Paper presented at the World Conference on Agricultural Information and IT (IAALD-AFITA-WCCA 2008). Abstract: As one of its main activities, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) promotes, advocates and enables sharing of information and knowledge related, in general, to agricultural development and, in particular, to agricultural research for development. The concept of a Web Ring of partners giving access to each other¿s information was initially planned by GFAR as a service to be implemented on EGFAR , the website of GFAR, but has now developed into a broader framework based on a distributed architecture. The Global ARD Web Ring is now defined as a ¿voluntary coalition of web spaces that share information related to agricultural research and innovation for development.¿ It is proposed to be developed as a network of cooperating partners that enable sharing and exchange of information in a coherent and integrated manner, agreeing on common standards and protocols and leveraging Web 2.0 technologies. This paper describes in detail the framework of the Global ARD Web Ring as a project under the Coherence in Information in Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) initiative.