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  • We are catalyzing transformative change in
    diverse corners of the global
    Agrifood Research and Innovation System
  • With our partners we are together
    shaping the future for agriculture and food
  • Collective Action is our strength,
    we work together for impact
  • Our actions empower small-scale
    farmers including women and youth
    as co-innovators ensuring no one is left behind

GFAR Collective Actions

To address the problematique of Forgotten Foods, and the related neglected crops, knowledge and people, GFAR has helped mobilize among its partners a vast coalition of concerned research and innovation stakeholders in Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Near East and North Africa by engaging Regional Research Networks. The dialogues have sought to involve farmers’ organizations from the beginning...

Partners in GFAR, and primarily the partners involved in this Collective Action (CA), recognize that the key driver towards the full realization of the benefits of the digital transformation of agriculture is the inclusion of small-scale producers in the design and governance of digital solutions, and in the negotiation of related data practices and business models.

This Collective Action aims to set up the basis – in terms of creating a network of good practices and educational models across continents  - to spearhead the transformation of formal higher education to match the new skills required for conducting co-research and co-innovation. 

This Collective Action seeks to identify the most favourable decision spaces in the context of Family Farming National Committees across the world where farmers’ organizations can mobilize their knowledge. This Collective Action seeks to identify the most favourable decision spaces in the context of Family Farming National Committees across the world where farmers organizations can mobilize their knowledge.

This Collective Action has the objective of fostering better informed and more inclusively designed climate disaster prevention and resilience policies by mainstreaming the land rights of the rural poor in the climate discourse.This Collective Action has the objective of fostering better informed and more inclusively designed climate disaster prevention and resilience policies by mainstreaming the land rights of the rural poor in the climate discourse.

GFAR updates

GFAR is set to participate in the upcoming 8th Africa and Agribusiness Science Week at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Durban, South Africa from 5th…

GFAR is set to participate in the upcoming 8th Africa and Agribusiness Science Week at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Durban, South Africa from 5th…

AHMEDABAD, 3 May 2023: Rather than mere recipients and beneficiaries of agricultural innovation and knowledge “transferred” by scientists, small and marginal…

AHMEDABAD, 3 May 2023: Rather than mere recipients and beneficiaries of agricultural innovation and knowledge “transferred” by scientists, small and marginal…

Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, the father of the Green Revolution in India and a renowned agricultural scientist, has applauded the joint efforts of GFAR, Asia…

Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, the father of the Green Revolution in India and a renowned agricultural scientist, has applauded the joint efforts of GFAR, Asia…

GFAR membership

GFAR brings together all those concerned with how agricultural and food research and innovation can help to achieve sustainable development. GFAR rebooted its activities in the past months, and we are excited to welcome you to this unique network!

Member updates

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, MIEDECO, a farmers’ cooperative in the Philippines, continues to thrive. MIEDECO’s story…

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, MIEDECO, a farmers’ cooperative in the Philippines, continues to thrive. MIEDECO’s story…

The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) to raise awareness of, and direct policy attention to, the socio-cultural, nutritional,…

The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) to raise awareness of, and direct policy attention to, the socio-cultural, nutritional,…

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a non-profit organization that specializes in agriculture research for…

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a non-profit organization that specializes in agriculture research for…

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