Faced with the salient development issues in developing countries, agricultural research for development is increasingly being called upon to demonstrate its usefulness and its impacts, particularly among donors and policy makers. To meet this legitimate requirement, CIRAD has developed an approach called ImpresS (Impact of Research in the South) with the goal of documenting the contribution of research to changes within society and the mechanisms at work along the impact pathway.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), which is turning 50 this year, has vowed to redouble its efforts to transform Africa’s agriculture in the Eastern Africa region.

This was expressed by IITA Director for Eastern Africa Dr Victor Manyong at a ceremony organized at the Institute’s Eastern Africa hub offices in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, recently to mark its 50th anniversary.

On Agriculture and Food Day, an event hosted by the International Agri-food Network (IAFN) in the margins of the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York, it is time to summarize the importance of targeting Agriculture and Food, to be able to reach the SDGs.

5 July 2017 – GFAR Secretariat proudly announces the appointment of our new Chair and Vice-Chair who will lead GFAR into its next phase.

Ms. Bongiwe N. Njobe from South Africa has been selected Chair of GFAR. She will be joined by Mr. Raffaele Maria Maiorano from Italy as Vice-Chair. Ms. Njobe and Mr. Maiorano were appointed to these positions by the GFAR Steering Committee at their meeting in June 2017 and take on the roles previously held by Dr. Juan Lucas Restrepo and the Honourable Professor Ruth Oniang'o. 

Young professionals for agriculture can't stop, won't stop! In this edition,YPARD Nigeria just held its first YPARD Cafe while YPARD RDC completed its midterm evaluation.