La Charte du GFAR définit les règles et procédures du Forum mondial de la recherche
agricole (GFAR). La première charte a été approuvée par le Comité de pilotage du GFAR en
octobre 1998 et, en fonction de cette charte, le Forum mondial a pu mener à bien ses opérations
pendant les deux premières années de son existence. A la fin de la phase initiale d'établissement
du GFAR, cette version révisée se base sur la riche expérience accumulée pendant les deux

The GFAR Charter defines the rules and regulations of the Global Forum on Agricultural
Research (GFAR). The first GFAR Charter was approved by the GFAR Steering Committee on
October 1998 and, on the basis of that Charter, the Global Forum has been able to operate well
during its first two years of existence. Having completed the initial phase of establishment of
GFAR, this revised version has been improved on the basis of the rich experience obtained
during the first two years of operation. This revised version also integrates the valuable

Actores clave de la investigación agropecuaria de todo el mundo están aunando
esfuerzos para llevar a cabo una iniciativa dinámica y nueva¿el Foro Global de
Investigación Agropecuaria, (GFAR). Valiéndose de asociaciones rentables y de
alianzas estratégicas, el Foro global se propone promover un sistema global para la
investigación agropecuaria, a fin de reducir la pobreza, alcanzar la seguridad alimentaria
y conservar y manejar la diversidad biológica y los recursos naturales.

Les acteurs clés de la recherche agricole du monde entier ont décidé d'unir leurs forces
dans une nouvelle initiative dynamique - le Forum mondial de la recherche agricole. A
l'aide de partenariats performants et d'alliances stratégiques, le GFAR vise à promouvoir
un Système mondial de recherche agricole dont l'objectif est de réduire la pauvreté,
d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire et de conserver et de gérer la biodiversité et les
ressources naturelles.

Brochure summarizes the mission, goals and guiding principles of GFAR; and explains its structure and organization.

As part of GFAR's efforts to formulate a Global Shared Vision , this paper was
assigned the function of analysing significant global changes and trends in agriculture in
and their implications for a Global Research Agenda. While previous efforts in global
research aimed mainly at increasing overall food production, GFAR¿s ToR recognised
the need to focus them on production increases leading to the eradication of poverty, the
improvement of food security and the conservation of natural resources.

The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) has to do with networking. It
has to do with linking stakeholders of agricultural research for development (ARD) around
the discussion and implementation of a common global strategic agenda that may orient their
efforts in this field, and that may integrate them into learning networks and knowledge
systems that may facilitate the generation and flow of relevant knowledge, and its
application to development. Three factors are making instant connectivity, networking, and

The Objectives of Week 1 were to identify: 1) the changes in poverty: its causes, nature and dynamics, 2) new constraints on productivity in agriculture, forests, and fisheries, and 3) the new threats to sustainability of agro-ecosystems and their natural resource context. Our goal is to have a prioritized list of challenges within the CGIAR mandate and comparative advantage. These need not be ones that the CGIAR is currently addressing.