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  1. GCARD2. Breakout session F3.2. Developing capacities for Improved Foresight - Briefing Paper
    The purpose of session F3.2 is to address the capacity development dimension related to the absence of several key sectors of the society in foresight works. Developing foresight capacity is at the same time an issue of individual capacity development and institutional capacity development. At…
  2. GCARD2. Breakout session P2.2 Land, Water, Forests and Landscapes - Speaker Brief - More effective actions for the Aral Sea
    In the region of central Asia and Caucasus (CAC), collection, assessment and sharing of information on water and land resources, previously under central command of the Soviet Union, have been fragmented during the past decades. In fact, the regional program has supplemented an important role in…
  3. GCARD2. Breakout session P2.2 Landscape Partnerships—Linking Research and Action on Agriculture, Land, Water, and Forests – Speaker’s Brief
    The CGIAR Research Program No. 6: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and Governance (CRP6), brings together four of the world’s leading research centers in their respective subjects: the World Agroforestry Centre, CIFOR, CIAT and Bioversity International —…
  4. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.2 Household Nutrition Security: Speaker Brief - Helen Keller International food-based models, Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA)
    HKI’s food-based models integrate nutrition, agriculture and health sectors at the community and household levels. Working with local NGOs and local government partners, we establish community-based extension services (demonstration farms and farmers) to reach underserved poor and extreme-poor…
  5. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.1 National Food Security – Speaker Brief - Farmer involvement in scaling-out impacts on major crops
    The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is an initiative that works across African countries to improve the productivity and sustainable production of smallholder farmers, the majority of who are women. AGRA strives to effect change across the entire agriculture value chain through…
  6. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.2 Household Nutrition Security: Speaker Brief - ACF Nutrition Security Approach to tackle Under-nutrition. Lessons from the field, way forward and research needs.
    Action Contre la Faim (ACF) – a Nutrition Security Approach to tackle under-nutrition (malnutrition?) Lessons from the field, way forward and research needs
  7. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments – Speaker Brief - The L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) - Managing for Development Results.
    Through the AFSI sub-group on Managing for Development Results (MfDR), a sub-set of AFSI participants is investigating the impact of funds spent in four partner countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Rwanda, and Senegal. Led by Germany and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this group…
  8. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments. Speaker Brief. OECD/DAC Mutual Review on Development Effectiveness, and Creditor Reporting System
    Methodologies for mutual accountability and Mutual Reviews of Development Effectiveness in Africa (MRDE) developed by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD, in consultation with African partners, international research and civil society institutions, have been tested and developed over…
  9. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.3 North-South and South-South Collaborative Actions – Speaker Brief - The Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Development (PAEPARD)
    The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) through The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (AGRINATURA), joined forces in the implementation of the Platform for African-European Partnership on…
  10. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.1 National Food Security – Speaker Brief - MAIZE and its importance for global food security and sustainable intensification
    The MAIZE Research Program (CRP) is a CGIAR global alliance bringing together CIMMYT, IITA and more than 300 institutions (NARES, advanced research institutions, NGOs, CBOs etc.). It aims at ensuring that public-funded international agricultural research helps to sustainably intensify maize-based…
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