Items in the category "ARD priority setting"
[Document] Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary, was invited as a moderator for the Network development meeting of the Eurasian Centre for Food Security (ECFS) in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 18 to 20 November 2013. Dr Holderness gave a keynote presentation â€Shaping the future together...
[News] Moscow, Russian Federation 8-20 November 2013 Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary, was invited as a Moderator for the Network development meeting of the Eurasian Centre for Food Security (ECFS) in Moscow, Russian Federation. Responding to the 2008 food price crisis...
[News] Stakeholder participation is central for reforming agricultural research for development. It is central for improved foresight, too. What does it mean in practice? See below what happened during the GCARD2 foresight sessions: 60% of the Chairs and...
[Document] The central question posed for this Breakout Sub-Session is “What role smallholder farmers now play and could play in meeting the future needs in food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of natural resources?” Elaborating on this, more specific...
[Document] How can the voices of the farmers, in particular smallholders shape priorities through foresight? Given that smallholders represent a very large number of individuals with diversity of situations, their individual voices can hardly be incorporated on an individual basis. From the local to the...
[Document] There is still a lack of clear and common understanding among the sectors concerned with agriculture and rural development about what “foresight” is about and what can be expected from engaging and investing in foresight at various scales form local to global. Many different tools and...
[Document] The problem being addressed is that of building collective actions at regional level in order to incorporate the outcomes of many foresight works (from global, regional, national and local) already conducted into regional strategic actions looking at longer term orientations. There is also a need...
[Document] The problem being addressed is how we can bring together the needed diversity – of stakeholders and approaches – and understand better a number of multidimensional and complex questions such as: How can we inform stakeholders on alternative future scenarios and debate the desirability...
[Document] Experiences with foresight works show that foresight can provide ways for stakeholders to influence research, innovation and policies related to agricultural development. However, the inclusion of the voices of stakeholders - particularly resource-poor farmers - in foresight has been so far...
[Document] The purpose of session F3.2 is to address the capacity development dimension related to the absence of several key sectors of the society in foresight works. Developing foresight capacity is at the same time an issue of individual capacity development and institutional capacity development. At...
[Document] The GCARD2 F2 session on “Foresight Guiding Research and Innovation” has two sessions running in parallel. Session F2.1 is dedicated to the regional and sub-regional levels. Session F2.2 is focusing on foresight at the global level. This document provides information that is relevant...
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[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...
[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.
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[Document] The Foresight project Global Food and Farming Futures final report and executive summary provide an overview of the evidence and discuss the challenges and choices for policy makers and others whose interests relate to all aspects of the global food system. Visit the BIS Reports and Publications...
[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...
[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...
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[Document] Fast growing economies are increasingly emerging also as dominant forces in global economic, social and environmental affairs. These economies represent the world¿s largest potential markets and trading partners, the source of much of both the world¿s natural and human resources and of major...
