Objectives
This GFAR stakeholder group consultation session provides a unique opportunity for the different
GFAR stakeholder constituencies to discuss and prepare for the full range of topics that are to or that
have been addressed during the meeting as well as to evaluate the outcomes of the conference from a
specific stakeholder angle, as all the other sessions and discussion groups were voluntarily organized
on a mixed basis.
The three specific objectives of this session are to:
Objectives
This GFAR stakeholder group consultation session provides a unique opportunity for the different
GFAR stakeholder constituencies to discuss and prepare for the full range of topics that are to or that
have been addressed during the meeting as well as to evaluate the outcomes of the conference from a
specific stakeholder angle, as all the other sessions and discussion groups were voluntarily organized
on a mixed basis.
The three specific objectives of this session are to:
Objectives
This GFAR stakeholder group consultation session provides a unique opportunity for the different
GFAR stakeholder constituencies to discuss and prepare for the full range of topics that are to or that
have been addressed during the meeting as well as to evaluate the outcomes of the conference from a
specific stakeholder angle, as all the other sessions and discussion groups were voluntarily organized
on a mixed basis.
The three specific objectives of this session are to:
Objectives
This GFAR stakeholder group consultation session provides a unique opportunity for the different
GFAR stakeholder constituencies to discuss and prepare for the full range of topics that are to or that
have been addressed during the meeting as well as to evaluate the outcomes of the conference from a
specific stakeholder angle, as all the other sessions and discussion groups were voluntarily organized
on a mixed basis.
The three specific objectives of this session are to:
Objectives
The Stakeholder consultations among members of the regional and sub-regional fora of the NARS will
take place both on Friday, May 23, 2003 (17:30 ¿ 18:30) and on Saturday May 24, 2003 (8:00 ¿
10:00). These sessions will allow the NARS participants to discuss a variety of topics of particular
interest to the NARS constituency, in addition to suggested topics ranging from capacity building to
re-engineering of the NARS Committee. Like the rest of the GFAR stakeholders, the NARS will
Objectives: In 1994, Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation (NEDA) asked ILEIA to initiate and facilitate a research programme mandated to make: A participatory assessment of the viability of Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) technologies in different environmental and socioeconomic settings and substantiate this as far as possible with quantitative data. This participatory assessment should include an attempt to understand the processes that lead to changes in farmers' livelihood and land-use strategies.
"Objectives: to improve the efficiency of rain water use in dry environments through the integration of appropriate water-harvesting techniques and the conjunctive use of rain and other
available water resources in the farming systems of these areas. Activities: research on the indigenous water harvesting systems in their respective countries, underlining their past, present, and potential future use."
Objectives: to optimize the use of available crop residues and agro-industrial by-products by
reviving the feed-block technology in the WANA region. Activities: the introduction of feed block technology to increase the supply of supplementary to small ruminants
The authors focus on how social actors engage in processes of learning and doing, how they are
knowing their way into the future. People are seen as cognitive beings who make sense of their
environment. Yet, their environment also directs and pushes their knowing in a particular
direction. This assumes a direct link between social knowing and governance. A case from rural
Cameroon shows how well-intentioned but isolated attempts to strengthen local learning may
backfire. The question is raised as to whether one can speak of good governance of knowing.