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  1. The Issue Forgotten Foods: Untapped potential for sustainable food systems Four food crops - wheat, maize, rice and soybean - provide two-thirds of the world’s food supply. Forgotten crops—or Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS)—and the foods derived from them, have immense untapped…
  2. During the first GFAR Conference held in Dresden, Germany, in May 2000, the responsibility to explore ways and means to develop and strengthen research partnerships for ¿Under-utilized and Orphan Commodities¿ (UOC) was assigned to a specific Working Group. This Working Group strongly recommended an…
  3. When discussing new innovative partnerships to be presented at the GFAR- 2000 Conference in Dresden, one European ARI (CIRAD-EMVT), and one IARC (ILRI), identified separately "trypanosomosis control" as a potential candidate for a global innovative program. They, therefore, decided to co-…
  4. GFAR¿s vision for a multipurpose agriculture that contributes significantly to alleviating poverty, increasing food security and attaining the sustainable utilization of natural resources requires the establishment of efficient and effective collaborative efforts amongst several stakeholder groups…
  5. The Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) is a joint undertaking by all stakeholders of ARD to mobilise the global scientific community in order to address the three major challenges of rural poverty alleviation, achieving food security and assuring a sustainable management of the…
  6. A Coconut Global Research for Development Programme (CGRDP) is being developed at the initiative of three research and development organisations: APCC, BUROTROP, and COGENT. Building on existing partnerships, networks and linkages has been a main asset. By putting their resources together, the…
  7. The Mashreq / Maghreb project is an adaptive research program for the development of integrated crop/livestock in the low-rainfall areas of West Asia and North Africa. It encompasses two WANA sub-regions: West Asia and North Africa. The project has evolved from technology component testing to an…
  8. In the context of the Global Soil Fertility Initiative, the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is promoting and supporting African agricultural development using soil fertility improvement as the focal point. The program involves a participatory process that brings farmers, farmers…
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