The Senior Advisor to the Minister of the Environment, Iraq, visited the Center to discuss matters of common interest: the environment and desertification, greenery and the use of forests. |
New York University Abu Dhabi |
| 10 January 2010: Dr Michael Purugganan, Professor of Genomics from New York University and an affiliate faculty member at the New York university campus in Abu Dhabi, followed up his interest in salt stress in discussions with ICBA scientists. |
Kuwait workshop and MOU |
| 25-29 October 2009: the regional training workshop Biosaline Agriculture Technologies in the Arid and Semi-Arid Environments will be held in Kuwait. |
AWA: Water Governance Module 1 |
| 28/6-2/7/2009: Water Governance for Future Leaders: Concepts, Practices and Analysis of Water Governance - the first module of the first course offered by the Arab Water Academy (AWA) was considered a great success. |
Second Announcement |
| 17-19 May 2010: International Conference on Soil Classification and Reclamation of Degraded Lands in Arid Environments |
Delegation from SBAR |
| 8-9 July 2009: An Iraqi delegation from Iraq Ministry of Agriculture, State Board for Agricultural Research (SBAR) shared their wealth of knowledge about the Iraqi water sector with ICBA scientists |
Marginal Quality Water Utilization in Agriculture |
| 30 May 2009: Along with IDB’s Annual Governors’ Meeting in Turkmenistan
ICBA held Seminar on Marginal Quality Water Utilization in Agriculture |
AWA website live |
| 11 May 2009: Arab Water Academy website now ‘live’ |
Visit of ACSAD delegation |
| 28 April 2009: ACSAD delegation visits ICBA |
Certificate of Recognition |
| 2 April 2009: Mr Ghulam Shabbir has been awarded a Certificate of Recognition |
Celebrating 10 years of achievements |
| 24 March 2009: ICBA Celebrating 10 years of achievements 1999-2009 |
Soil Survey Training |
| 1 February, 2009: EAD, ICBA and GRM International organize a soil survey training workshop |
Combating Salinity in Oman |
| 4 January 2009: ICBA signed MoU with Ministry of Agriculture in Oman |
Salinity and horticulture: an unlikely combination |
| 31 December 2008: ICBA has started acquiring germplasm of high value crops |
Bilateral projects in the UAE |
| 23 December 2008: ICBA and the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water are working together on two research projects |
Another visitor from IFAD |
| 21 December 2008: Mr Shantanu Mathur of IFAD visits ICBA |
AWA Experts Consultation Meeting |
| 15 December 2008: ICBA and EAD organized an Experts Consultation Meeting to develop AWA Learning Program 2009 and Business Strategy in Abu Dhabi |
Seminar on Irrigation Water at ICBA |
| 27 November 2008: ICBA organized with MOEW a seminar on Managing Demand on Irrigation Water |
International Water Conference in Riyadh |
| 20 November 2008: ICBA participated in the 3rd International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environment 2008 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
IFAD President visits ICBA |
| 10 November 2008: Dr Lennart Båge, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) visited ICBA |
Seed Production Workshop in Syria |
| 22 October 2008: Seed Production, Crop Management and Production Constraints for Selected Salt-tolerant Forages was held in Syria from 19-22 October |
Round Table Meeting |
| 25 August 2008: Participants of the Round Table Meeting for the Middle East-Arab Region visited ICBA |
Agreements signed with MOEW |
| 7 August 2008: ICBA signs 2 project agreements with UAE Ministry of Environment and Water |
BIOSAFOR project workshop |
| 22 July 2008: BIOSAFOR project workshop was held at ICBA from 20 to 22 July 2008 |
The Arab Water Academy launched |
| 6 July 2008: The Arab Water Academy (AWA) was launched on 6 July 2008 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. |