Philippines

  1. “Foresight is not about prediction; it’s not about projection. Foresight is about exploration and anticipation”
    This is how Robin Bourgeois, Senior Foresight Advisor at GFAR Secretariat, introduces what foresight is about. A changing-mindset process that enables local organizations to explore what might happen to them, to their livelihood and their environment, as well as to be at the same time prepared…
  2. Empowering local organisations through foresight
    With the support of the Asian Farmers Association and  the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, Don and Gaspar from API, an Indonesia farmer organization,  Nikka, Esther and Jonathan from PAKISAMA, a Philippines farmer organization and Sonali, Sudhir and Manoj from INHERE, a local…
  3. Empowering local organisations through foresight
    Blog by Robin Bourgeois, Senior Foresight Advisor, GFAR Secretariat   What do the people from the Boru community of Flores in Indonesia, from South Palawan in the Philippines and from the Kumaun and Garhwal region, Uttarakhand in the Central Himalaya in India have in common? They all have a…
  4. APAARI newsletter
    The newest edition of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) newsletter has now been published, and can be found here.   It features articles from APAARI's recent General Assembly Meeting held in Bangkok, news from the National Agricultural Research…
  5. Asian Farmers Association, GFAR conduct training workshop on grassroots foresight
    Feb 5, Quezon City, Philippines – In usual ways, the future of agriculture is shaped by the views of the international community, and organisations from advanced/emerging countries, many times with limited involvement of family farmers and their organizations. These futures usually address…
  6. 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…
  7. APAARI newsletter
    The newest edition of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) newsletter has now been published, and can be found here.   It features articles from APAARI's recent Executive Committee Meeting held in Bangkok, news from the National Agricultural…
  8. International Encounters: Agricultural Research and Family Farming
    There are over 500 million family farms spread across the world, on all continents. Family farmers are the main producers of foodstuffs in many regions and vitally contribute to the variety and quality of diets. Paradoxically, many family farmers are also food and nutrition insecure.…
  9. International Farmer Innovation Day
    29 November is International Farmer Innovation Day, coordinated through the Prolinnova-PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecological-oriented agriculture and natural resource management global network. The Day heightens awareness of farmers’ innovations in adapting to a continuously changing…
  10. Update from the CGIAR Fund Office, September 2013
    Research initiatives and discoveries Studies show that a chemical mechanism operating in the roots of a tropical grass used for livestock feed holds enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions. According to scientists from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the mechanism…
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