Netherlands

  1. The Rome declaration. Strengthening the European contribution to agricultural research for development
    The European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) was established in April 1999 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The main objective is to better organize the European agricultural research community dedicated to development in order to more effectively respond to the needs and…
  2. Minutes of the 5th NARS Steering Committee Meeting
    The meeting was opened by Dr. R.S. Paroda, Chairman of the NARS Steering Committee (NARS-SC). In his introductory speech, after having welcomed the 25 participants who attended the meeting, he emphasized the major achievements since the last meeting: • Appreciation of FAO, ISNAR and The Netherlands…
  3. BIOBREES, a multi-partner, multi donor collaborative programme on BIOtechnology [for BREEding and Seed technology for horticulture in Indonesia] based on a strong linkage between two partners in Indonesia and the Netherlands
    Main results: The programme started in 1994 and is ongoing. Many steps have been taken: research strategy detrmined, sources of resistance have been identified, crosses with local material have been made, testing in the trial fields is in progress. In 1999 three new cultivars of Chrysanthemum for…
  4. ICT Workshop at Science Forum 2009
    Workshop theme 3: ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation The workshop will take place during the Science Forum 2009 in Wageningen, Netherlands.Programme |Background note on ICTs |Think-pieces and PPTs |Short reportDraft final report Coordinator:  Ajit Maru (…
  5. Course: Facilitating multi-stkeholder processes and social learning
    Multiple stakeholder and social learning processes are part and parcel of most development processes. The course covers state-of-the-art thinking about participation from local to global level and introduces the most up-to-date methodologies and approaches for facilitation and participation. How…
  6. Science Forum 2009
      The CGIAR Science Council, The Alliance and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) are in partnership organizing The Science Forum 2009. The Science Forum will be co-sponsored and hosted by Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) in The Netherlands, on 16-17 June 2009. The…
  7. Call for Proposals for the Poster Exhibition at Science Forum 2009
    GFAR and its partners will be organizing a poster competition as part of the Science Forum 2009 Wageningen, The Netherlands on 16-17 June 2009. Theme: ICTs: Enabling Agricultural Science to be a Social EndeavorWe are interested in presenting how Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs)…
  8. Food and Nutrition Security Course, Netherlands
    Increasing food prices and their impact on food security in developing countries underlines the importance of the training programme of food and nutrition security. The training programme aims to provide the course participants with knowledge, skills and motivation to identify, plan and implement…
  9. Looking towards the Science Forum 2009 Using Innovative Science to Address Poverty Alleviation
    The CGIAR Science Council is organizing a science forum in partnership with The Alliance and Global Forum on Agricultural Research, to be co-sponsored and hosted by Wageningen UR in the Netherlands, on 16-17 June 2009. The Science Forum directly contributes towards the 2010 Global Conference on…
  10. MOU signed between FARA and its development partners
    30 March 2008: the FARA Chairman signed on behalf of FARA, a memorandum of agreement with development partners who are committed in supporting the core activities of the FARA Secretariat starting in 2008. The first group of development partners who signed in the MOU are:…
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