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…
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…
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-…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…