Welcome to the GFAR Update!
With this month's update, the GFAR Secretariat would like to extend its warmest wishes for the festive season and the New Year to all our Partners in the Global Forum working in agricultural research and innovation. May 2016 bring you continued success in your efforts to bring about development impacts for the benefit of the world's resource-poor farmers and producers.
2016 will be another milestone year, marking the culmination of the Forum's third process of consultation designed to help shape the strategy and future direction of agri-food research and innovation around the world--the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3). A series of national and regional consultations are now underway, in which stakeholders are collectively defining their research priorities and strategies. The Global Event, held 5-8 April 2016, will then be an opportunity for all stakeholders to come together to tackle the key issues emerging in agri-food research and innovation. The outcome will be a clear understanding of what is needed to achieve sustainable agricultural development in which “no one is left behind”. You can read more about the GCARD3 Global Event here as well as the breaking media release on the details and hosting arrangements of the Event.
If you would like to become involved in these processes, simply send an expression of interest via email to [email protected], stating that you wish to be involved in the collective actions of the Forum. We will be pleased to recognize you as a partner in GFAR and help celebrate your work!
