The GFAR stakeholders envision the development of an agriculture which is: 1)sustainable, equitable, gender sensitive, profitable and competitive, fulfilling its functions in the context of community-centered rural development; 2) diversified in its structure to cope with heterogeneous agro-ecological and socio-economic environments, but in which the family farm continues to play an important role; 3) deeply innovative, based on the use of knowledge, both modern and traditional.
Les partenaires du GFAR réunis à Dresde en Allemagne du 21 au 23 mai 2000 ont développé une vision partagée qui réaffirme avec force les trois grands objectifs de la recherche agricole mondiale : la sécurité alimentaire ; la lutte contre la pauvreté ; la gestion durable des ressources naturelles.
Los participantes del GFAR reunidos en Dresden, Alemania, del 21 al 23 de mayo
2000, han desarrollado un Perspectiva Común Global que reitera con énfasis los tres objetivos principales de la investigación agropecuaria global, a saber: la seguridad alimentaria; el alivio de la pobreza; y el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales.
The GFAR stakeholders gathered in Dresden, Germany, 21 ¿ 23 May 2000 where they
developed a Global Shared Vision which strongly reaffirms the three main objectives of global agricultural research, namely: food security; poverty alleviation; and sustainable natural resources management.
¿This ¿group discussions¿ session provides the first opportunity for members of the
different GFAR stakeholder constituencies to have a ¿face-to-face¿ dialogue and to
openly and freely discuss their motivations, contributions and expectations from GFAR.
Outputs
1. That the new Business Plan should consist of three separate but linked documents: a
strategic plan document to provide the overall vision, goals and implementing strategies
that will continue to make GFAR a relevant initiative over the long term of 6 years or
more; a flexible 3 year rolling Business Plan that could be updated as the needs arise;
and a GFAR secretariat annual work plan.
2. A prioritized list of the main pillars or elements of the 3-year rolling Business Plan. [...]
The objective of this Newsletter is to disseminate information on GFAR activities, on events and
meetings being organized by the various stakeholders, and on important inter-stakeholder initiatives that are being organized or facilitated in the context of the Global Forum.
In reviewing our stewardship during the year 2003, [...],we were able to group our accomplishments under the following four categories of activities:
Facilitating the systems governance operations
Engaging and interacting with stakeholders
Facilitating Research Partnerships, and
Providing a medium of communication and knowledge sharing for GFAR stakeholders and their
collaborators
The purpose of this report is to highlight the concrete actions and activities that were
agreed upon in Beijing [for the] Programme of Work, and to briefly
summarize the steps that are being taken to operationalize these actions. Special emphasis is
placed in identifying the main steps that are expected from the Regional/Sub-regional Fora
(RF/SRFs), the timetable that has been approved for each activity, and the support the NARS
Secretariat is providing in this process.
Selected priority activities are described below within each of the four pillars. Cross-cutting
issues - which are active and sustained involvement of CSOs and the private sector - have
been embedded within appropriate pillars in order to be faithful to their cross-cutting nature.
1. Support to Regional Fora to promote inclusiveness and foster inter-regional
collaboration (IRC)
2. Collaborative Research Partnerships (CRP)
3. Advocacy, Public Awareness and Strategic Thinking
4. Management Information Systems (MIS)