EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President             Dr. Ahmed Al Bakri            (Oman)

Vice President      Dr. Ayman Abu-Hadid        (Egypt)

Members             Dr. Mohammad Roozitalab   (Iran)

                        Dr. M. Walid Tawil              (Syria)

                        Dr. Yousif Al-Shayji           (Kuwait)

                        Dr. Mahmoud Solh             (CGIAR)

                        Dr. mark Holderness          (GFAR)

Executive           Dr. Ibrahim Hamdan           (Jordan)

Secretary     

I. Hamdan              R. Badwan               H. Hamati

CONTENTS

• Editorial

• AARINENA in Action

            - AARINENA- GCARD Preparation Meeting

          - E- Consultation of WANA Region

          - 13th International Conference and Exhibition on Medicinal and Aromatic

             Plants, Egypt

          - Face- to -Face Workshop Regional Consultations of WANA Region,

            Alexandria, Egypt

          - AARINENA Executive Committee Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt

          - Olivebioteq 2009, Sfax, Tunisia

          - The Sixth Meeting of SAG, Bio- energy Conference, and International 

             Conference on Dialogue between Europe and its Southern Partners,

             Brussels, Belgium

          - Regional Workshop on Gene Bank Documentation and Management in the Near 

             East and North Africa Region, Amman- Jordan

          - International Conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas,

            1-4 February 2010, Amman, Jordan

          - Agriculture and Rural Development Day, Copenhagen, Denmark

          - International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies Role in Global Agricultural

            Research for Development, Beijing

• At A GLANCE

            - New Chair of GFAR

          - New Coordinator for Bio- technology Network

          - Expert Consultation on Bio-pesticides and Bio-fertilizers, Taiwan

• Forthcoming Events