GFAR Announces new Chair and Vice Chair
GFAR proudly announces the appointment of our new Chair and Vice-Chair who will lead GFAR into its next phase At their meeting in June 2017, the GFAR Steering Committee appointed Ms. Bongiwe N. Njobe from South Africa as Chair of GFAR. She is joined by Mr. Raffaele Maria Maiorano from Italy as Vice-Chair. In just a short time since their
- Posted on 21 Jul 2017 Read More
Updates from the GFAR Steering Committee
The GFAR Steering Committee met in Rome on February 8-9, 2017 and worked to set a new agenda for this multi-stakeholder global forum on agri-food research and innovation. GFAR is a global network for action and the Steering Committee now comprises 34 elected representatives, from across 13 sectors involved in agricultural research and innovation at international,
- Posted on 09 Apr 2017 Read More
4th GCHERA World Dialogue & GCHERA General Assembly 2016
The GCHERA Annual Meeting will be held on Monday 17 October 2016, Cape Town, South Africa as a pre-meeting to the Fifth RUFORUM Biennial Conference, also known as African Higher Education Week. The meeting will comprise two parts. The first part, in partnership with GFAR, will be the 4th GCHERA World Dialogue 2016 : Global Leadership
- Posted on 24 Sep 2016 Read More
GCHERA to Follow GCARD3 Outcomes
GCARD3 Theme 3: “Keeping science relevant and future-focused”. GCHERA members are directly challenged to take forward two of the proposals from the Theme 3 discussions: One thousand additional PhDs per year in next-generation, future-relevant agricultural research. A higher-educational reform across a 100 universities over five continents. These proposals will be actioned at the GCHERA Annual
- Posted on 16 Aug 2016 Read More