Items in the category "evaluation"

GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments – Speaker’s Brief. Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)

Image - EGFAR [Document] ASTI collects primary data for low- and middle-income countries through national institutional surveys and in recent years has collected detailed quantitative data on a large number of South Asian and sub-Saharan African countries. In efforts to fill some of the geographical gaps for other...

GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments. Speaker Brief. OECD/DAC Mutual Review on Development Effectiveness, and Creditor Reporting System

Image - EGFAR [Document] Methodologies for mutual accountability and Mutual Reviews of Development Effectiveness in Africa (MRDE) developed by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD, in consultation with African partners, international research and civil society institutions, have been tested and developed over...

GCARD2. Breakout Session C1.1. Public Investments - Session Brief

Image - EGFAR [Document] Compiling accurate, up-to-date information on AR4D investments and their impacts is extremely challenging, time consuming and is contingent on available human and financial resources. The ASTI initiative is geared not only to assess investments but also to address how to identify indicators for...

The Global Foresight Hub: Strengthening the Role of GFAR in Promoting Forward Thinking in AR4D

Image - EGFAR [Document] GFAR advocates for improved foresight, supported by forward-looking, anticipatory research and analyses that integrates the diverse views of farmers and other stakeholders on specific opportunities and problems facing them.

The GCARD Road Map: Transforming Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Systems for Global Impact

The GCARD Road Map [Document] The GCARD Roadmap establishes an inclusive, rolling process of reform and capacity development that aims to mobilize the full power of agricultural knowledge and innovation towards meeting agriculture and food-related development needs. It proposes a six-point plan for transforming agricultural...

The GCARD Road Map: Transforming Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Systems for Global Impact

Image - EGFAR [Document] The contributions and dynamic interaction of thousands of stakeholders from all sectors have created the GCARD Roadmap, providing a clear path forward for all involved. The Roadmap highlights the urgent changes required in AR4D systems globally, to address worldwide goals of reducing hunger and...

A Statement to the FAO High-Level Conference from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, on behalf of all those concerned with agricultural research for development

Image - EGFAR [Document] Statement from GFAR to the FAO High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, Rome, 3-5 June 2008. On behalf of the global community for research for development, GFAR calls on all people of the world to take stock of the central importance of...

GFAR Secretariat's Report on Activities in 2007

Image - EGFAR [Document] GFAR Secretariat's Report on Activities in 2007. PowerPoint presentation at the Steering Committee on 28/11/2007 during the GFAR Statutory Meetings, Bejing, China, 28/11/2007-01/12/2007.

Recommendations of the 2nd External Review of GFAR January 2007. Response of GFAR Steering Committee and GFAR Secretariat

Image - EGFAR [Document] GFAR is happy that the reviewers have found that GFAR has made a remarkable move in the right direction and it is largely recognized that the vision which led to the creation of GFAR, and which was confirmed by the 2000 review, is still valid today. GFAR shares the view of its stakeholders on the...

GFAR¿s Business Planning (2007-2009) and Re-Positioning Retreat : held at the Bibliotheca, Alexandria, Egypt March 30th - 1st April, 2007

Image - EGFAR [Document] The participatory retreat hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina represents a key milestone in the development process of GFAR Business plan for 2007- 2009. The number and composition of the participants reflected a balanced representation of GFAR stakeholders. Guided by the recommendations of the...

Underutilized Plant Species Research and Development Activities ¿ Review of issues and options

Image - EGFAR [Document] ICUC and GFU are both active internationally in promoting and backstopping efforts to realize the potential of underutilized species species. While both are making an extremely valuable contribution, they recognize that there are areas of overlap and opportunities for building further on their...

Meta-Evaluation of EPMRs

Image - EGFAR [Document] Meta-review of 11 External Program and Management Reviews (EPMRs) to reconfirm and highlight the role and value of the EPMR process in the CGIAR System identifying issues of system-level significance.

New Challenges and Perspectives for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research. The Second External Review of GFAR

Image - EGFAR [Document] The second review of GFAR has confirmed that there is a general consensus on the validity of the original vision which led to the creation of the global forum. Furthermore, all the stakeholders have recognised the uniqueness of the role of GFAR as a neutral platform for dialogue, advocacy and...