to provide a basis for demand-driven
research.
ICRTS members in Asia and West
Asia should develop closer links to the
above-mentioned regional fora (APAARI
and AARINENA) and influence, through
awareness creation, priorities for com-
modity chains to include seabuckthorn.
Contact:
GFAR Secretariat
c/o World Bank/RDV
1818 H Street NW
Washington DC 20433, USA
Tel.: +1 202 4587914
Fax: 5221142
E-mail:
aderevier@worldbank.org
NARS Secretariat
c/o FAO-SDR
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 57053413
Fax: 57053898
E-mail:
NARS-Secretariat@fao.org
http://www.egfar.org
APAARI
Dr. R.S. Paroda, Executive Secretary
Director General, Indian Council for Ag-
ricultural Research (ICAR)
Chairman, NARS Steering Committee
and GFAR Steering Committee
c/o ICAR, Room No. 105, Krishi Bhavan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi 110 001, India
Tel.: +91 11 3382629
Fax: 3384773 / 3387293
E-mail:
rsp@icar.delhi.nic.in
or
r.paroda@cgiar.org
AARINENA
Dr. Mohamed Roozitalab, President
E-mail:
areeo.isra@dpi.et.ir
Dr. Miltiades Hadjipanayiotou, Executive
Secretary
Agricultural Research Institute
1516 Nicosia
P.O. Box 22016, Cyprus
Tel.: +357 2 305101
Fax: 316770
E-mail: miltos@arinet.ari.gov.cy
International Fund for Agricultural
International Fund for Agricultural
Development IFAD
Development IFAD
IFAD is a major donor for agricultural
research and development, located in
Rome, Italy. IFAD has expressed inter-
est in supporting activities on neglected
crops, particularly as regards relevant
policies, and is in dialogue with potential
partners, e.g., IPGRI, FAO, IDRC, and
ICUC. Furthermore, IFAD hosts the
Secretariat of the Global Mechanism of
the Convention for the Control of Deser-
tification (CCD). It will be important to
keep in touch with IFAD regarding the
agency's future agenda in this area.
Contact:
Mr. Shantanu Mathur
IFAD
Via del Serafico, 107
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 54592515
E-mail:
s.mathur@ifad.org
http://www.ifad.org
International
International Centre for Underutilized
Centre for Underutilized
Crops - ICUC
Crops - ICUC
ICUC is a charity, founded in 1988,
and established at the University of
Southampton, UK. ICUC, through exter-
nal support, implements projects and is
connected to a variety of international
organizations. It is also a co-ordinating
centre for several regional networks.
These networks are being built into a
Global Network on Underutilized Spe-
cies, with support from the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO). The
Centre, inter alia, manages a database
on institutions, persons and pro-
grammes, and assists in project prepa-
ration and in acquisition of funds for
project implementation. One of ICUC's
