- An important part of GFAR’s purpose is to foster more effective partnership between national, regional and international agricultural innovation systems. GFAR brings the international agricultural research system of the CGIAR into better connection and understanding with partners from civil…
- Agriculture accounts for almost 30% of the average GDP of the economies of East Africa countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia). It also provides employment and livelihood for more than 40% of people in the region. However, with a combined population of 249.9m people …
- For millennia communities of farmers, herders, fishers, and forest people have developed complex, diverse, and locally-adapted agricultural systems. These systems have been managed with time-tested, ingenious techniques and practices that have led to community food security, the conservation…
- Prolinnova India completed three years of its existence as member of the global network. We learnt much from fellow members and tried to contribute to strengthening our network and bringing its message to more people. Innovation processes and Participatory Innovation Development are much…
- Applications for the Doctoral Programme within the framework of the joint international research project HORTINLEA are welcome. The general objective of project HORTINLEA is to address pressing challenges of undernutrition, poverty and sustainability and to improve the livelihood and…
- The 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation was presented to Dr. Bram Govaerts during the awards ceremony of the World Food Prize (WFP) Borlaug Dialogue international symposium. The third annual US $10,000 award given by the World…
- The XII National Encounter of Smallholder Farmer Innovators of Honduras was held in the city of Siguatepeque from 3-5 September 2014. One hundred twenty smallholder men and women farmers, as well as decision makers participated at this meeting. The meeting was a space to…
- Partners in the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) share a deep commitment to meeting the development needs of resource-poor farmers. Development workers are seeking ways to better align and cross-link humanitarian aid and development agendas to enable growth out of crises and…
- 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…
- Agriculture has an image problem. Simply put, for the majority of the world’s youth, agriculture simply isn’t seen as being “cool” or attractive. Most think of it only as back-breaking labor, without an economic pay-off—and little room for career advancement. With an ageing population of…