Structure
The GFAR stakeholders are national agricultural research systems in developing countries (NARS), advanced research institutions (ARIs), regional and sub-regional organisations, universities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), farmers' organisations, the private sector, international agricultural research centres (IARCs) and the donor community.
The key gathering at which all GFAR stakeholders came together was the GFAR Triennial Conference. The first general Conference of GFAR was held in Dresden, Germany, in May 2000, on the topic of "Strengthening research partherships in the globalized world of the turn of century". The second triennial Conference was held in Dakar, Senegal, in 2003 with the theme "Linking Research and Rural Innovation to Sustainable Development". The third triennial Conference was held in New Delhi, India, in 2006 with the theme "Reorienting Agricultural Research" to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)".
The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) replaced the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Triennial Conferences and the Annual General Meetings of the CGIAR.
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