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GCHERA Conference 2015 – Call for abstracts
GCHERA Conference 2015 – Call for abstracts
The GCHERA 8th World Conference “Universities’ Global Challenge: nutritional security and…
GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015 – Call for Nominations
GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015 – Call for Nominations
The Prize aims to encourage the global development of the mission of higher education…
GCHERA Conference 2015 – Call for abstracts
GCHERA Conference 2015 – Call for abstracts
The GCHERA 8th World Conference “Universities’ Global Challenge: nutritional security and…
GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015 – Call for Nominations
GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015 – Call for Nominations
The Prize aims to encourage the global development of the mission of higher education…
Martin Kropff
Martin Kropff of Wageningen UR appointed Director General of CIMMYT
Dear Colleagues and Friends,   I have accepted a new position as Director General at…
Agricultural Heritage – Our Key to the Future
Agricultural Heritage – Our Key to the Future
For millennia communities of farmers, herders, fishers, and forest people have developed…
Advances in nutrition: myth or reality?
Advances in nutrition: myth or reality?
Since 2005-06, the date of the last nationwide government survey of nutrition, the story has been…
Innovation
E-Forum on Institutional Innovations: Linking Sustainable Practices with Markets
This call was a success and received almost 90 propositions from all regions of the world. The…
Climbing bean trials in Darién, Colombia.
The Strategy for CGIAR’s next ten years is evolving with every voice
With less than a week to go (until 27th February 2015) in the Second Phase of Consultation on…
Foresight grassroots implementation
“Foresight is not about prediction; it’s not about projection. Foresight is…
This is how Robin Bourgeois, Senior Foresight Advisor at GFAR Secretariat, introduces what…
What Land means to Youth
What Land means to Youth
Land is not an “adult-only” issue. This report from UN Habitat and GLTN describes some of the…
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Strategy Review 2015
It's time for a change   In 2015, GFRAS is going into its fifth year of operation…
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GFRAS Global Survey on Social Media for Agricultural Extension and Advisory…
The ICT4RAS interest group of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) is…
FAO staff, donors and partners in a workshop on building resilience in the Near
FAO staff, donors and partners in a workshop on building resilience in the Near…
Under the Strategic Framework, FAO has made resilience a corporate priority. Its approach…
Evelyn Nguleka
WE-Women for Expo's interview to Evelyn Nguleka
At the end of the public debate that she took part in, Evelyn Nguleka was interviewed by WE-…
Male attendees sign the HeForShe Solidarity banner. Photo credit: UNWomen/Ruth W
Male African leaders join the HeForShe campaign
The three led by example by signing up on the online platform during a HeForShe gala dinner in…
Indian Council of Agricultural Research approves setting up of a GAP-India Hub t
Indian Council of Agricultural Research approves setting up of a GAP-India Hub…
The Government of India, Department of Agricultural Research and Education approved the…
#youthinag contest
Youth-in-Ag Selfie Twitter Contest – 2015 World Water Day
Each year, UN-Water supports the World Water Day campaign by highlighting a specific aspect of…
Mona Zoghbi, Global Landscapes Forum youth participant.
Rejuvenating sustainable agriculture discourses: Increasing youth engagement
It is counter-productive to discuss agricultural sustainability unless agriculture is made…
Olives in the Desert: Egypt’s Farmers Call On Scientists to Value Local Know-How
Olives in the Desert: Egypt’s Farmers Call On Scientists to Value Local Know-How
Olives in Egypt have been grown by successive generations of farmers for thousands of…