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Celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity
Agricultural biodiversity plays essential roles in development and in sustaining livelihoods, food…
Improved Reporting on AR4D
Improved Reporting on AR4D
Source: Global Donor Platform   Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) lacks…
Open Access to Weather Data for Agricultural Initiatives
Open Access to Weather Data for Agricultural Initiatives
Farming communities in Africa and South Asia are becoming increasingly vulnerable to shock as…
Addressing the Link between Zinc Deficiency in Soils, Crops, and Humans
Addressing the Link between Zinc Deficiency in Soils, Crops and Humans
The Zinc Nutrient Initiative has the potential to improve millions of lives around the world…
YPARD report 2012 is out
YPARD Activity report 2012 is out
Source:YPARD   YPARD is proud to share its YPARD 2012 report.  This was a year of…
New Chairperson appointed for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research
New Chairperson appointed for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research
The Steering Committee of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) has selected a new…
The ‘Right’ Golden Nuggets
The ‘Right’ Golden Nuggets
By Shauna Monkman    Adaptation in times of change and uncertainty is characterized by…
Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) e-survey results
Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) e-survey results
GAP partners have come together through their shared concerns at the urgent need for large-scale…
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and…
The latest edition of New Agriculturist (04/2013) is now online
The latest edition of New Agriculturist is out
If you would like to subscribe directly to New Agriculturist online, it is free of charge…
III Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
III Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
The Africa Union (AU) has re-defined and strengthened its cooperation with traditional…
Steering Committee for the inception of the main phase of the SFOAP
Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP)
Thomas Price, Senior Officer, Agricultural Innovation and Society, participated in the…
The US Department of State releases the
The L'Aquila Food Security Initiative Final Report 2012
The report marks the end of the monitoring under the U.S. Presidency of the G8 of AFSI donors…
USAID Roundtable on strengthening national agricultural research systems
USAID Roundtable on strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems
It was preceded by the production by Dr. Han Roseboom and Dr. Jock Anderson of an Issues Paper…
International Women’s Day 2013 -
International Women’s Day 2013 - The Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP):…
The oppression of hunger and poverty afflict 870 million undernourished people worldwide[1], with…
Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
The Award, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, will be presented every October in Des…
Minutes of the Teleconference on the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP)
Updates on the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP)
The teleconference took place on the 23rd of January, 2013.   Participants   Ann Dela…
YPARD Steering Committee meeting
Youth meet to plan their actions
Source: YPARD   A couple points of note were a new Steering Committee chair and a new…
Promoting interactivity
Promoting interactivity through radio and ICTs
Source: ICT Update by Josh Woodard & Dominic Otieno Omolo    ICTs can help…
Meeting on taking forward the GAP in Asia
Taking forward the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) in Asia
Brief meeting was held 09-02-2013 at the Directorate for Research on Women in Agriculture,…