I would like to thank GFAR for the opportunity to attend its 2nd Triennial conference in Dakar in the beautiful country of Senegal. On behalf of the entire Canadian delegation, it is a pleasure for us to be here and to participate in the Conference discussions addressing the links of research and…

C¿est avec beaucoup de fierté que le Sénégal accueille aujourd¿hui, pour la première fois en terre d¿Afrique, la deuxième Conférence du Forum Mondial de la recherche agricole, le GFAR. Nous recevons avec satisfaction quelques 350 participants venant de plus de 50 pays ; il s¿agit donc bien d¿un…

Sub-Plenary 4: Policy management & institutional development

¿Attached is a list of documents which have been prepared for the GFAR-2000 Conference. The documents are presented according to the main sessions during which they will be discussed.¿

¿The GFAR-2000 Conference will take place in Dresden from Sunday, May 21 to Tuesday 23,2000. Pre-GFAR-2000 meetings will take place on Saturday, May 20. A GFAR Steering Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, May 25 and a GFAR Support Group meeting on Friday, May 26, 2000. Attached are a draft…

It seems that most if not all of us in the Asia Panel agreed about the centrality of poverty reduction to the mission of the CGIAR.¿ Other arguments: Productivity, sustainability, institutional sustainability of innovation systems and international competitiveness.

The Asia Pacific region is agriculturally the most vibrant globally. At the same time it sustains more than fifty percent of the world population as well as the maximum of poverty. The Green and White Revolutions have also been witnessed in this region which have provided the means to cope with the…