In its third and last e-consultation week, LAC invited to a Webinar with Eduardo Trigo

In its third and last e-consultation week, the LAC team invites participants to contribute with thoughts and closing remarks for the event, as a means to link it with the process of preparing GCARD, to be held in March, 2010: “The second week summary prepared by Dr. Eduardo Trigo is available. The summary indicates in [...]

Europe offers a draft synthesis of its recently closed e-consultation

The 115 messages of the European e-consultation helped to illustrate and develop many findings of the Review. New ideas have been put forward. The results will be discussed at a meeting organised by EFARD in Brussels on Tuesday 29 September 2009. Download the draft synthesis of the consultation. Download a power point slide show with the key messages. Participants [...]

Summary of E-Consultation of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Region

The WANA team shares with us the final summary of the e-consultation. Download full summary which contains in addition to the below a listing of regional challenges and researchable and development issues. “The total Participants were 180 from: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United [...]

In Memory of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

Norman E. Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) by Adel El-Beltagy Chair, Global Forum on Agricultural Research “It is very sad for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Constituency that Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) is no more with us. Dr. Borlaug was the world’s foremost [...]

The CGIAR suggests seven Mega-Programs and two cross-cutting platforms for its strategy

In a very recent update on the CGIAR reform, the CGIAR chair Kathy Sierra mentions among others the good start of the GCARD process, as well as a new progress report on the Strategy and Results Framework and Mega-Programs. This document —a work in progress— outlines a strategy “orientated to results at scale” and suggests [...]

Six key-issues suggested for discussion during second week of Latin America and Caribbean e-consultation

The second week of the LAC e-consultation is dedicated to discuss some specific regional issues. These topics are included in the guideline documents “GCARD Regional Review for Latin America and the Caribbean – Background Document” and “GCARD Regional Review for Latin America and the Caribbean – Key Issues” wich are available here. The “Key Issues” [...]

E-consultation Europe: An overview of the answers to questions raised in the 2nd phases

Olivier Chartier from Euroqulity, and facilitator of the European e-consultation shares with us a summary of the 20 replies or so that have been received to the 5 questions raised in the second phase of this consultation. In the last phase that started today and lasts until the end of this week, participants are invite [...]