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Transformative investments

Transformative AR4D investments stimulated to provide tangible opportunities for the world’s poor.   Strengthening agricultural research and development requires increased investment – IFPRI estimate a tripling of investment is required by 2025. Over the last decade, some countries such as China and India have increased their national investments considerably.   However, the poorest countries, such as those in much of francophone West Africa, have failed to match this  growth and in some cases hav... more

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Achieving Zero Hunger: the critical role of investments in social protection and agriculture

GFAR is glad to share the paper on the critical role of investments in social protection and...
Agricultural R&D in West Asia and North Africa

Agricultural R&D in West Asia and North Africa

Did you know that the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) is the most food-import-dependent...
Wage Labor, Agriculture-Based Economies, and Pathways out of Poverty

Wage Labor, Agriculture-Based Economies, and Pathways out of Poverty: Taking Stock of the Evidence

The rural poor around the world rely heavily on wage labor activities in order to make ends...
European Report on Development 2015

European Report on Development 2015

The European Report on Development (ERD) is an influential and independent report that is...
Promoting Women’s Enterprise Development in Egypt

Promoting Women’s Enterprise Development in Egypt

From Thomas Price, Senior Officer, Agricultural Innovation and Society, and Iman El-Kaffass,...
Gunnar Rundgren

The cost of cheap food

Gunnar Rundgren, author and former President, International Federation of Organic Agriculture...