- As compared to 1985, about 30-fold decline in use of STI, including agricultural information, is observed in the CAC region, as a result of a dramatic reduction of R&D funding in the all post-Soviet area. This situation, if not changed for the better, will have a negative impact on the future…
- The meeting held in Abu-Dhabi on 22-23 February was designed to move the above process forward by convening an ad hoc working group composed of the promoters of the three project ideas mentioned above and selected resource persons from the region. The objectives of the meeting were the following: (…
- Coordinators of Facilitation Units (FUs), together at GFAR Steering Committee Meeting in Manila, decided to set up a Plan of Action to better coordinate activities between them. The development of different units is various as well as strategies for disseminating information about different…
- Synthesis of Working Groups 5-10. Goals: 1. To be a global platform for dialogue, advocacy, policy-making and supporting implementation on issues of global concern in agricultural research and development (ARD) such as intellectual property rights, production of global public goods, impact of…
- There was general consensus on the potential value-adding role that can and should be played by GFAR in supporting agricultural research and development in the world. There was the need however for clarity of the role of GFAR vis-à-vis those of other fora, lower down in the geographic hierarchy (e.…
- Outputs 1. That the new Business Plan should consist of three separate but linked documents: a strategic plan document to provide the overall vision, goals and implementing strategies that will continue to make GFAR a relevant initiative over the long term of 6 years or more; a flexible 3 year…