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GFAR Stekeholders

GFAR is a stakeholder led initiative launched in October 1996.

GFAR was founded by representatives of the national agricultural research systems in developing countries (NARS), advanced research institutions (ARIs), regional and sub-regional organisations, universities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), farmers' organisations, the private sector, international agricultural research centres (IARCs) mostly belonging to the CGIAR, and the donor community.

One of GFAR's key strengths is that it provides a common meeting place in which all seven stakeholder constituencies can participate, and bring together their comparative advantages in the research and development process. A Forum of this kind is the ideal platform for addressing issues of global concern, where the participation of a broad and very diverse set of actors is required. Whereas the Forum itself meets formally only every three years, its stakeholders carry out their programmes continuously in pursuit of their agreed aims, facilitated by the GFAR Secretariat and under the aegis of the GFAR-SC.

The key gathering at which all GFAR stakeholders come together is the triennial Plenary meeting: see the GFAR 2000 website, the GFAR 2003 website and the  GFAR 2006 website.


Photo: All the GFAR stakeholders met at the first GFAR Conference in May 2000 in Dresden (Germany)

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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
     

Stakeholders


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See also:

Institutions Database  

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