Ethiopia

  1. CIMMYT’s Bram Govaerts Receives 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
    The 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation was presented to Dr. Bram Govaerts during the awards ceremony of the World Food Prize (WFP) Borlaug Dialogue international symposium.   The third annual US $10,000 award given by the World…
  2. Farmers’ Rights Capacity-Building Workshop in Honduras
    The XII National Encounter of Smallholder Farmer Innovators of Honduras was held in the city of Siguatepeque from 3-5 September 2014.  One hundred twenty smallholder men and women farmers, as well as decision makers participated at this meeting.   The meeting was a space to…
  3. Policymakers Turn to Smallholder Farmers as Partners in Development
    Partners in the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) share a deep commitment to meeting the development needs of resource-poor farmers. Development workers are seeking ways to better align and cross-link humanitarian aid and development agendas to enable growth out of crises and…
  4. Capacity Development: It is people and local organizations that matter!
    Capacity Development led by CGIAR can help agriculturalists in developing countries discover and develop their own expertise and confidence. But it is through capacity development interventions in, and by, whole communities and (local) organizations in these countries that most potently…
  5. Making Agriculture “Cool” for Youth
    Agriculture has an image problem. Simply put, for the majority of the world’s youth, agriculture simply isn’t seen as being “cool” or attractive. Most think of it only as back-breaking labor, without an economic pay-off—and little room for career advancement. With an ageing population of…
  6. IFPRI 2020 Conference: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
    The conference provided a valuable opportunity to take stock of current understanding and actions around building a common agenda of resilience for food and nutrition security. Around 800 participants attended from 75 countries, though very few farmers and private sector stakeholders were…
  7. International Farmer Innovation Day
    29 November is International Farmer Innovation Day, coordinated through the Prolinnova-PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecological-oriented agriculture and natural resource management global network. The Day heightens awareness of farmers’ innovations in adapting to a continuously changing…
  8. Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications from African Agri-Business Operators
    The call for proposals for grants from the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) is open from now until 31 December 2013.   The Agriculture Fast Track Fund, a new multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), designed to…
  9. BRACED call for proposals from NGO-led consortia to build resilience to climate extremes is open
    DFID’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, especially women and children, by building their resilience to climate extremes (mostly droughts and floods). This…
  10. Specific involvements of the GFAR Secretariat in FARA Africa Agriculture Science Week
    Innovation and enterprise   A side event organized by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation highlighted the importance of linkages between public and private sectors. Dr Denis Kyetere, Executive Director of AATF, Her Excellency Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, African Union Commissioner…
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