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An important part of GFAR’s purpose is to foster more effective partnership between national, regional and international agricultural innovation systems. GFAR brings the international agricultural research system of the CGIAR into better connection and understanding with partners from civil society and the public and private sectors around the world.

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On June 5, CGIAR joined the global community in marking the day by launching a new podcast series with a call to change how we see food and where it comes from, releasing a new set of briefs on critical agriculture issues for UN climate talks and the impact of global warming on poor smallholders, and featuring stories on how CGIAR's work is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
 

A new report proposes a paradigm shift in how we view water and soil salinity. Recycling saline water and restoring salt-affected soils could significantly increase food, feed and renewable energy without expanding land use. In Ethiopia, CGIAR water experts contributed to an ambitious strategy for the development of irrigation to boost food production and incomes of millions of farmers. 

An IP expert at the CGIAR Dryland Systems program explores the potential implications for global public goods and poor smallholder farmers of the Enlarged Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office’s ruling that marker-assisted selection is a technical method.

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