GFAR is glad to share the paper on the critical role of investments in social protection and agriculture in order to achieve zero hunger.

 

GFAR is advocating for increased investment in all AR4D sectors and is working to bring greater coherence and efficiency between national and aid investments and to better embed investments in research into wider commitments supporting rural development and foster enabling environments for the access, uptake and use of agricultural innovation.

 

This paper provides estimates of investmen

It’s been almost a year since Madan Poudel, former YPARD Web4Knowledge intern took part in TOCs 2014.

 

Thanks to two CGIAR sponsored slots for YPARD members and GFAR’s travel support, Madan had the opportunity to attend this workshop of ‘technical geeks’, which provided him with “a better understanding of the online ecosystem under which

We are pleased to share the newest edition of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) newsletter, which can be found here.

 

It features articles from APAARI's recent Executive Committee Meeting held in Bangkok, news from the National Agricultural Research Systems and updates from their Regional and International Centers, such as “

Voilà le rapport sur l’Atelier de formalisation du Réseau des Services de Conseil Agricole et Rural d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre (RESCAR-AOC).

At the core of this policy dialogue were the results of the scoping study on the status of the AEAS policies in Africa and their alignment to the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development (CAADP agenda. Commissioned by GFRAS and conducted by Prof. Oladele Idowu, the study revealed that out of the 29 countries assessed, only five have fully legislated extension policies, while the majority have only provisional extension policies.

We are happy to share the first newsletter of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA).

 

In this issue, read the interview with Dr. Ismahane, Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture and outgoing Chair of AIRCA and learn more about the key achievements of AIRCA so far.

“An important agenda for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research is to bring the perspectives of rural communities into agricultural foresight and priority setting and to explore how agricultural innovation of all forms can better address the root causes of rural poverty and its consequent effects in urban poverty and crises.” (Dialogues on the Future for South & North Mediterranean rural communities).

 

Enabling Rural Innovation (

YPARD monthly newsletter for July is now online!