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The 2nd All Africa Horticulture Congress (AAHC2) took place from 15-20 January 2012, in South Africa. The Congress aimed to bring together scientists involved in diverse horticultural endeavours in...
Governance
13/01/12
We invite you to participate in the implementation of the Inventory on Foresight Activities to identify and record forward-thinking activities that have been developed, in a systematic and document...
13/01/12
The latest edition of New Agriculturist (2012-1) is now online! It launches two new sections, supported by GFAR. To be notified when each new edition of New Agriculturist becomes available on-line...
12/01/12
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Food and Agriculture for Development (APPG) now invites written submissions to its latest Investigation into the Integration of Smallholder Farmers into Supply...
11/01/12
As we start 2012, YPARD will say thank you and goodbye to the last of the founding YPARD members who comes to the end of her term as YPARD steering committee member in January 2012.
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14/12/11
Youth and Agriculture: Fresh Approach for a New Paradigm
The CGIAR Science Forum 2011 held from 17th-19th October 2011 in Beijing, China under the theme “The Agriculture-Environment Nexus...
14/12/11
Written by Dr. Polycarpos Polycarpou[1]
Climatic changes are no longer a future event, but they are already happening in many places of the world, especially in the Mediterranean region. Ex...
14/12/11
Written by Patrick Dugan
For Smrity Kona and her family living in southern Bangladesh, the farming year is driven by the annual cycle of monsoon flood and dry season drought. When waters a...
14/12/11
Written by Jeffrey Sayer[1] and Duncan Pollard[2]
Farmers everywhere impact on the environment. In many situations their activities influence the ecosystem services upon which broader socie...
14/12/11
Source:CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Photo: N.Palmer (CIAT)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (13 December 2011) - After a grueling two weeks of...
08/12/11
On Sunday October 16, 2011, more than 30 people gathered in Beijing to take part in a Foresight Exchange Workshop (FEW), one day before and at the same venue of the CGIAR Science Forum 2011 (SF 201...
07/12/11
The draft Strategy was presented to the 12th General Conference of the Association of Agricultural Research Institutes in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) held in Kuwait City, Ku...
07/12/11
GFAR Co-organized the first G20 Conference on Agricultural Research for Development, Promoting Scientific Partnerships for Food Security held in Montpellier on 12-13 September 2011
The conf...
29/11/11
Source: http://www.agricultureday.org/openletter
Our world faces formidable challenge...
28/11/11
The Development Opportunity Crops Initiative (DOCs)
At the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2010), GFAR’s multi-stakeholder constituencies prioritized the is...
25/11/11
Source: CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
This month saw the 10th anniversary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture....
09/09/11
Source: Voice of America
Audio Interview is available here.
Agricultural experts from the G20 countries will meet next week to find ways to match the latest research and technology...
24/08/11
The young generation plays an important role in extension and rural advisory services. It has to solve many of the current global issues and will face new ones. To rise to the challenge, young prof...
24/08/11
The special series of blogs on Agriculture, ICTs and Young Professionals was launched at the end of the International Year of Youth, one of many activities during the last twelve months that mark...
29/07/11
The Ministerial Declaration “Action plan on food price volatility and agriculture”, issued by the G20 Agriculture Ministers from their meeting in Paris 22-23 June 2011, recognizes GFAR and the GCAR...
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