The GFAR Charter defines the rules and regulations of the Global Forum on Agricultural
Research (GFAR). The Charter was approved by the GFAR Steering Committee (GFARSC)
in October 1998 and was first revised following the First GFAR External Review that
took place in mid-2000. This second revision, the principle of which was endorsed during the
12th GFAR-SC Meeting, takes into account various changes that have taken place since then
and in the wake of globalization of agriculture, and the recognition that the NARS sub-
Committee (NARS-SC) needs to assume a programmatic role in future to meet emerging
challenges.