Project Name
Fellowships Program and post graduate scholarships for implementing and managing agricultural research in the Arab countries

Through the AFESD research grant program, young Arab scientists can link their MSc or PhD studies in agricultural research, in progress with their university, with the expertise of experienced ICARDA scientists. The program will build skills for the selected researchers and their institutions by giving them new experience in basic and applied research and by filling critical capacity gaps in their National Agricultural Research Systems. In this way, new opportunities in knowledge exchange will be created, as candidates will be linked to a network of counterparts from different international research centers. Ultimately, the program will contribute to transfer the newly-created knowledge, research methodologies and technologies to farmers' organizations and colleague researchers, in the perspective of enhancing agricultural quality and productivity in the Arab region.