The purpose of this sub plenary session is to have an understanding of the knowledge-poverty nexus
and to discuss how this can be translated into concrete partnership programme in agricultural
research for development (ARD).
Government policy and institutions are of critical importance in efforts to assure food
security for all in a manner compatible with sustainable management of natural resources.
Similarly, technological change is an essential component of such efforts. To be successful,
action by governments must…
In the GFAR, the identification of NRM with Agroecology has been accepted and
consecrated, although their is still no formal definition of what this association means.
Agroecology is an integrating science which seeks to understand flows of energy, information
and matter in agricultural ecosystems…
The concept of the Crucible II Project was initially endorsed in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1998, by a
diverse assembly of people with backgrounds in northern and southern private industry, government,
civil society organizations, indigenous peoples organizations, universities, multilateral institutions,…