This document contains the report of the Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) on activities relevant to the Programme of Work of the International Treaty and on the collaboration undertaken during the current biennium. It also provides the elements for a roadmap to further strengthen collaboration and increase synergies on various areas of mutual interest during the 2016-2017 biennium.
Last year, the publication of the Global Nutrition Report 2014 marked the first-ever comprehensive look at the enormous scale of malnutrition, the measures being taken to combat it, and the need for further action. Now, the Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and Accountability to Advance Nutrition and Sustainable Development continues the emphasis on accountability established in the first report and documents whether countries, donors, companies, and other stakeholders have carried out the investments and actions to which they have committed themselves.
A new report by the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, entitled the “Value of Land” was released yesterday at the European Commission in Brussels.
Read the full report here.
Over the past 12 months, guided by the GCARD Road Map and working to the outcomes in our Medium Term Strategic Plan, GFAR has continued to mobilize and support research, education, extension and enterprise activities to benefit farmers in developing countries. This 2014 Annual Report provides some key examples where GFAR is making a difference, through its partnerships, collective advocacy, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building across the globe.
GFAR themes 2013
2014 may have been the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), but for the scientists, researchers, academics, policy makers, rural advisors, educators and civil society and farmers’ groups who come together in the Global Forum, every single day is focussed on how research and innovation can best meet the needs of resource-poor smallholder and family farmers.
Here are some highlights from the GFAR 2014 Annual Report where GFAR made a difference, through partnership, collective advocacy, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building across the globe.