CGIAR in Kazakhstan: A Decade of Partnership

Abstract

Several agreements and memoranda of understanding with various institutions in Kazakhstan form the strong basis for collaboration between the CG Centers and the NARS of Kazakhstan. These agreements include the Agreement between Newly Independent Republics of Central Asia and ICARDA signed in November, 1995; the Memorandum of Agreement between the National Academic Center for Agricultural Research of Kazakhstan (NACAR) and ICARDA signed in 2001; and agreements between ICARDA and the National Water Management Institute of Kazakhstan based in Taraz (1999), as well as between ICARDA and the Kazakh National Agrarian University (2003). This publication highlights the achievements of the joint collaborative research program for sustainable agriculture of Kazakhstan and the CGIAR.