Western and Central Africa Regional Meeting Report Ex situ Conservation: 7. Supporting planned and targeted collecting of Plant Genetic     Resources for Food and Agriculture   Country Actions taken since mid-1995/Sources of founding Constrains/Needs Opportunities Support required from regional & international organizations East & South Mediterranean Algeria   Information not available Cyprus   · Targeted collecting undertaken, particularly fruit trees (Pistacia, Amygdalus, Ceratonia) · Joint activities with Israel, IPGRI/WANA   Not mentioned   Consolidation of regional collaboration   Promoting and encouraging joint activities by developing joint projects   Egypt   Collecting activities were very limited Lack of funds Expanding collecting activities within the 3 regional projects Financial and technical assistance Jordan   Information not available Lebanon   Information not available Libya   Information not available Malta   Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned Morocco   · Establishment of priorities and lists of target species · Collecting missions are undertaken yearly by the national research programs and in collaboration with international organizations and institutes · National and international funding   Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned Palestine   · Through implementation of the regional project Initiative for Collaboration to Control Natural Resource Degradation (Desertification) of Arid Lands in the Middle East executed by ICARDA · International funding   Not mentioned Regional collaboration Not mentioned   Syria   PGR resources collecting is undertaken periodically and with ICARDA Financial support Regional collaboration Financial support Tunisia   Targeted collecting is done particularly for indigenous pastoral species Training Consolidation of national programme Financial and technical support Turkey   Collecting missions are undertaken each year Not mentioned Regional collaboration Financial and technical assistance West Asia Afghanistan   No action taken Need support for collection and conservation Not mentioned Financial and technical assistance Bahrain   Information not available Iran   Information not available Iraq   Information not available Kuwait   Information not available Oman   No substantial work has been done Funds are needed for expedition and surveying missions Not in immediate future Financial support Pakistan   · 11 collecting expeditions undertaken by PGRI · International funding Several areas in the country still require to be collected for several species Broadening the genetic diversity Financial and technical support Qatar   Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned Saudi Arabia   Information not available United Arab Emirates   Information not available Yemen   Information not available   Central Asia Armenia   Information not available Azerbaijan   Collecting missions are carried out by different institutions Insufficient funding Not mentioned Financial support Kazakhstan   Information not available Kyrgyz Republic   Information not available Tajikstan   Information not available Uzbekistan   · Collecting is carried out on yearly basis and joint missions undertaken · National and International funding   Not mentioned   · Collaboration with several countries · (Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Egypt, Syria)   Financial support   TOC