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  1. A post harvest systems initiative
    Purpose: improve the livelihoods of producers and consumers by enhancing agri-food systems for a range of local, national, regional and international markets, through sustainable and equitable postharvest interventions
  2. The maturing of ICM4ARD as a GPP
    The origins of the concept behind the Information and Communications for Agricultural Research and Development lie with a group of individuals working with International, Regional and National ARD Institutions who believed that the application of Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) to…
  3. Information and Communications Management for Agricultural Research and Development
    (ICM4ARD): 2005 activities and 2006 plans. Presentation for the Program Committee
    Outline: ICM4ARD: Development of the GPP Proposal; Bonn Consultation; Inter-Regional Meeting at Cairo; 2005 Activities; 2006 Planned Activities
  4. The GLOBal ALiance of Regional Agricultural Information Systems Project
  5. Information and communication missions at the regional and global level
    The following proposed activities will be undertaken as facilitating activities developed by GFAR in the field of Information and Communication Management (ICM). They will be developed in close relationships with FAO, hosting GFAR, and in particular with the Waicent outreach programme, with which…
  6. Competitive grant scheme guidelines. 2nd call for proposals
    The DURAS CGS is established to encourage innovation, allow scaling-up of successful innovations and/or best practices developed in the South, and to further develop and explore scientific potentials. It also aims to create opportunities for historically disadvantaged stakeholder groups in the…
  7. Workshop highlights
    The Project DURAS (Promotion du Développement Durable dans les systèmes de Recherche Agricole du Sud) is a three-year project funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It aims to contribute to strengthening the involvement and enhancing the scientific potential of southern stakeholders in…
  8. DURAS [Promotion du Développement Durable dans les systèmes de Recherche Agricole du Sud], a support to RF/SRF for competitive grants in ARSD and to GFAR secretariat
    DURAS, key issues. A Grant of ¿ 4M. (US$ 4.5M.¿ 4M. (US$ 4.5M.). A Project established for 4 Years. A specific geographical coverage: SSA, WANA and 3 countries of APAARI (Viet-Nam, Laos and Cambodia). Two main Goals: To launch competitive grants on ARSD topics, managed by RF/SRF to develop North-…
  9. Direct sowing, mulch-based systems and conservation agriculture (DMC). Case study. Updates on GPPs and pending projects
    During the period from May 2002 to August 2003, Ms. Fatima Ribeiro (a Brazilian researcher from IAPAR) carried out activities as DMC facilitator, hosted by CIRAD. Her workplan, approved by the interim steering committee on May 2002., is synthesized as below: ¿ Learning Activities from local…
  10. Scientific and Technological Information System for the Agricultural Sector in the Americas
    Implementation of Stage I
    Project Profile ¿ Summary
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