3rd NARES-CGIAR Genetic Innovation Leadership Meeting
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Date
28.10.24 > 29.10.24
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Time
08:00 am > 11:00 pm UTC-11:00
About the event
When: October 28-29 2024
Where: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
What: Within Genetic Innovation and beyond, CGIAR is undergoing a transition to have greater impact in collaboration with national partners.
The 3rd CGIAR Genetic Innovations – NARES leadership meeting builds on previous meetings held in 2022 and 2023 in Nairobi and Marrakesh respectively.
This annual forum provides a platform for senior leadership from CGIAR, NARES (National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems), SRO (sub regional organizations) and Universities in Africa to meet, exchange views and take stock of the current state of crop improvement partnerships.
Progress against previous commitments are tracked and critical areas of improvement to further strengthen partnerships and collaboration are identified.
Participation
This event is by invitation only and is hosted by the CGIAR Genetic Innovation Science Group. Participants include National Agricultural Research and Extension Services (NARES) leaders, CGIAR Genetic Innovation leaders, regional organizations, CGIAR breeding program leaders. A range of CGIAR Centers also partipate, and Genetic Innovation Research Initiatives are involved, including: Accelerated Breeding, Breeding Resources, Genebanks, Market Intelligence, Seed Equal.
Aide-Memoires
Resources:
- NARES–CGIAR Genetic Innovation: Strengthening and Coordinating Engagement – Nairobi edition, 2022
- NARES-CGIAR Leadership Meeting: Genetic Innovation – Marrakesh edition, 2023
- As CGIAR-NARES networks deliver improved crops, new plans are set to accelerate progress
Support: We would like to thank all funders who support this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund. Special thanks to CGIAR research centers, and supporters and national partners.
