Objectives and expected outputs of the second inter-regional workshop: Considering the ICM4ARD proposal as a global framework for action, and the main outcomes of the Accra and Bonn Meeting, a second inter-regional consultation would enable the RAIS stakeholders of the Regional Fora to achieve the…
The purpose of this document is to specify the steps that are being taken to
operationalize and implement the recommendations presented in the Final Report of the Rome
Meeting. These steps are being organized in the following categories: a) Further work on the Vision and on the strategies to…
In a world characterized by globalization, and by an increasingly science-based and
knowledge-intensive environment, the access to information, and the capacity for converting
information into useful knowledge for different end-users and stakeholders, is becoming of
paramount importance. In the…
As we near the threshold of the 21st century the world is faced with an increasingly
complex challenge of feeding its growing population, while assuring an equitable and
sustainable development. Scientific and technological progress is generating the knowledge
and the tools to make this possible.…
The general objective of this initiative is to facilitate exchange of information and, consequently, promote collaboration between the regional and sub-regional fora. The specific objectives are: 1) To define more precisely the data/information arising from agricultural research networks and the…
The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) is a new dynamic initiative aiming to
promote a Global System for Agricultural Research based on cost-effective partnerships and strategic
alliances among the key players involved in agricultural research. The participants at a GFAR
consultative…
Project Goal: Strengthen national, regional and global agricultural information systems to satisfy the
needs of an emerging, more knowledge intensive agriculture that now needs information
on a wider range of topics and beyond that available with local communities. Purpose of
the Project:
To enable…
Three major themes have been identified as being of common interest to SDRR and the
NARS Secretariat, in pursuing their respective objectives:
1) Operationalization of the NARS concept, in facilitating the evolution from the NARIs model
to the NARS model.
2) Biotechnology policy issues and capacity…
GFAR: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow