Reports

  1. Working Group Report on sub-plenary sessions: Group 1: Rural Knowledge Systems and Innovation Processes. Powerpoint presentation
    Insights on RKS & IP: 1) Innovation is a process of social interaction that generates new knowledge within the actors. 2) Most farmers and communities construct knowledge without interaction with scientists. 3) Scientific innovation systems and institutions have denied farmers pride in their…
  2. Working Group Report on sub-plenary sessions: Group 1: Rural Knowledge Systems and Innovation Processes
    Insights on RKS & IP: 1) Innovation is a process of social interaction that generates new knowledge within the actors. 2) Most farmers and communities construct knowledge without interaction with scientists. 3) Scientific innovation systems and institutions have denied farmers pride in their…
  3. Report on the first GFAR Support Group Meeting
    Rome, February 5 and 6, 1998
  4. Promoting local innovation (PROLINNOVA). Progress report
    ¿The concept paper explains the rational for basing improvements in ecologically-oriented agriculture (EA) and natural resource management (NRM) on local knowledge, experimentation and innovation. It outlines the main types of activities involved in a global programme to promote this approach:…
  5. Rapporteurs¿ report to plenary on global issues & new GFAR business plan discussed in roundtable sessions (Groups 11 to 16)
  6. Rapporteurs¿ report to plenary on global issues & new GFAR business plan discussed in roundtable sessions (Groups 5 to 10)
    Synthesis of Working Groups 5-10. Goals: 1. To be a global platform for dialogue, advocacy, policy-making and supporting implementation on issues of global concern in agricultural research and development (ARD) such as intellectual property rights, production of global public goods, impact of…
  7. Rapporteurs¿ report to plenary on global issues & new GFAR business plan discussed in roundtable sessions (Groups 1 to 4)
    There was general consensus on the potential value-adding role that can and should be played by GFAR in supporting agricultural research and development in the world. There was the need however for clarity of the role of GFAR vis-à-vis those of other fora, lower down in the geographic hierarchy (e.…
  8. Report on the GFAR initiative on genetic resources for food and agriculture
    "[...] the GFAR-SC approved in October of 1999 the GFAR Initiative in Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GRFA), to be carried out in close consultation with IPGRI and with FAO. There is a strong rationale for the choice of a GRFA initiative at this time. Although the importance of…
  9. GFAR 2003 Conference Report
    The theme of the Second Triennial GFAR Conference held in Dakar, Senegal, 22nd to 24th of May, 2003 (GFAR 2003) was ¿Linking Research and Rural Innovation to Sustainable Development¿. It was a very appropriate theme given the current global focus and attention on sustainable development issues as…
  10. GFAR Secretariat Progress Report: From Manila to Nairobi
    In reviewing our stewardship during the year 2003, [...],we were able to group our accomplishments under the following four categories of activities: Facilitating the systems governance operations Engaging and interacting with stakeholders Facilitating Research Partnerships, and Providing a medium…
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