IDRC’s first grant for research in Jordan, in 1976, improved reforestation methods on severely eroded and biologically degraded land. More recently, IDRC-supported researchers in the country have improved plantbreeding techniques and developed a new water conservation technology.

 

Support for research also focuses on the challenges and opportunities of new technologies — from the threat of “biopirates” who would patent traditional genetic resources to the promise of information and communication technologies in education and governance.