GCARD consultations featured on latest Collective Action News letter

GCARD features as top story on the Collective Action News, a periodical e-publication of the CGIAR’s Regional Plan for Collective Action in Eastern and Southern Africa. Entitled “Online consultations to enhance agricultural research for development, the article by Simone Staiger-Rivas, illustrates some aspects around broad participation and trust of the ongoing GCARD process from the [...]

First results of the e-consultation evaluation survey

231 participants of the e-consultation replied to our invitation to fill out an evaluation survey which represents approximately 13% of the total number of participants. The respondents came from a range of stakeholder groups and their participation in the survey is representative of the overall participation in the e-consultation. From a regional perspective the percentage [...]

Evaluation of E-consultations launched

All regional e-consultations have now been finalized. Europe just held its face-to-face meetings and the other 5 regional offices are currently preparing their gatherings. In parallel, the preparations for the Montpellier meeting are in full swing. While we will continue to inform the members of the different regional e-conversations about each step of the process [...]

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 [...]

What participants of the e-consultations have to say: Quotes by regions

We are far advanced in the e-consultations of almost all the 6 regions and currently more than 1200 participant have registered globally.   One way to grasp the ongoing conversations is to look at some quotes. Below we offer a selection by regions on what has been said over the last week or so: Sub-Saharan [...]