he Forum’s Charter defines the rules and regulations of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR).

The Charter was approved by the Forum’s Steering Committee in October 1998 and was first revised following the First Global Forum External Review, which took place in mid-2000.

This second revision was finalized in 2006, and takes into account various changes that have taken place in the wake of the globalization of agriculture. One of the main changes is the creation of a new Programme Committee, which is designed to strengthen the participation of the national agricultural research systems (NARS) and their regional and sub-regional fora in the Global Forum – as these organizations play a key role in agricultural research for development.

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