Items in the category "Agricultural research"

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 06. What research do we need to increase agricultural production Stakeholders’ perspectives

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 07. The future of rural Europe: Lessons from a multi-scale modeling approaches

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 08. Shaping French transdisciplinary research priorities for the Mediterranean

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 09. Biofuels and Agricultural Markets: Implications for Food Security

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 10. Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP): Your partner in decision making

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 11. Food security in the Mediterranean in 2030: From foresight to research priorities

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 12. Bringing Agricultural Research Back to the African Agenda

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 13. Towards sustainable world food systems: drivers, key issues and research needs

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 14. How might agriculture develop in Southern Africa? Making sense of complexity

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 15. Does Less Meat for Some Mean Cheaper Food for Others?

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 16. Exploring futures of food and farming systems: the Agrimonde scenarios

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 17. World food supply in a context of environmental change and increasingly competing claims on natural resources

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 18. Seeking harmony: Scenarios for nature conservation and agricultural development in Kapuas Hulu district, Indonesia

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 19. Evolving towards a low-carbon society

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 20. Shaping the future for agriculture in Taiwan

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 21. Debunking the water scarcity myth: understanding future water use challenges

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 26. Preparing for emerging challenges to animal health in Canada

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 27. A Quarter Century of Forward-Looking Policy Analysis

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The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 28. Posibles escenarios para la investigación, la innovación y el desarrollo en los países de Cono Sur

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GCARD2. Breakout Session F1. Improving our Visions of the Future - Briefing Paper

Image - EGFAR [Document] There is still a lack of clear and common understanding among the sectors concerned with agriculture and rural development about what “foresight” is about and what can be expected from engaging and investing in foresight at various scales form local to global. Many different tools and...

GCARD2. Breakout session F2.1 Foresight Guiding Research and Innovation at regional/national level - Briefing Paper

Image - EGFAR [Document] The problem being addressed is that of building collective actions at regional level in order to incorporate the outcomes of many foresight works (from global, regional, national and local) already conducted into regional strategic actions looking at longer term orientations. There is also a need...

GCARD2. Breakout session F2.2 Foresight Guiding research and Innovation at Global Level - Briefing Paper

Image - EGFAR [Document] The problem being addressed is how we can bring together the needed diversity – of stakeholders and approaches – and understand better a number of multidimensional and complex questions such as: How can we inform stakeholders on alternative future scenarios and debate the desirability...

GCARD2. Breakout session F3.1 Improving Foresight through Equitable Partnerships - Briefing Paper

Image - EGFAR [Document] Experiences with foresight works show that foresight can provide ways for stakeholders to influence research, innovation and policies related to agricultural development. However, the inclusion of the voices of stakeholders - particularly resource-poor farmers - in foresight has been so far...

GCARD2. Breakout session F3.2. Developing capacities for Improved Foresight - Briefing Paper

Image - EGFAR [Document] The purpose of session F3.2 is to address the capacity development dimension related to the absence of several key sectors of the society in foresight works. Developing foresight capacity is at the same time an issue of individual capacity development and institutional capacity development. At...

GCARD2. Breakout session P2.2 Landscape Partnerships—Linking Research and Action on Agriculture, Land, Water, and Forests – Speaker’s Brief

Image - EGFAR [Document] The CGIAR Research Program No. 6: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and Governance (CRP6), brings together four of the world’s leading research centers in their respective subjects: the World Agroforestry Centre, CIFOR, CIAT and Bioversity International —...