¿From quantity to quality¿. A global initiative toward strengthening the post-harvest sector

Three decades have elapsed since the last major conference geared toward soliciting developmental support for the post-production sector. The focus then was on the reduction of post-harvest losses. Considerable growth in the sector, as well as changes in market demands and trade regulations point to the increasingly important dimension of produce and product quality, if developing countries are to gain advantages from the safety, security and potential trade benefits of a stable food supply.

Post harvest and rural innovation. Identifying action-research priorities

This document will try to outline the main specific characteristics of the thematic area of Post Harvest and Rural innovation. Also, following the Regional Priority Setting Exercise1, and the analysis of various initiatives (see annex 1), it will try to underline which commonalties and research priorities have been identified within the broad concept of this thematic area.

Planeta Valle: mobilizing stakeholders and establishing partnerships for poverty eradication and sustainable human development

Planeta Valle is a Regional Development Entity that is being established as a joint collaboration between the local (provincial) Government, the private sector (coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce of Cali), the academic and research community spearheaded by a major University (University del Valle) and by CIAT, NGOs and other community organizations. It is truly an inter-stakeholder undertaking based on partnerships among them and on a very strong grass-roots participation.

Program on Innovation and Agroindustrial Development / Programma per l¿Innovazione e lo Sviluppo Agroindustriale (P.I.S.A.): Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development

The Programma sull¿Innovazione e lo Sviluppo Agroindustriale (PISA) is an international program whose general objective is to support innovative projects of agroindustrial development aimed at generating value-added and employment in the rural sector of developing countries.

Direct sowing, mulch-based systems and conservation tillage: finding common ground. Proposal for a Global Program under GFAR

GFAR, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, guided by agreed basic
principles, is progressively developing a global system on agricultural research.
GFAR Global Programs aim to ¿pull together and transform decentralized initiatives
into global initiatives using a bottom-up approach¿. This aim flows directly from two
GFAR guiding principles: subsidiarity2 and additionality

Trypanosomosis Global Network
A Proposal for a Global Research Partnership

When discussing new innovative partnerships to be presented at the GFAR-
2000 Conference in Dresden, one European ARI (CIRAD-EMVT), and one IARC
(ILRI), identified separately "trypanosomosis control" as a potential candidate for a
global innovative program. They, therefore, decided to co-organize a small
consultation in Montpellier on 24 January 2000. The objectives of the consultation
were to:
a) discuss and agree if there was any merit in developing a proposal for GFAR-
2000;

Research partnership and rural poverty alleviation

The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) is a recent dynamic initiative aiming to promote a global system for agricultural research based on cost-effective partnerships and strategic alliances among the key players involved in agricultural research for development (ARD). GFAR was officially established in October 1996 in Washington D.C., but became really operational during the second half of 1998. The GFAR¿s mission is: to mobilize the world scientific community in their efforts to alleviate poverty, increase food security, and promote the sustainable use of natural resources

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