Global consultation on

“Information and communication management and agricultural research for development and innovation”

The global consultation on “Information and communication management and agricultural research for development and innovation”, organized jointly by Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) and ICRISAT (CGIAR), will take place at the campus of ICRISAT in Patancheru near the city of Hyderabad in India, during 7-11 December 2009.

The purpose of this international consultation is to generate ICM inputs for the upcoming Global Consultation on Agricultural Research for Development (April 2010), to support the processes related to the FAO program on Coherence in Information for ARD (CIARD), and to share experience and insights in ICM with APAARI and CGIAR partners.  A limited number of presentations will be made while more time will be available for discussions facilitated by senior experts.

EFITA’s President Prof. Alexander B. Sideridis has been formally invited and will participate to this very important meeting.