GFAR E-NEWS: Have YOUR say on the future agricultural research of the CGIAR

In 2008, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) launched a Change Initiative to identify how best to address and help to meet anticipated global changes and challenges. The Change Initiative, in which GFAR is actively involved, has been implemented in different phases throughout 2009, building towards a new structure and renewed results-oriented research agenda (for more on these changes please click here).
As part of this process, the CGIAR, in consultation with its partners, is presently seeking feedback on what can be done, through research and innovations, to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience.

The Chair of the CGIAR Strategy Committee now invites all frontline researchers (including those in universities, national agricultural research and extension systems, farmer organizations, private sector and NGOs) to take part in a survey developed to identify agricultural research opportunities, offering large scale development impact.
The survey is available online until August 20, 2009 and you may find it by clicking here or on the link below.  Your ideas and help in this process will be greatly appreciated. At the conclusion of the survey process, the CGIAR Strategy Committee will synthesize and make the overall results available as part of its reporting.
By completing this questionnaire you will be providing valuable input for defining the future research strategy of the CGIAR.
Your views will also contribute to the consultation processes of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), organized through the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (click here to read more). The GCARD will integrate the work of the CGIAR, with that of its partners, to help meet the development challenges facing millions of households around the world.
Thanks again for sharing your views and for helping to shape the future of international agricultural research for development.

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