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  1. The proposal is a study-project type which aims to address issues confronting the coconut industry in the Philippines: demand and supply magnitudes (projections); trade and global competitiveness issues; price determination in domestic and foreign markets; market structures; management practices;…
  2. At the GFAR SC meeting in Beijing, in May 1999, a discussion paper1 was presented to the steering committee on the establishment of Global Programmes for Commodity Chains. The term « Commodity Chains » was used to define, in positive terms, these crops which were not formally covered by the « CGIAR…
  3. One of the five high priority areas identified by the GFAR Steering Committee in May 1998 was defined as ¿non-CG mandated crops¿. In order to define it in positive terms, and to better reflect the results of the discussions which took place over the last couple of months among the GFAR Stakeholders…
  4. The Inter-regional Cotton Workshop was jointly organized by the Agricultural, Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) of Iran, ICARDA, AARINENA, GFAR and CAC-forum to encourage research partnerships among NARS of Central and West Asia and the Caucasus in cotton research areas of…
  5. In many Asian countries the agricultural sector is undergoing transformation, with changes in the contribution of the different sub-sectors occurring. High value agricultural products (HVAP) are defined here as products that are typically perishable, that are of specific high-value, and that are…
  6. This paper aims to identify critical areas for trade, marketing, capital market development and regulatory reforms that can facilitate the integration of small-scale farmers (small-scale farmers) in domestic, regional and global markets for high-value agricultural (HVA) products in particular high…
  7. The workshop aimed at reviewing the progress of activities carried out in the GFAR line of action ¿International cooperation on commodity chains¿. It analysed the activity report of the Facilitation Unit set up by IPGRI and Cirad in Montpellier to study the feasibility of establishing global…
  8. During the Montpellier Workshop on Global Programmes for Commodity Chains, participants agreed on the need to continue this initiative of a facilitation mechanism. A second phase of the initiative should be less on concept development and should emphasize global programmes in preparation and on…
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