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  1. GFAR is glad to present YPARD’s 2014 annual report. Grasp more about all the YPARD activities, on local, national, regional and global level and learn YPARD’s 5 key achievements for 2014.   Along 2014 GFAR invited seven YPARD members to bring their perspectives to regional meetings on…
  2. From Thomas Price, Senior Officer, Agricultural Innovation and Society, and Iman El-Kaffass, Capacity Development Expert, at the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research   In November last year we had the pleasure of participating in a regional workshop held in…
  3. Under the Strategic Framework, FAO has made resilience a corporate priority. Its approach focuses on supporting people, institutions and state systems to absorb, adapt and transform when confronted with shocks and threats affecting their food security and agriculture-based livelihoods. In…
  4. Olives in Egypt have been grown by successive generations of farmers for thousands of years in remote, isolated, harsh-environments. So why are new olive orchards struggling to remain viable?   Farmers from the South East Mediterranean say it comes down to a failure to…
  5. Source: YPARD   Under the theme "No more left behind: rural communities in times of transitions", the Foundation for South-North Mediterranean Dialogue in association with the Global Forum of Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized the Second Preparatory…
  6. Capacity Development led by CGIAR can help agriculturalists in developing countries discover and develop their own expertise and confidence. But it is through capacity development interventions in, and by, whole communities and (local) organizations in these countries that most potently…
  7. Jointly established by the multi-partner European Movement International and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Foundation for South-North Mediterranean Dialogue is a broad-based civil society movement, addressing a range of challenges common to the Mediterranean region and working to bring…
  8. In 2010, FAO highlighted the dramatic impact of protracted crises on food security and nutrition in 22 countries. West Asia and Africa have the majority of countries suffering from such crises, most heavily affecting the poor in rural areas and in particular vulnerable women and children…
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