FORAGRO Forum for the Americas on Agricultural Research and Technology Development Progress and Achievements

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1 FORAGRO Forum for the Americas on Agricultural Research and Technology Development Progress and Achievements

2 What is it? Executive Committee Universities Private sector Public sector DIALOGUE ARTICULATION ALLIANCES ADVOCACY ROLE (R&D political positioning) S&T DEVELOPMENT NARIs NGOs Technical Secretariat Agricultural producers International Organizations

3 Intrinsic Factors to the Organizations for Regional Cooperation (key elements that guide cooperation) Common regional opportunities Common threats To avoid duplications on regional cooperation Economies of scale and scope Spillovers and spill-ins Diversity of technological demands Adaptation to institutional survival Efficacy and efficiency of I&D processes

4 Hemispheric system for cooperation among countries in agricultural R&D PROCINORTE PROCICARIBE SICTA PROMECAFE CATIE CARDI PROCITROPICOS PROCIANDINO PROCISUR R&D Agencies from Developed Countries

5 Millenium Developing Goals PROCINORTE SICTA PROCIANDINO PROMECAFE PROCITROPICOS PROCICARIBE N e t w o r d s PROCISUR N e t w o r d s R&D Agencies from Developed Countries CIP NARSs

6 FORAGRO s Lines of Action 1. Hemispheric Dialogue 2. Support for a Regional R&D Agenda 3. Capacity building: exchange of experiences 4. Prospective studies 5. Information management for R&D 6. Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora 7. Support of the Regional R&D System

7 Purposes of the Forum s work program during the period Consolidation of the Forum for Dialogue among different stakeholders on agriculture from the technological perspective Execution of FORAGRO s lines of work under the Plan of Action Promote closer coordination and strategic partnerships among the various actors that conforms the Regional R&D System Undertake efforts to link the technological institutional framework more closely with the Global Agricultural Research System Advocacy for the reposition of agricultural research and innovation in national and regional political agendas

8 ACHIEVEMENTS

9 Celebration of the Executive Committee and the FORAGRO Plan of Action (FPA) FORAGRO s Executive Committee met in September 2006 in Montevideo Election of President, and Vice-Presidents of NARs, Private sector, Universities and NGO FPA approval Decision to hold the 5th International Meeting of FORAGRO in Montevideo in 2008

10 Line of Action 1: Hemispheric Dialogue Selection of main topic and scope of the 5 th International Meeting of FORAGRO Institutional Innovations to face new challenges for Agricultural Development in the Americas Electronic Forum among a wide range of actors on institutional policies and transformations as input for the Ministerial Meeting in Guatemala 2007 Technological Forum and Declaration release in the 4th Ministerial Meeting in Guatemala 2007

11 Line of Action 2: Support for a Regional R&D Agenda State of the art in regard to four of the priority topics: Technological Innovation and Agribusiness Conservation and Plant Genetic Resource Management Agro-biotechnologies Sustainable Natural Resource Management New projects FORAGRO/IICA-GFAR negotiated and/or initiated or developed Family Agriculture and Technological Innovation Information management for agricultural R&D: indicators, successful cases and sensitization strategy for LAC GPP Linking Farmers to Markets: Successful cases in LAC

12 Line of Action 3: Capacity building and exchange of experiences Paper on Concepts, policies and guidelines for the implementation of institutional innovations in agricultural research International Seminar on Institutional Innovations: Hemispheric and National Perspectives, held in Uruguay

13 Line of Action 4: Prospective studies Periodic analyses of the performance of, and outlook for, agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean and implications for R&D Report on Performance of Latin American and Caribbean Agriculture from the Technological Perspective shared in regional meetings: Technological Forum in Ministerial Meeting, Guatemala 2007 Boards of the PROCIs; Ministerial Meeting (as a part of the State of and Outlook for Agricultural and Rural Life in the Americas biannual report prepared by IICA.

14 Line of Action 5: Information management for R&D Information sharing system on science and technology through the development of INFOTEC Sensitize stakeholders on the importance of information management in research and innovation Paper on advocacy strategy on IM for R&D Publication on success stories of ICTs in R&D Preliminar profile of Information management in NARIs in LAC

15 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora FORAGRO s presence in Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture, Guatemala 2007

16 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora FORAGRO s presence in Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture, Guatemala 2007

17 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora Agricultural Research Development, ARD/ European Research Area, ERA: Member of Southern Advisory Group (SAG) Maribor, Slovenia, 2007

18 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora Agricultural Research Development, ARD/ European Research Area, ERA: Southern Advisory Group (SAG) Documents of ERA/ARD Conference ERA/ARD and the MDGs A Strategic Vision of European ARD 2015 and Beyond Innovative Capacity Development Approaches

19 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora CGIAR Executive Committee,ExCo Madrid and Rome, 2007

20 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora CGIAR Executive Committee,ExCo Madrid and Rome, 2007 Sharing and complementing with GFAR s Chair Interest of GFAR / Regional Fora to participate actively in CGIAR s activities Projects in GFAR BP More involved in CGIAR s Challenge Programs and External Program and Management Reviews, EPMR Collaboration with Global Partnership Programs,GPP More closer ties and active role in Setting Priorities at the Regional level of CGIAR. Congruence

21 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora CGIAR Executive Committee,ExCo Madrid and Rome, 2007 Participation in Scoping Team Proposal AGM 07 Linkages with Civil Society Organizations,CSO Intellectual Property Rights, IPR / Genetic Resources Policy Committee ExCo 14 th. Collaboration with global data basis, as ASTI / IFPRI

22 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora GFAR Statutory Meetings in Washington (2006) and China (2007) Strategic Planning, Programming Meetings and Business Plan of GFAR, in Egipt 2007

23 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora GFAR Triennial Conference 2006, in New Delhi, India

24 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora IAASTD ---World Bank, Montpellier and Costa Rica 2006, Washington 2007

25 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora IAASTD ---World Bank, Montpellier and Costa Rica 2006, Washington DC 2007

26 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora IAASTD ---World Bank, Montpellier and Costa Rica 2006, Washington DC 2007

27 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora INIAs Iberoamerica in Argentina and Uruguay, 2007 VI Encuentro de INIAs de Iberoamérica

28 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora INIAs Iberoamerica in Argentina and Uruguay, 2007

29 Line of Action 6: Lobbying for R&D in relevant Fora INIAs Institutional Innovation, in La Paz, Bolivia, 2007

30 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System PROCIANDINO: Reactivation : The road to a new agreement; Regional themes identified New Executive Secretary appointed

31 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System PROCITROPICOS: New cooperation agreement Priority networks (agroenergy, cocoa, coffee, plant genetic resources) FORAGRO-PROCITROPICOS participation in SGR of ERA (Europe)

32 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System SICTA Promotion of Regional Strategy for agro-biotechnology and biosafety Formulation of the Agricultural Technology Policy for Central America Reactivation of REMERFI along with CATIE

33 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System PROMECAFE: Agreement renewed ( ) Participation in the Technological Forum of the Ministerial Meeting Guatemala 2007 Projects Coffee Quality linked to its origin and Geographic Indications for Food Exports.

34 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System PROCINORTE: Agreement renewed ( ) Cooperative research (Task forces): Animal and plant health Tropical and subtropical fruit trees Genetic resources network (NORGEN) Agricultural library and information network

35 Line of Action 7: Support for the Regional R&D System FONTAGRO 47 regional research projects estimated in US$12 millions Important benefits in different dimensions (economics, environment, social and institutional) New call for competitive projects on vegetables and fruits in the order of US$4 million

36 GFAR-FORAGRO proposed joint actions 5th International Meeting of FORAGRO, Montevideo Participation of GFAR-Regional Fora Institutional Innovations for research and technological innovation through intra and inter regional cooperation: Guidelines for diagnostic assessment of national innovation systems and workshop with subregional Fora. Information Management for R&D Implementation of the advocacy strategy through policy document and workshops Linking small farmers to markets Study on successful experiences to link small farmers to markets Participation in the IC and the formulation of the GPP.

37 5th International Meeting of FORAGRO Montevideo, Uruguay 2008 WELCOME!!

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