GFAR Update
Newsletter date: 09/09/2013
Welcome to the GFAR Update!
GFAR Update is a briefing service from the GFAR Secretariat. Our aim is to keep you regularly informed and aware of new initiatives and actions around the world, so that these can have greater reach and impact for those we serve - the world’s poor.
We welcome further news you would like to share through the Global Forum.
Recent Highlights
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GFAR Theory of Change: stakeholder consultation surveyDear Partners in GFAR - The Global Forum on Agricultural Research, As an important part of the work of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, we are exploring how ...read more |
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G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists build strong linkage with GFARGFAR Executive Secretary Mark Holderness represented GFAR at the second Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists of the G20 Nations, held in Moscow 24-25 July 2013. Organized by the Russian ...read more |
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EFARD Open Forum meetingThe European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) has appointed new leaders: Martin Kropff as Chair, Alessandra Giuliani as Vice-Chair and Judith Francis as Executive ...read more |
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AgriVIVO is growing - New data from CABI and planned collaboration with USDA and IICAA few months ago GFAR, in collaboration with Cornell University and FAO, launched AgriVIVO, a search portal built to facilitate the discovery of expertise and improve connections between ...read more |
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The Global Rice Science Partnership – Enabling Partnership and Meeting the Needs of Women FarmersThe CGIAR Research Program on Rice, also known as the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), brings together over 900 partners from the academic, public, private, and civil society ...read more |
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Vacancy Announcement: Director General - International Potato Center (CIP)CIP (Centro Internacional de la Papa, or the International Potato Center) is one of the 15 research centres of the CGIAR Consortium, which is a global agriculture research partnership for a ...read more |
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Agricultural Information and Knowledge for AllAPAARI has recently published the Proceedings of the Regional Consultation on Collective Actions for Opening Access to Agricultural Information and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, a ...read more |
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The International Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in WANAThe proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in WANA, organized and cosponsored by AARINENA, WMO, GFAR and other organizations during ...read more |
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BRACED call for proposals from NGO-led consortia to build resilience to climate extremes is openDFID’s Ministers have approved the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters Programme (BRACED) which is expected to benefit up to 5 million people, ...read more |
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News from the Global Forum on Rural Advisory ServicesRecognizing the need to strengthen agricultural advisory services around the world, GFAR was co-founder, and is a Steering Committee member, of the Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services ...read more |
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