The CGIAR is a strategic
alliance of members, partners and international agricultural
centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor.
CSOs meet at AGM06
December 2006 - January 2007 A Decidedly Civil Online Dialogue about Partnerships
Throughout most of November, a diverse group of researchers and development professionals kept up a continuous stream of informative and constructive messages in the CGIAR’s first facilitated online dialogue about its partnerships with civil society organizations, or CSOs. Referred to as a “Virtual Conversation,” the dialogue was the positive prelude to a day-long, face-to-face Forum – involving CSOs, Members of the CGIAR, staff of the Centers and Challenge Programs it supports and others – at the CGIAR Annual General Meeting (AGM06) in early December. more...
Desertification: Modern Science Helps Combat a Farmer's Foe - Desertification is a complex phenomenom, adversely affecting the lives and livelihoods of over 2 billion people living in drylands that cover 40 percent of the earth’s surface. Where desertification occurs, poor people especially those who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods are hit hardest.
Recognizing the severity of the problem, the United Nations has declared 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. More..
