Workshop objective
The first strategic thrust of SACCAR¿s Strategic Plan for Research and Training Coordination
and Integration, is to ¿Assist NARS to set up national priorities and use them to identify
regional priorities¿. The main objective of this activity is to ensure that the methodology used…
At the FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa) meeting of March 2002 held in Maputo, Mozambique, the World Bank and European Union (EU) jointly presented a concept note outlining a new road map, that emerged through a consultative process, to enhance and sustain the institutional and…
Objectives: to develop heat-resistant vaccines suitable for providing immunity to Newcastle disease in village chicken populations in Asia (and worldwide). The research has consisted of five large and small projects undertaken since 1984, which undertook the following activities: 1) Successful…
On December 5th and 6th 2008 in Maputo (Mozambique), the Global Forum co-organized, together with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Young Professionals Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD) and the Commwealth of Learning (COL), a meeting…
GFAR Statutory MeetingsThe 4th Programme Committee meeting of the Global Forum will be held on 26 November 2008The 22nd Steering Committee meeting of the Global Forum will be held on 27 and 28 November 2008The Donor Support Group meeting will be held on the 29 November 2008The agendas of the…
A group of actors representing several prominent organizations active in generating and enabling use of information, knowledge, skills and technology met on 4 and 5 December at Maputo, Mozambique to discuss how to improve knowledge sharing and exchange, agricultural education and learning in…
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has been running a very active blog for over a year.
Thanks to a small group of very active bloggers this tool has became an interesting place where one can find regularly updated information on ARD-related activities in Sub-Saharan Africa.…
October 2006: DGIS Support to Prolinnova 2007-2010 confirmedThe Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed its commitment to co-fund Prolinnova for the next 4 years, 2007-2010.Though Prolinnova receives funding support from…
On December 2, 2005, the Global Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Partnership was officially launched in Marrakech.
Despite their vital importance for the livelihoods of many millions of rural dwellers, non timber forest products have not received the kind of institutional and financial…