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22/01/2016

Be part of the global conversation on the future of agri-food research and innovation!

Join hundreds of scientists, researchers, farmers, civil society, rural women and youth, policymakers, education, business and investment agencies from around the world to determine how agri-food research and innovation systems can best meet the world’s development needs.

Pre-registration is now open for the GCARD3 Global Event to be held in South Africa from 5-8 April, 2016.

“No One Left Behind: Agri-food Innovation and Research for a Sustainable World” is the theme of the GCARD3 global event, and it promises to be an exciting and inspiring event with an influential line-up of keynote speakers, workshops and breakout sessions. Full details of the programme will be announced shortly.

Visit the GCARD3 Global Event website to register your interest. Full registration will follow, with information on the program, exhibition space, special events, and travel, accommodation, and visas.

Don’t get left behind – let us know if you are interested in joining the GCARD3 Global Event TODAY!

Be part of the global conversation on the future of agri-food research and innovation

Do you want to help determine how agri-food research and innovation can best meet the world’s development needs? Join hundreds of scientists, researchers, farmers, civil society, rural women and youth, policymakers, education, business and investment agencies from around the...
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GCARD3 Regional Consultation in Eurasia to examine trends in food security

As a contribution to the GCARD3 process, the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), FAO , the World Bank , IFPRI , CACAARI and GFAR are holding the International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil...
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Youth Agripreneurs Project – Call for sponsors

Youth are pivotal for the future of agriculture and the world’s food security. As such, GFAR is committed to integrate, stimulate and mentor involvement of youth in all of its collective programmes. In GCARD3, the Third Global Conference on Agricultural...
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"No more Food to Waste" !

At the World Economic Forum held in Davos 20-23 January, a coalition of 30 leaders launched a new effort to inspire and mobilize action to reduce food loss and waste globally. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Chair of the Global Forum on...
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Spreading the word on Farmers Rights

GFAR and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources recently launched an exciting new programme to help countries to implement Farmers’ Rights in practice, to the benefit of family farmers around the world. The joint capacity building programme on the...
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Collaboration is key to food security in Central Asia

“One, having eaten in the morning a slice of obi non with raisins, fried peas or Circassian walnut, will not be thinking about food for a long time.” – Ibn Sina (Persian polymath, 980-1037 AD) Central Asia is a fascinating...
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Family farming: stronger linkages = more innovations

Guest blog written by Botir Dosov Innovation in family farming can do much to contribute to food security, rural poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. That was the message from the 39th Session of the European Commission on Agriculture (ECA), held...
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GFAR and Partners Launch New Materials to Empower Smallholder Farmers in Honduras

In September 2014, one hundred twenty smallholder farmers, researchers and decision-makers met in the central Honduran mountains in Siguatepeque, the lush green “garden town,” dedicated primarily to farm and forest enterprises. Little did they know as they gathered for the...
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#GCARD3 communications – A call to the good, the willing and the innovators

Are you a professional communicator, or a social media enthusiast? Are you part of the GFAR network (the Global Forum on Agricultural Research) or CGIAR (the global agricultural research partnership), or one of its partners? Are you involved in a...
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CGIAR country consultations: improving collaboration in agricultural research to support national agricultural development objectives

Frank Place of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)shares his impressions about the recent CGIAR national consultations. I had the pleasure of attending CGIAR national consultations in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ethiopia over the past two months...
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FLASH! Announcing the GFAR social media training in Central Asia

Central Asia and the Caucuses might not be well known to many, but it has an incredibly rich cultural history. Countries of the region–Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan–have their own specific challenges in agriculture, sustainable development...
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FLASH: Two more GFAR social media webinars!

After our “Social media for professionals” webinar, we received many requests for more interactive sessions on social media. And being GFAR, we’re more than happy to comply with the requests from our partners. :-) So, here are our next two...
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CIAT: Regional Director-Africa

City: Nairobi
Countries: Kenya
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture ( www.ciat.cgiar.org ) works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in...
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FAO: Senior Animal Production Officer

City: Rome
Countries: Italy
The Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) assists member countries in the sustainable development of the livestock sector and in...
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World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) : Science Prizes 2016

Expiry date: 2016-02-29 00:00:00
Each year, TWAS awards eight prizes of US$15 thousand each to individual scientists who have been working and living in...
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