Since it was founded in 1996, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) has held
its statutory meetings in conjunction with and just prior to the CGIAR Annual General
Meeting. [...] An annual report that comprised activities of the GFAR Secretariat
and GFAR stakeholders including the International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs)
was presented during those meetings. The contribution of the IARCS and in particular the
CGIAR centres to the overall GFAR programmes and activities was presented to the GFAR-SC
by the Center representative, and was very well received because it highlighted the
invaluable contribution of the Centres to the GFAR initiative. I will not repeat those activities
here, but will instead like to go down the other lane of a two-lane road and briefly report on
the contribution of GFAR to the CGIAR initiative.