International Consultation on Agricultural Research for Development and Innovation: Addressing emerging challenges and exploiting opportunities through Information and Communication Technologies

Consultation organized by the
Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR), FAO of the UN (FAO), Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions APAARI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Consultation held at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India, in December 2009

Special Issue of Crop Science on Science Forum 2009

The Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) of the CGIAR is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the journal Crop Science dedicated to a selection of papers presented at the CGIAR Science Forum 2009.
Convened by the Science Council (now the ISPC) Science Forum 2009 was held on 16-17 June, in Wageningen, the Netherlands. It brought together more than 300 scientists, donors and civil society groups from 55 countries to debate innovative scientific advances and the arrangements that can help to mobilize them more effectively for development.

Bangkok Declaration on Reorienting Agricultural Research for Development in Asia-Pacific Region

APAARI - Agriculture remains important for economic growth, livelihood and sustenance for majority of the people in the Asia-Pacific region forming about 57% and 73% of the world¿s total and agricultural population, respectively. The land availability per person is only about one fifth of that in the rest of the world. Research in the agricultural sector led to remarkable achievements in the past to attain food security and reduction in poverty. Agricultural population is dominated by small farm holders, pastoralists, tribals, fishermen and agricultural labourers.

Prioritizing the agricultural research agenda for
Southeast Asia: refocusing investments to benefit the
poor

APAARI - The present study attempts to identify agricultural research investments with the highest expected levels of benefits for the poor and the environment, and contrasts relative expected impact potential with current relative funding
allocations across research areas. Current investment patterns by National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in the subregion and by International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) are quantified to explore present allocation patterns.

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