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  1. Closing the gender gap in farming under climate change: New knowledge for renewed action
    The vision for this high-level event is to share cutting-edge knowledge and evidence on closing the gender gap in farming under climate change, and to convene thinkers and doers in a forum to inspire renewed action.   Specific objectives include: Share key research results related to gender,…
  2. Addressing the vulnerability of the poor to climate change : A systemic inquiry
    The Chaire Développement durable de Sciences Po, the Chaire Développement durable de l'École Polytechnique, the Alliance Program, and Columbia Global Center Paris are pleased to invite you to the second conference of the cycle of lectures on “Economists facing climate change”: "Addressing the…
  3. Moving in the right direction: join the debate on the CGIAR agenda
    Last week in Johannesburg, South Africa, the FARA@15 Celebration provided the opportunity to announce the first step of a consultation on the new CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework (SRF), as well as the forthcoming launch of the GCARD 3 process.   “GCARD3 will be a two-year…
  4. International Symposium for Farming Systems Design
    FSD is an informal interdisciplinary scientific community of practice to promote research and capacity building on farming systems design. The core is science: “The research focus of the FSD community is the farm system level, the interactions and feedbacks at lower and higher levels of…
  5. Call for Abstracts - Climate Smart Agriculture 2015
    The 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture will be held in Montpellier on March 16−18, 2015   The Montpellier global science conference on CSA:   Will address key research issues, gather CSA facts and figures from developing and developed countries and…
  6. FAO sends message on the global need for agroecology
    Written by: Gina Castillo, Agriculture Program Manager at Oxfam America   UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Secretary General, Jose Graziano da Silva, reminded the audience during his closing remarks at the FAO’s Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition last week…
  7. Policymakers Turn to Smallholder Farmers as Partners in Development
    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…
  8. Draft Minutes of the 29th GFAR Steering Committee
    <p>At the kind invitation of the CGIAR Consortium Chief Executive Officer Dr Frank Rijsberman, the Multi-stakeholder Steering Committee of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) met at Agropolis International, Montpellier, France, April 7-9, 2014. Key Outcomes – Members of the GFAR…
  9. Youth, the Future of Family Farming
    Source: YPARD   by Oluwabunmi Ajilore   It was the first day of June in the serene and sunny – but slightly windy – city of Montpellier, and from all around the world researchers and academics in the fields of agriculture and family farming were gathered: experts in…
  10. Dialogues on the Future for South & North Mediterranean rural communities
    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…
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