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GFAR was formally established in 1996 by an agreement among stakeholders of agricultural research, as an initiative to promote cost-effective partnerships and strategic alliances in agricultural research and innovation. 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 alleviation of rural poverty, food security and the sustainable management of the environment are GFAR's three basic objectives. GFAR Mission is to:
Financial support for this initiative is provided by a GFAR Donor Support Group. The key gathering at which all GFAR stakeholders come together is 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 hel in New Delhi, India, in 2006 with the theme "Reorienting Agricultural Research to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)". GFAR operates closely through the seven Regional Forums on ARD, namely:
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