CGIAR research programs engagement with donors & stakeholders meetings

These series of meetings are linked with the reform process of CGIAR (Consultative Groupe on International Agricultural Research), initiated in 2008 and marked by the Strategic result framework adopted in 2012. The event was dedicated to presenting and discussing the different research programmes of CGIAR portfolio, results achieved and programming for the coming years. These works were shared in 4 2-days sessions in order to cover the 16 research programmes.

Researchers, NGOs, donors and other development partners agreed that the adoption rate of agricultural innovations among poor farmers was often inadequate. Solutions nurtured by scientists are not always adapted to the local needs of farmers. Constraints from within or outside the agriculture sector, such as poor infrastructure or dysfunctional institutions, may also prevent scaling-up. Development organizations may also be unaware of potentially valuable new technologies or farming practices, or institutional innovations that could improve rural household incomes, food security and nutrition in a sustainable manner.

Session 1 - Research programmes: GRiSP, Policies, Institutions and Markets, MAIZE, WHEAT. Link

Session 2 - Research programmes: A4NH, CCAFS, ForestTreesAgroforesty, WLE. Link

Session 3 - Research programmes: AAS, Dryland Systems, Genebanks, Humidtropics. Link

Session 4 - Research programmes: Dryland Cereals, Grain Legumes, Livestock and Fish, RTB. Link