Items in the category "Agricultural research"

The GCARD Road Map: Transforming Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Systems for Global Impact

The GCARD Road Map [Document] The GCARD Roadmap establishes an inclusive, rolling process of reform and capacity development that aims to mobilize the full power of agricultural knowledge and innovation towards meeting agriculture and food-related development needs. It proposes a six-point plan for transforming agricultural...

The GCARD Road Map: Transforming Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Systems for Global Impact

Image - EGFAR [Document] The contributions and dynamic interaction of thousands of stakeholders from all sectors have created the GCARD Roadmap, providing a clear path forward for all involved. The Roadmap highlights the urgent changes required in AR4D systems globally, to address worldwide goals of reducing hunger and...

International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development. 2010 February 2010. Country Briefs

Image - EGFAR [Document] Country briefs presented by Brazil, China, Egypt, India, France, Vietnam at the International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development, February 2010

Report on the Proceedings of the International Workshop On Fast Growing Economies¿ Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development + Annexures

Image - EGFAR [Document] Fast growing economies are increasingly emerging also as dominant forces in global economic, social and environmental affairs. These economies represent the world¿s largest potential markets and trading partners, the source of much of both the world¿s natural and human resources and of major...

Transforming Agricultural Research for Development. Final version

Image - EGFAR [Document] Global report on ARD commissioned for GCARD 2010, written by the Global Author Team. Also known as the "GAT report". Final revised version.

AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT DAY 2010

Image - EGFAR [Document] There is no climate security without food security and no food security without climate security. This statement is a summary of Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) held in parallel to COP16 on Saturday 4th December in Cancun. It describes the key issues and outcomes of the Day as well as...

Report on the Proceedings of the International Workshop On Fast Growing Economies¿ Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development

Image - EGFAR [Document] Fast growing economies are increasingly emerging also as dominant forces in global economic, social and environmental affairs. These economies represent the world¿s largest potential markets and trading partners, the source of much of both the world¿s natural and human resources and of major...

International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' role in Global Agricultural Research for Development. 8-10 February 2010. Central Garden Hotel, Beijing China. Annexures

Image - EGFAR [Document] All Annexures of the Report of the International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' role in Global Agricultural Research for Development, February 2010

Collective Action: Time for Change

Image - EGFAR [Document] The grand challenges Successful partnerships; The role of the CGIAR; A vision for the future

Developing the Strategy and Results Framework: The Process

Image - EGFAR [Document] GCARD Montpellier, March 2010

Transforming Agricultural Research for Development. First version

Image - EGFAR [Document] Global report on ARD commissioned for GCARD 2010, written by the Global Author Team. Also known as the "GAT report". First version

Improving the Livelihoods of the Resource-Poor Smallholder Farmers and Producers in Developing Countries: An Urgent Appeal for Action by GCARD. 4 March, 2010. Submitted by: Group of Social Scientists and ARD Stakeholders

Image - EGFAR [Document] This document has been contributed by a group of social scientists and ARD stakeholders, committed to facilitate the GCARD consultation so that it is inclusive of the opinion of all ARD Stakeholders in contributing to increasing net incomes, purchasing power, livelihoods and sustainability of the...

GCARD-Africa e-consultation report

Image - EGFAR [Document] Based on the regional review conducted in Africa by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), an e-consultation was held which is presented in this report. The purpose is to gather broader perspectives on how research can increase its development impact in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Based...

Agricultural Research for Development in the Asia-Pacific Region. Report on the E-Consultation.

Image - EGFAR [Document] The regional e-consultation on the global agricultural research agenda for development in the Asia-Pacific region (South, Southeast and East Asia and the Pacific) spanned from 1st to 24th September 2009. Nearly 100 different participants for a total of about 350 messages and 110,000 words had...

Summary of E-Consultation of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Region

Image - EGFAR [Document] This two and a half week facilitated e-consultation provided an opportunity for all stakeholders in the WANA region to share experiences in the region and learnt from others who are involved with agricultural research for development. The consultation referred to the issues raised by a commissioned...

Investing in Agricultural Development. Information, Knowledge and Communication the Fertilizers of Future Research Harvests

Image - EGFAR [Document] Like the famous NPK fertilizer formula1 for plant growth, agricultural organizations and institutions require regular doses of the three information, knowledge and communication elements. In the right combinations, and with suitable tools and devices to formulate, spread and apply them, these ¿...

Global Forum on Agricultural Research. Plan of Work 2009-2010

Image - EGFAR [Document] GFAR is not a stand-alone institution, its actions are delivered through the many organizations, networks and agencies involved in, and accountable for, the generation and use of agricultural knowledge for development ¿ i.e. the partners represented in this Global Forum. This Plan of Work brings...

Personal Commitments to Change

Image - EGFAR [Document] Commitments made by individuals at the Maputo round table meeting, December 2008

V Foragro International Meeting, Montevideo 2008. Institutional Innovations for Promoting Agriculture With Knowledge in the Americas of the XXI Century. Declaration of Montevideo 2008.

Image - EGFAR [Document] We, the participants of the V FORAGRO Meeting, in our capacity as such, consider that in order to achieve food security, face the challenges of agriculture and rural development in the current context, reduce rural poverty, increase food production and quality, improve the equity in the...

21st Steering Committee Meeting. Montevideo, Uruguay. 31 July 2008 ¿ 1 August 2008. Meeting the Challenge of Global Food Crises

Image - EGFAR [Document] Background document for the GFAR Steering Committee meeting in Montevideo (August 2008): the Declaration of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (Rome, June 2008)