Tackling rural poverty, together

"Enhancing Dialogue, Coordinating Agendas: How can agricultural research better support rural development outcomes?" A joint meeting of the Platform and the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD), the event sought to identify linkages and build synergies between agricultural research for development and the broader agriculture and rural development agenda.

Resources

•  Draft agenda
•  List of Participants
•  Discussion Paper No 1: Maximising the Contribution of Agricultural Research to Rural Development
•  Discussion Paper No. 2: Strengthening the Demand Side of Agricultural Research. Platform
•  Presentation by Brian Baldwin (IFAD), Platform Co-Chair: Striving for increased and more effective aid in agriculture and rural development
•  Presentation by Steve Ashley, theIDLgroup: Maximising the contribution of agricultural research to development
•  Presentation by Mark Holderness, GFAR: Building from Demand - Reshaping Tomorrow's Agriculture Today