Tackling rural poverty, together

Eschborn, 26 Nov 2009.  "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

Presentations

•  Striving for increased and more effective aid in agriculture and rural development. Brian Baldwin (IFAD), Platform Co-Chair
•  EIARD Strategy 2009-2013. Jonathan Wadsworth (DFID), EIARD Chair
•  A New CGIAR to Bolster World Food Security (and rural development..?). Jonathan Wadsworth (DFID), EIARD Chair
•   Maximising the contribution of agricultural research to development. Steve Ashley, theIDLgroup
•   Building from demand - reshaping tomorrow's agriculture today. Mark Holderness, GFAR
•   Strengthening the demand side of agricultural research. Raşit Pertev, Platform Secretariat

Output

•  Workshop summary