ARD strategy (Agricultural Research for Development Strategy)

  1. Strengthening the participation of Farmers¿ Organisations and of NGOs in
    global Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)
    In recent decades there has been an upsurge of people grouping themselves to form organisations, associations, foundations and similar institutions to assist in delivering social services, promote grass-root economic development, prevent environmental degradation, protect civil rights and pursue…
  2. Report from European Civil society organisations attending EFARD 2002
    On 15-17 May 2002 the second conference of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) was held in Rome under the banner of ¿Strengthening the European Contribution to Agricultural Research for Development¿. The conference was organised by the EFARD Steering Committee,…
  3. The CGIAR and Civil Society: forging collaborative partnerships with NGOs and Farmers organizations as a key strategy to advance sustainable agriculture in the developing world
    The main objectives of the CGIAR agricultural research and development agenda are to reduce poverty and ensure an adequate nutrition and quality of life for rural society in the developing world.This mission involves meeting basic food needs of the rural poor but also expanding output to meet the…
  4. Round Table of the NARS Committee of GFAR on Regional Priority Setting
  5. Strengthening the Business and Industry (B&I) Participation
    in the Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) Agenda of GFAR
    Setting a Global Strategic Agenda for ARD at GFAR
  6. Global Partnership Programmes (GPPS) and Challenge Programmes (CPS): Two Modes of Collaboration of the Global Community in Agricultural Research For Development (ARD)
  7. Global post-harvest initiative: linking farmers to markets. Towards a Global partnership programme.
    Proposed plan of work for 2006
    The ¿Strategic Framework for a Global Post-harvest Initiative - Linking Farmers to Markets¿ was developed following an International Workshop on Post Harvest Systems held in FAO Headquarters in Rome in 2003, jointly organised by FAO/AGS, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the Post…
  8. Long-term strategy and five-year plan, 2000 - 2004
    The vision and the mission of SACCAR are as follows: Vision: SACCAR will, by year 2020, have made significant contribution to poverty alleviation and sustainable growth through agricultural research and training in the SADC region. The mission of SACCAR is to foster regional integration of…
  9. International workshop on how can the poor benefit from the growing markets for high value agricultural products? held at Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia 3-5 October 2005. Synthesis report
    The workshop brought together a group of strategic thinkers and knowledgeable practitioners, from different points in the research and development continuum and from different stakeholder groups, to explore the extent to which the poor can benefit from dynamic markets for high value agricultural…
  10. ASARECA competitive grant system. Procedures manual
    The ASARECA competitive grant program has been established to stimulate market oriented agricultural production in the region. As part of this effort ASARECA will promote agricultural technology transfer through collaboration between research and partner organizations in Eastern and Central Africa…
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