1. A meeting of the IFAP Science and Technology Committee was held at the end of
May 2002 in Cairo, Egypt during the 37th World Farmers Congress. This meeting
was also co-chaired by Ms Sara McHattie of GFAR Secretariat then. The
discussions of the meeting mainly centred on the general sharing of…
ICLARM (an IARC) in partnership with the Institute of Aquaculture Research, Norway (an ASI), Central
Luzon State University and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippines (NARS) undertook
genetic improvement of Nile tilapia and demonstrated for the first time that performance of…
Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, is a major agricultural crop in the Near East and
African Regions, and its economical role in the countries of these regions is well
recognized.
The world date palm production (about 4.6 million tons in 1997) is concentrated
mostly in the Near East and Africa. About…
The 2nd Inter-Regional Consultation was held at CLAES, ARC, Cairo, Egypt from
the 10th to the 11th of May 2005, to enable RAIS stakeholders of Regional Fora to achieve
the following objectives:
a) To present and discuss their respective regional Plan of Work and Budget (POW&B)
for 2005 in the…
Expert Consultation Meeting on GIS Applications in Agricultural Development in WANA Region in Amman-Jordan, 7-8 June 2011
At the 2007 ICM4ARD Workshop for West Asia and North Africa (WANA), organized by AARINENA, application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and effective use of spatial…
20 November 2009
We are very pleased to announce that the new Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) will be Dr Monty Jones, Executive Director of the Forum on Agricultural Research for Africa (FARA).
The multi-stakeholder Steering Committee of the Global Forum on…
3rd African Congress for Scientific Research & TechnologyUnder the theme of "Scientific Research and Technology to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" Our African continent is the richest continent yet the poorest of them all. The need for the promotion of Scientific Research and…
The Ninth International Conference on Development of Drylands (ICDD), with the theme "Sustainable Development in the Dry Lands - Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change" was co-sponsored by GFAR. This event hosted more than 450 participants from over 40 countries, as they convened in…
AARINENA with support from FAO and GFAR organized the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Nodal Units Workshop, which was held during the period 8-10 January 2008 in Muscat, Oman, and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. A total of 22 participants…
3rd GFAR Program Committee Meeting
The 3rd GFAR Program Committee (hereafter, PC) met on 28-29 November 2007 in Beijing, China. Dr. Adel El-Beltagy, Chairman, GFAR in his welcome address to the members of the Committee traced how the GFAR retreat at Alexandria, Egypt had resulted in the GFAR…