SUB - REGIONS

The Near East and North Africa Region is divided into the five following sub-regions:

• Maghreb Sub-Region: Territories of Algeria, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia.
• Nile Valley and Red Sea Sub-Region: Territories of Djibouti, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen.
• Mashreq Sub-Region: Territories of Cyprus, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria.
• Arabian Peninsula Sub-Region: Territories of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
• West and Central Asian Sub-Region: Territories of Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

(map indicating the different sub-regions)

AARINENA is co-sponsored by: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR).

As of May 1998, AARINENA has 22 member Institutions belonging to the following countries: Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, the Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four international and regional organizations - the Arab Centre for the Study of Arid zones and Dry lands (ACSAD), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the FAO Regional Near East Office (FAO/RNE) and the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) - have also joined the Association.

In addition to its full member institutions, AARINENA also welcome associate members from national, regional and international organizations.