Items in the category "Strategic thinking"

Development of Eurasian Food Security Network

Mark Holderness at the Eurasian Centre for Food Security (ECFS) in Moscow [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...

Foresight at GCARD2: when stakeholders get together

GCARD2 - Foresight sessions [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...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 42. The Future of Food and Farming

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 03. No foresight, no food? Regional scenarios for Africa and South Asia

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 23. Fallen, Wild or Planted? The Future of Thai Agriculture

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 25. Tres escenarios y un “trilema”

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 29. Prioridades regionales de investigación en América Latina y el Caribe: Experiencia de FORAGRO para GCARD 2010

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 30. Can climate change affect the future of crops in Brazil?

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 31. I’d Rather be Foresighted than Myopic: Foresight Exercises for Agriculture, Food Security, and R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 32. El futuro ambiental de una provincia: Mendoza al año 2030

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 33. Can Brazil feed the world? Not yet, but it has the potential!

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 34. Chile agroalimentario, forestal y rural al 2030

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 35. Securing and Building the Future of Quebec Agriculture and Agrifood

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 36. Building the 5th Strategic Plan of Embrapa 2008-2023

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 37. Innovar para un agro colombiano competitivo

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 38. What are the likely developments in world agriculture towards 2050?

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 39. Building a shared vision: Scenarios for collaborative land use planning on Seram Island, Central Moluccas Regency, Indonesia

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

GCARD2. The Voice of Smallholders in Shaping Priorities. Chapter F3 of the report on The state of foresight in food and agriculture and the roads toward improvement

Image - EGFAR [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...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 01. Sustainable Food Consumption and Production in a Resource-constrained World

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 02. A table for seven billion: Six billion have enough to eat – (only) one billionto go

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 04. Teagasc 2030: Creating knowledge for Ireland’s bioeconomy

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 05. Foresight prompts researchers in pest management to look beyond research

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 06. What research do we need to increase agricultural production Stakeholders’ perspectives

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 07. The future of rural Europe: Lessons from a multi-scale modeling approaches

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...

The Futures of Agriculture. Brief No. 08. Shaping French transdisciplinary research priorities for the Mediterranean

Image - EGFAR [Document] This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society...