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  1. Towards a Global Agricultural Research System: A NARS Perspective
    As we near the threhhold of the 21st century the world is faced with an increasingly complex challenge of feeding its growing population, while assuring an equitable and sustainable development. Scientific and technological progress is generating the knowledge and the tools to make this possible.…
  2. Strengthening
    Regional/Sub-Regional Organizations
    of Agricultural Research
    for Development
    In the globalized world that characterizes this turn of century the Regional/Sub-Regional Organizations (ROs/SROs) play a key role in facilitating scientific and technological cooperation among groups of countries. Through cooperative action, the ROs/SROs facilitate joint research efforts, seeking…
  3. NARS Issues: Integration of NARS: From NARIs to NARS
    The institutional diversification of agricultural research, the appearance of new institutional actors (i.e. NGOs, the private sector, universities), and the increasing complexity and costs of agricultural research as a consequence of the very rapid development in the new areas of science, are…
  4. How Can the Poor Benefit from Growing Markets for High Value Products? Workshop documentation
    This report documents the workshop on High Value Agricultural Products for the Benefit of the Poor, which took place on October 3-5, 2005 at CIAT in Colombia. This report is not a final synthesised report, but tries to capture the workshop output in a non-interpreted way. THIS DOCUMENTATION IS…
  5. International workshop on
    How can the poor benefit from the growing markets
    For high value agricultural products? Synthesis Report
    Growing domestic and international markets for high value agricultural products can represent lucrative opportunities for competitive producers. At the same time, prices of staple commodities are steadily declining and these markets are being squeezed, especially for farmers whose production…
  6. High Value Products for Smallholder Markets in West Asia and North Africa ¿ trends, opportunities and research priorities.
    High value crops refer to non-traditional food crops such as vegetables, fruits, flowers, houseplants and foliage, condiments and spices2. High value livestock and fishery products include products such as milk, beef, poultry, pork, eggs, and fish that are non-traditional sources of protein for…
  7. High Value Agricultural Products for Smallholder Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Opportunities and Research Priorities
    High value crops refer to non-traditional food crops such as vegetables, fruits, flowers, houseplants and foliage, condiments and spices2. High value livestock and fishery products include products such as milk, beef, poultry, pork, eggs, and fish that are non-traditional sources of protein for…
  8. High Value Products and Smallholders Economies: Concepts, Issues and Research Needs in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Prepared for the GFAR International workshop ¿How can the poor benefit from the growing markets for high value agricultural products?¿ Cali, Colombia. October 2005
  9. High value agricultural products in Asia and the Pacific for small-holder farmers: Trends, opportunities and research priorities
    In many Asian countries the agricultural sector is undergoing transformation, with changes in the contribution of the different sub-sectors occurring. High value agricultural products (HVAP) are defined here as products that are typically perishable, that are of specific high-value, and that are…
  10. How can the poor benefit from the growing markets for high value agricultural products?
    This paper aims to identify critical areas for trade, marketing, capital market development and regulatory reforms that can facilitate the integration of small-scale farmers (small-scale farmers) in domestic, regional and global markets for high-value agricultural (HVA) products in particular high…
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