Items in the category "Agricultural research"
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[Document] Under its Asia-Pacific Agricultural Research Information System (APARIS) initiative, APAARI proposed to GFAR to host the third inter-regional workshop on Information & Communication Management for Agricultural Research for Development (ICM4ARD) in the Asia-Pacific Region. The first such inter-...
[Document] In the globalized world that characterizes this turn of century the Regional/Sub-Regional Organizations (ROs/SROs) play a key role in facilitating scientific and technological cooperation among groups of countries. Through cooperative action, the ROs/SROs facilitate joint research efforts, seeking...
[Document] The proposed International Technical Consultation which will be funded by FAO in conjunction with funds solicited from donor organizations, the private sector and post-harvest organizations, is scheduled to take place over a five-day period at FAO Headquarters in Rome, during the month of April...
[Document] Phase 1- Developing a global perspective of the post-harvest sector, through the planning and implementation of five coordinated technical regional workshops. ¿ Phase 2- Conducting a five-day International Technical Consultation on Post-Harvest, with the objective of launching a Global Initiative...
[Document] This proposal addresses the issues outlined during the regional priority exercise that GFAR has supported in the last year. All the regional and sub Regional Fora have identified the importance of creating programs to support innovative projects of agroindostrial development. Also there is a full...
[Document] The main objective of this thematic study is to present an overview of the achieved IFAD experience in financing projects and programmes for the Rural Development and Market Mechanisms for the Rural Poor. The specific objectives are to highlight: (i) IFAD strategy for increasing access to financial...
[Document] This document will try to outline the main specific characteristics of the thematic area of Post Harvest and Rural innovation. Also, following the Regional Priority Setting Exercise1, and the analysis of various initiatives (see annex 1), it will try to underline which commonalties and research...
[Document] Three decades have elapsed since the last major conference geared toward soliciting developmental support for the post-production sector. The focus then was on the reduction of post-harvest losses. Considerable growth in the sector, as well as changes in market demands and trade regulations point...
[Document] The Programma sull¿Innovazione e lo Sviluppo Agroindustriale (PISA) is an international program whose general objective is to support innovative projects of agroindustrial development aimed at generating value-added and employment in the rural sector of developing countries. This program builds on...
[Document] Progress of DMC activities since Manila
[Document] Goal: To contribute to the equitable and sustainable integration of small and medium-scale agroenterprises in rural and peri-urban areas into value-adding supply chains serving growth markets Support to Small and Medium Agro-enterprises (SMaEs) in developing countries to develop appropriate Food...
[Document] Purpose (this theme area): To integrate small holder farmers and rural agroenterprises, in an equitable and sustainable manner, into value-adding supply chains serving growth markets. Objective 1: to identify and evaluate options for organizational structures and relationships between actors, that...
[Document] Projects within this theme will define and overcome constraints to the dissemination and profitable use of postharvest technologies for agri-produce. The projects will also promote wider use of technology exchange initiatives that involve research and industry personnel and private sector partners...
[Document] Adaptation and institutionalising the use of appropriate marketing methodologies and agri-business decision making tools to support a more responsive approach and access to agricultural market opportunities.
[Document] The global postharvest research challenge agenda being developed by PhAction comprises four major themes, which address issues in response to the rapidly changing global market and the opportunities that will accrue from greater emphasis on market-led research with an focus on supply chain...
[Document] Research and development programs to develop and promote DMC (Direct Sowing, Mulch-based and Conservation agriculture) technologies exist in more than 40 countries, and some of these programs are several decades old. Yet despite all of the efforts that have been made to promote the technology,...
[Document] The Strategic Framework provides an innovative market-orientated approach to post-harvest development. Its objectives are to promote sustainable growth, poverty alleviation and food security in developing countries. Developed in 2003 by FAO, GFAR and PhAction, the Framework was endorsed by a...
[Document] This report presents the results of a workshop organized by IICA-PRODAR in the framework of the Global Initiative on Post-Harvest (GIPh), sponsored by FAO and implemented in cooperation with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). The Workshop was conducted in Quito, Ecuador during the...
[Document] This report describes the outcome of a Regional Workshop on the proposed Global Initiative on Post-Harvest (GIPh), funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and executed in cooperation with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). The Workshop was...
[Document] The need for an appraisal of the current status of the post-harvest sector from both institutional and stakeholder perspectives in developing countries is of paramount importance in identifying the problems, potentials and constraints of that sector. This was the rationale for the conduct of five...
[Document] Given the changes that the Post-harvest sector is undergoing, the Strategic Plan brings together and integrates the parallel initiatives of the three groups: ¿ The Global Initiative on Post-harvest, sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and implemented in collaboration with the...
[Document] In developing a new approach to the interaction between research, extension (technology transfer) and production, based on incentivating innovation and on the development of innovation systems, the following key concepts play an important role:1)Importance of agroindustries and challenge confronted...
[Document] FAO, GFAR and PhAction co-organized a Workshop held by FAO at its Headquarters in Rome, during the period 7-9 October 2003. This Workshop brought together a multi-disciplinary group of post-harvest stakeholders from around the globe, in order to further the development of this integrated initiative...
[Document] The objective of this discussion paper is to develop a common platform for discussion on issues relevant to all possible actors that are involved in R&D activities of the post-production system. Strengthen the collaboration among such institutions is the first step towards the development of...
