The GFAR Charter defines the rules and regulations of the Global Forum on Agricultural
Research (GFAR). The first GFAR Charter was approved by the GFAR Steering Committee on
October 1998 and, on the basis of that Charter, the Global Forum has been able to operate well
during its first two years of existence. Having completed the initial phase of establishment of
GFAR, this revised version has been improved on the basis of the rich experience obtained
during the first two years of operation. This revised version also integrates the valuable
recommendations that came out of the First GFAR External Review that took place between June
and September 2000.