The Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture - AIRCA
Overview
editThe Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA, www.airca.org) was formed in 2012 by 9 international agricultural research and development centers (see below), each with extensive expertise in many geographic regions (>60 member countries comprising over 70% of world population) as well as in a range of agricultural crops. One of the objectives of AIRCA is to combine resources in order to contribute to healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes which improve smallholders income and diets, as well as increases global food security.
AIRCA's Vision & Mission
editVision: Healthy landscapes for improved livelihoods and food security
Mission: Putting research into use by strengthening capacities for sustainable improvements to incomes, food and nutrition security in healthy landscapes
AIRCA Members
edit- AVRDC http://www.avrdc.org/
- CABI http://www.cabi.org/
- CATIE http://catie.ac.cr/
- CFF http://www.cffresearch.org/
- ICBA http://www.biosaline.org/
- ICIMOD http://www.icimod.org/
- ICIPE http://www.icipe.org/
- IFDC http://www.ifdc.org/
- INBAR http://www.inbar.int/
AIRCA Contacts
editAIRCA Chairman: Dr Dyno Keatinge, AVRDC, dyno.keatinge@worldveg.org
AIRCA Executive Secretary: Marita Dieling, mdieling@airca.org
References
edithttp://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload/305922/Session%20Brief%20P2-2%20AIRCA-DO.pdf
http://www.egfar.org/newsletters/new-association-foster-work-international-agricultural-research-centers
http://avrdc.org/airca-g20-can-food-security/#.U8i827dgnIU
http://www.airca.org/images/pdf_files/AIRCA_Working-paper_final_online_mid-res.pdf
http://www.airca.org/index.php/25-airca-events/65-airca-reacts-to-third-meeting-of-g20-agricultural-chief-scientists