- Extension can be an important link to ensure that small farmers’ demands are the focus of rural development initiatives and to improve productivity and food security. A sound agricultural innovation system requires a combination of diverse extension service schemes that mobilize a variety…
- Source: World Agricultures Watch The WAW Secretariat seized the opportunity of the presence of some WAW stakeholders during the CFS-40 to present and collect views on what was recently achieved by WAW and its Partners. In 2011 and 2012, different public…
- The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Initiative came out of a common understanding at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 of the importance of conserving and enhancing agroecosystems with exceptional agrobiodiversity, local knowledge and socio-cultural…
- The Steering Committee of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) has selected a new Chair for the period 2013-2016: Mr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, from Colombia. Following an open and competitive search process, Mr Restrepo was selected by the multi-stakeholder GFAR Steering…
- This brief series was developed in preparation for the Foresight Breakout Session of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2012) and the Global Foresight Hub1. The briefs were written to communicate to a wider audience, such as policy makers, civil society…