Comments on the TAC Report: The CGIAR and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS)

We fully endorse the fact that TAC ( Technical Advisory Committee ) has chosen the subject of CGIAR-NARS collaborative relationships as one of the priority strategic issues for it to address over the next couple of years. We are fully aware of the fact that there are many good examples of CGIAR-NARS relationships and joint ventures that have developed during many years of working together. Recent workshops held in various International Centers (IARCs) have clearly identified and described such cases of research partnerships

Concept Note for a CGIAR Challenge Program
Linking Smallholder Farmers to Growth Markets within a Globalised Economic System

Globalisation is causing dramatic changes that are transforming agriculture in developing countries away from supply driven production towards market-driven 'agrifood' business. The impact of these changes on people, economies and the natural environment is, and will continue to be, profound. An immediate impact has been that world commodity prices have fallen to their lowest levels for 35 years. Understanding and being able to respond to such change is vital for the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in developing countries.

Advantages and Added Value of the Regional Approach to Research for the International Agricultural Research System

This paper is about the Plank 4 of the new CGIAR Strategy that calls for the adoption, in collaboration with national and regional partners, of a regional approach to research planning, priority-setting and implementation. Given the poverty and impact focus of international public goods research, both NARS and the CGIAR have advantages in pursuing a regional approach as a component of their respective activities.

Global post-harvest initiative: linking farmers to markets. Towards a Global partnership programme.
Proposed plan of work for 2006

The ¿Strategic Framework for a Global Post-harvest Initiative - Linking Farmers to Markets¿ was developed following an International Workshop on Post Harvest Systems held in FAO Headquarters in Rome in 2003, jointly organised by FAO/AGS, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the Post-harvest Global Forum (PhAction). The International Workshop was preceded by regional consultations in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, West Asia and North Africa, and Central Asia and the Caucasus that assessed regional needs of the post harvest sector.

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