It seems that most if not all of us in the Asia Panel agreed about the centrality of poverty reduction to the mission of the CGIAR.¿
Other arguments: Productivity, sustainability, institutional sustainability of innovation systems and international competitiveness.
"In Week 1 we were to discuss (1) changes in poverty: its causes, nature and dynamics, (2) new constraints on productivity in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, and (3) new threats to sustainability of agro-ecosystems and their natural resource context, all of this being done to arrive at a prioritized list of challenges within the CGIAR mandate and comparative advantage."
Terms of Reference for the Second GFAR External Evaluation
Summary of the second week:
A. General
B. Poverty
C. Restrictions over productivity
D. D. Threats on sustainable development of agro-ecosystems and its context.
E. Threats to institutionality of investigation and innovation.
F. Competitiveness
Summary of the first week:
A. General
B. Changes in poverty
C. Restrictions on productivity
D. Threats on the sustainability of agro-ecosystems and its context
E. Threating on the institutionality of investigation and innovation
F. Challenges of international competition:
Making the GFAR Secretariat more responsive to the
demands of its stakeholders is one of the key points emphasized in this paper. This implies i)
redefining the role of the NARS Committee, ii) supporting a more focused set of activities anchored
on the demands of regional and sub-regional fora, and iii) a more flexible and enhanced facilitation
function by the Secretariat. Sustained financing of the Secretariat and the provision of catalytic funds
will be indispensable if the Secretariat is to carry out its facilitation function and assist stakeholders in
GFAR Financial Report 2003 contains following tables : FAO Trust Fund; ISNAR Account; Overall Balance. GFAR Budget 2004 contains following tables: Expected Incomes; Expected In kind contribution; Provisional Expenditures
The GFAR Business Plan (BP) provides a frame work and guidelines to its constituent stakeholders [...] It comprises three parts: (i) a strategic document that briefly describes some of the issues that shaped the vision of GFAR and guided the choice of
its priority areas of focus for the immediate and near future of about ten years; (ii) a
comprehensive three-year rolling plan that describes not only concrete activities and expected
outputs for each of the priority areas of focus identified in the strategic document, but also a
The GFAR Business Plan (BP) provides a frame work and guidelines to its constituent stakeholders [...]
It comprises three parts: (i) a strategic document that briefly describes some of the issues that shaped the vision of GFAR
and guided the choice of its priority areas of focus for the immediate and near future of about ten years; (ii) a
comprehensive three-year rolling plan that describes not only concrete activities and expected
outputs for each of the priority areas of focus identified in the strategic document, but also a
We recognise the need, as acknowledged in the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) Plan of Implementation, to support the development of cleaner, sustainable and more
efficient technologies. Co-operative scientific research on transformational technologies offers
potential to improve public health by cutting pollution and reduce greenhouse emissions to address
the challenge of global climate change. Our countries must optimise the use of natural resources
including through recycling.