Dear subscribers, partners and colleagues,

As you may be aware, FAO is organizing an International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers at FAO HQ in Rome, November 21-23 2018. The theme is of course highly relevant to GFAR’s work in promoting farmer-centred agri-food research and innovation.

FAO has asked GFAR to reach out through the extensive GFAR network of Partners in agricultural research and innovation for development, to help raise awareness of the Symposium across all GFAR constituencies and in particular to encourage the active participation of non-state actors, e.g. farmers, civil society organizations, youth and women’s organizations and the private sector.

We are pleased to do so and encourage you to find out more about this important meeting using the links in the FAO communication below.

Dear colleagues,

We would like to inform you that Non-state actors interested in attending the FAO International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers (21-23 November 2018) can express their interest in attending here until the 31 August 2018.

The link contains background information on the Call, as well as the criteria for participation.

We would appreciate it if you could circulate the Call at your earliest convenience throughout your professional network in order for it to get wider coverage.

Additionally, we seize this opportunity to communicate to you that the Symposium’s website has officially been launched.

Many thanks for your support.
Best regards,

Samy Gaiji - AGDR
Head Research and Extension
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy