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Summary Report: Stakeholder Workshop on Tracking Investments in Agricultural Research for Development

With support from the European Commission               Stakeholder...
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Agricultural Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa-Experiences from Multiple-Stakeholder Approaches

Source:FARA   The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has promoted the integrated agriculture research for development (...
2nd All Africa Horticulture Congress Resolutions

2nd All Africa Horticulture Congress Resolutions

The 2nd All Africa Horticulture Congress (AAHC2) took place from 15-20 January 2012, in South Africa. The Congress aimed to bring together...
The Inventory on Foresight Activities-Survey deadline extended

The Inventory on Foresight Activities-Survey deadline extended

We invite you to participate in the implementation of the Inventory on Foresight Activities to identify and record forward-thinking activities...
The latest edition of New Agriculturist 01/2012

The latest edition of New Agriculturist (2012-1) is now online

The latest edition of New Agriculturist (2012-1) is now online! It launches two new sections, supported by GFAR. To be notified when each new...
Call for Evidence-APPG Investigation into the Integration

Call for Evidence-APPG Investigation into the Integration of Smallholder Farmers into Supply Chains

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Food and Agriculture for Development (APPG) now invites written submissions to its latest Investigation into...
YPARD Thank you to its founding members

YPARD Thank you to its founding members

As we start 2012, YPARD will say thank you and goodbye to the last of the founding YPARD members who comes to the end of her term as YPARD steering...
YPARD members at the Science Forum 2011, Beijing

YPARD members at the Science Forum 2011, Beijing

Youth and Agriculture: Fresh Approach for a New Paradigm The CGIAR Science Forum 2011 held from 17th-19th October  2011 in Beijing, China...
Adaptation to Climatic Changes through Global Cooperation

Adaptation to Climatic Changes through Global Cooperation

Written by Dr. Polycarpos Polycarpou[1] Climatic changes are no longer a future event, but they are already happening in many places of the world...
Ecosystem services and poverty reduction in aquatic agricultural systems

Ecosystem services and poverty reduction in aquatic agricultural systems

Written by Patrick Dugan For Smrity Kona and her family living in southern Bangladesh, the farming year is driven by the annual cycle of monsoon...
Ecosystem services and small farmers

Ecosystem services and small farmers

Written by Jeffrey Sayer[1] and Duncan Pollard[2] Farmers everywhere impact on the environment. In many situations their activities influence the...
Victories for food and farming in Durban climate deals

Victories for food and farming in Durban climate deals

Source:CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Photo: N.Palmer (CIAT) COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (13 December...
Foresight Exchange Workshop Report

Foresight Exchange Workshop Report

On Sunday October 16, 2011, more than 30 people gathered in Beijing to take part in a Foresight Exchange Workshop (FEW), one day before and at the...
Conservation and Sustainable use of Plant  Genetic Resources

Conservation and Sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources-A Strategy for the Near East and North Africa Region

  The draft Strategy was presented to the 12th General Conference of the Association of Agricultural Research Institutes in the Near...
G20 Conference on ARD gives New Impetus to GFAR

G20 Conference on ARD gives New Impetus to GFAR

GFAR Co-organized the first G20 Conference on Agricultural Research for Development, Promoting Scientific Partnerships for Food Security held in...
Open Letter-Agriculture: A Call to Action for COP17 Climate Change Negotiators

Open Letter-Agriculture: A Call to Action for COP17 Climate Change Negotiators

Source: http://www.agricultureday.org/openletter Our world faces formidable challenges. The global population has now crossed the seven billion...
ITPGRFA – GFAR Collaboration

ITPGRFA – GFAR Collaboration

The Development Opportunity Crops Initiative (DOCs) At the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2010), GFAR’s...
10 years of the International Treaty

10 years of the International Treaty

Source: CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers This month saw the 10th anniversary of the International Treaty on Plant...
G20 Experts to Meet on Food Security Solutions

G20 Experts to Meet on Food Security Solutions

Source: Voice of America Audio Interview is available here. Agricultural experts from the G20 countries will meet next week to find...
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Call for contribution! E-Discussions on Extension/advisory services and Young Professionals - Appel a contribution! E-Discussions sur la vulgarisation/les services de conseils agricoles et les jeunes professionnels

The young generation plays an important role in extension and rural advisory services. It has to solve many of the current global issues and will...
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Youth, ICTs and Agriculture – Wrapping up this special blog series/Les jeunes, les TIC et l’agriculture : clôture de la série spéciale de blogs

The special series of blogs on Agriculture, ICTs and Young Professionals  was launched at the end of the International Year of Youth, one...
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GFAR and GCARD Road Map Recognized in G20 Ministerial Declaration

The Ministerial Declaration “Action plan on food price volatility and agriculture”, issued by the G20 Agriculture Ministers from their...
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Summary of Actions of the GFAR Secretariat from November 2010-March 2011

1. GFAR and GCARD Global Advocacy • Finalized GCARD Roadmap through extensive consultation, editing and rewriting, firstly with GFAR Programme...
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The Global Foresight Hub: Strengthening the Role of GFAR in Promoting Forward Thinking in AR4D

The GCARD Roadmap for transforming agricultural research for development (AR4D) around the world emphasizes the need for “collective focus on...
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Highlights from the CIARD International Expert Consultation held in Beijing from 20 to 23 June 2011

The recent international expert consultation organized in June 20-23 2011 in Beijing by the Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for...