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ARIs

Welcome to the Advanced Research Institutions Homepage of the GFAR. Mainly located in developed countries, ARIs comprise public and private institutions with highly advanced research capabilities. ARI participation in GFAR further harnesses their specific comparative advantage and expertise in basic research towards agricultural research for development.

Advanced Research Institutions (ARIs) play several vital roles in global agricultural research for development and their full involvement in GFAR is essential. ARIs are mainly located in developed countries. They comprise public and private institutions with highly advanced research capabilities and a specific comparative advantage in basic research. Public ARIs include universities and national agricultural research institutes. Private ARIs may consist of universities and non-profit research corporations.

In addition to their basic research capabilities, public universities have a long tradition and expertise in applied and adaptive research. Many universities also have experience in strategic research. Public universities in particular have proven track records of integrating the utilization of research results over the entire spectrum, from basic to adaptive. Also, public universities have an important role in the higher education and training of future agricultural research workers.

We anticipate that this GFAR site will provide a platform for establishing improved dialogue between interested ARIs and between ARIs and other GFAR constituencies. Also, we hope that this website will help to build awareness of GFAR among a broader cross-section of ARIs. We should also like to see the website used to gain input and feedback from the other constituencies.

The ARI constituency is broad and loosely-knit. GFAR has made a distinction between three groups of ARIs according to their geographic distribution:

  • The European ARIs
  • The North American ARIs
  • The Asia - Pacific ARIs

At the global level, there is an interesting site encompassing ARIs and NARS worldwide: The Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture (GCHERA).

A. The European ARIs
In 1995 the Member States of the European Union, the European Commission, Norway and Switzerland joined their forces in an informal way for better co-ordination and concerted actions in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD). The shared commitment resulted in the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD).

More recently, a European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) was established. The First European Forum on ARD was organized in April 1999.

The European universities dealing with ARD have established NATURA, the Network of European Agricultural (Tropically and Sub-tropically Oriented) Universities and Scientific Complexes Related with Agricultural development. Similarly, the main European research organizations for ARD have established ECART, the European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the Tropics. Several thematic networks led by or with a strong involvement of European institutions exist. Among them, it is worth mentioning:

  • ETFRN
  • IPM-Europe
  • BUROTROP
  • ESCORENA, The European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture

B. The North American ARIs
The representatives of the USA and Canada in the GFAR Steering Committee are currently working to identify and link the North American ARIs with a vested interest in ARD to EGFAR. The USDA provided some funds to Cornell University for the identification of American ARIs and GFAR has worked with Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC) and Canadian ARIs. Links to North American ARIs can be found on the NAFAR website.

C. The Asia - Pacific ARIs
In the Asia - Pacific Region, ARIs and NARS, according to the GFAR definitions, belong usually to the same regional and/or sub-regional organizations.

As we develop this page further you will find information on activities undertaken by the ARI constituency of GFAR, plus discussion papers and link to websites of active members.

Please feel free to react to this page and to give us your comments on ways to improve the site. We also encourage you to participate in upcoming dialogues and to suggest topics for new ones.

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Stakeholders' websites


ARD Regional Fora Websites
  • FARA - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
    FARA is the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, an umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa.
     
  • AARINENA - Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa
    The Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) was established in 1985 to strengthen cooperation among national, regional and international research institutions and centres through the dissemination and exchange of information, experiences and research results.
     
  • APAARI - Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
    "Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) in the Asia-Pacific region is effectively promoted and facilitated through novel partnerships among NARS and other related organizations so that it contributes to sustainable improvements in the productivity of agricultural systems and to the quality of the natural resource base that underpins agriculture, thereby enhancing food and nutrition security, economic and social well being of communities and the integrity of the environment and services it provides".
     
  • FORAGRO - Forum for the Americas on Agricultural Research and Technology Development
    Dialogue and Articulation for Regional Agricultural Research and Technological Development
     
  • EFARD - European Forum on Agricultural Research and Development
    EARD-InfoSys+ was initiated by the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD) which serves as a mechanism that enables better coherence between relevant policies in ARD within the European Member States (incl. Norway, Switzerland).
     
  • NAFAR - North American Regional Forum on Agricultural Research
    NAFAR is the North American Regional Forum on Agricultural Research. It is a part of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR).
     
  • CACAARI - Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
    The general objective of CAC-RAIS is to increase the effectiveness of the agricultural research in the region through improvement of existing information facilities in the region, strengthening them, developing synergism among them, and increasing their capacities to reach the end-user with relevant data.
     


CGIAR and CG Centers
  • CGIAR
    The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor.
     
  • Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
     
  • Bioversity International
    (was IPGRI)
     
  • CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
     
  • CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
     
  • CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
     
  • CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
     
  • ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
     
  • ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
     
  • IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
     
  • IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
     
  • ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
     
  • IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
     
  • IWMI - International Water Management Institute
     
  • World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
     
  • WorldFish Center
     
  • Rice-Wheat Consortium
    The RWC is a CGIAR initiative and has its origin in many years of collaborative research between CIMMYT, IRRI and the national research centers for rice and wheat in South Asia.
     


FAO
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.
     
  • Agricultural Information Management Standards website
    A FAO initiative to harmonize the decentralized efforts currently taking place in the development of methodologies, standards and applications for management of agricultural information systems; consequently, providing a 'one-stop' access to system designers and implementers.
     
  • FAO Research and Extension Portal
    This Portal provides a gateway to sound information on research, technology, extension and their linkages in order to enable decision-makers, research institutes, extension services and regulatory bodies, to make informed decisions.
     


ARD Information Services Regional Agricultural Information Systems (RAIS)
  • EARD-InfoSys+ (EU RAIS)
    The European Information System on Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)
     
  • FARA RAIS
    This site enables you to participate in developing the African agricultural information system. It is linked with each of the FARA subregional organizations.
     
  • AARINENA RAIS
    AARINENA, in co-operation with the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the countries of the region, is establishing and developing a Regional Agricultural Information System (RAIS) for the WANA Region.
     
  • Infotec (FORAGRO RAIS)
    Scientific and Technological Information System for the Agricultural Sector in the Americas
     
  • APARIS (under the APAARI website)
    Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
     
  • CACAARI RAIS
    The Regional Agricultural Information System (RAIS) for the Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC)
     
  • AgroWeb CAC
    AgroWeb Central Asia and Caucasus, a part of the AgroWeb Network is an interactive portal for agriculture information and knowledge sharing on rural and agricultural development and integration to the world agricultural community.
     
  • AgroWeb SEE
    AgroWeb South Eastern Europe
     

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