Promotion du Développement Durable dans les Systèmes de Recherche Agricole du Sud (usually known as DURAS) is a joint GFAR-Agropolis competitive grant scheme designed:
(i) to encourage and promote innovation,
(ii) to scale up innovative practices developed in the South, and
(iii) to enhance the scientific capacity of southern partners through partnerships.

DURAS is a three-year project funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It’s a Type 2 Initiative run under the World Summit for Sustainable Development. Type 2 Initiatives are voluntary multi-stakeholder partnerships programmes which contribute to the implementation of inter-governmental commitments under Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.

This means that, through the DURAS project, stakeholders in agricultural research are able to make concrete contributions to the progress made by the World Summit on Sustainable Development and other international agreements to further sustainable development.
Website: www.duras-project.net