Competitive Grant Scheme
For Agricultural Research & Development
in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Scheme for SROs and their Organs
Manual of Procedures

Most of the African countries are still classified as poor by the United nations. Generally 70% of the population is said to be living in poverty, although this differs from country to country. Given a population growth rate for all Africa of more than 3% the current average economic growth rates are not sufficient to make a dent in poverty alleviation and provide food security.

Renforcement des liens fonctionnels entre
les organisations de la société civile et
les instituts nationaux de recherche agricole
pour une recherche agricole efficace au service du développement durable

Le but de ce projet est de renforcer les capacités des organisations de la société civile (OSC) impliquées dans la Recherche agricole pour le développement (RAD), de telle sorte qu¿elles puissent participer efficacement à tous les aspects de la RAD au niveau national, régional et interrégional.

Strengthening the Functional Linkages between
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and
National Agricultural Research Institutions (NARIs)
for Effective Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development

The objective of this project is to strengthen and/or build capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) involved in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) activities, so that they can effectively participate in all aspects of national, regional and inter-regional ARD.

Concept Note
For a GFAR Secretariat Led Initiative in ACP Countries
(Africa, Caribbean and Pacific)
Strengthening the Participation of Farmers¿ Organisations and of NGOs in the Global Agenda of Agricultural Research for Development

This paper presents the initiative that GFAR has been developing with NGOs and Farmer's Organisations (FOs) to strengthen their constituencies and to ensure their effective participation in regional and global Agricultural Research for Development (ARD).

Vers la formulation et la mise en oeuvre de
Programmes mondiaux

GFAR et immédiatement après, la notion de "programmes mondiaux" a vu le jour. Le document
intitulé "Réflexions sur la suite à donner à la Conférence GFAR-2000 sur les partenariats de
recherche" a présenté une première ébauche de cette nouvelle approche que le GFAR souhaite
promouvoir.
Compte tenu de l'évolution rapide de l'environnement dans lequel s'inscrit la recherche agricole et
de la dynamique générée par le GFAR, de nombreux programmes de nature mondiale devraient

Some Thoughts on the Follow-up to GFAR-2000
on Research Partnerships

This paper complements the report that is being circulated on GFAR-2000, which
analyses in more detail the various results of the Dresden Conference and the follow-up that is
being made to each one.1 This paper concentrates on the GFAR function of ¿facilitating the
development of research partnerships for global cooperation in agricultural research for
development (ARD)¿ and on how it can be further operationalized, capitalising on the research
partnership proposals that were presented at the Dresden Conference by the interested
stakeholders

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