GFAR is participating in the H2020 "Big Data Europe" project together with FAO.
On 22 September, the first BDE workshop on "Big data for food, agriculture and forestry: opportunities and challenges" took place and now the full report is available here: BDE-SC2-1st-workshop-Finalreport.
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is soliciting nominations for the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research.It will be given to a young female researcher of Indian origin in order to recognize and honor outstanding achievements in the field of gender and empowerment of women and girls in India. Subsequent awards will be open to researchers of all origins and will honor research throughout the global south.
The second CGIAR national consultation was as carried out in Managua, Nicaragua on 17 and 18 November. The national consultations are an integral part of the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development, a two-year consultation process focusing on stakeholder and partner priorities at the national and regiona
The first CGIAR national consultation was held at a two-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, 16–17 November.