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Constituent Meeting of the Consortium of Farmer Organizations of Central Asia and South Caucasus under CACAARI (CFO-CAC)
Date: 2009-10-15 12:00:00
Constituent Meeting of the Consortium of Farmer Organizations of Central Asia and South Caucasus (CFO-CAC) was held on October 14, 2009 in Business Center “Poytakht”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was attended by about 20 participants and was chaired by the CACAARI Chairperson Acad. Hukmatullo M. Ahmadov. The purpose of the meeting was to gather all concerned farmer representatives throughout the CAC around the table and discuss issues relating to agricultural research for development in the region. Participants also were able to provide their inputs into the GCARD process. Last, but not the least, the founding Charter of the Consortium was discussed and approved at the meeting.
The CACAARI Chairperson Acad. Ahmadov gave an introductory presentation on CACAARI to participants. Among other things the presentation focused on the necessity of expanding the membership of the Association to include farmer organizations, NGOs dealing with agriculture, education and private sector institutions. Following the Chairperson’s presentation, Dr. Zakir Khalikulov, Acting Head of Program Facilitation Unit of the CGIAR Program for Sustainable Agriculture in CAC (CGIAR-CAC) and Acting Regional Coordinator of ICARDA-CAC made a presentation on the CGIAR-CAC Program. He briefed participants on Program’s aims, main activities and achievements. Dr. Ajit Maru, Senior Officer from GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) talked to participants about changes in agriculture globally, as well as about changes in the way agriculture was researched and financed. The presentation on the GCARD process in CAC was made by Dr. Surendra Beniwal, Lead Consultant for CACAARI. Dr. Beniwal’s report included the highlights of the Regional Review of Key Agricultural Issues in CAC, the e-consultations. Mr. Anvar Rahmetov, Assistant Executive Secretary of CACAARI, made a presentation on the “Vision of CFO-CAC: it’s aims, goals and activities” Thereafter, he presented the draft version of the CFO Charter for discussion by the participants.
After the presentation of possible aims, goals and activities of CNGO-CAC, the participants were given the opportunity to go together through the whole Charter clause by clause, for either approving it or proposing modifications. At the end of the meeting participants adopted the Charter and agreed on the future steps of the Consortium. More information on the presentations and the Resolution on Consortium Charter, as well as the Minutes of the meeting are available through the CACAARI Secretariat (a.rahmetov@cgiar.org) or the website www.cacaari.org. CACAARI Secretariat would like to thank the leadership of CACAARI and PFU for their chairmanship of the Meeting and the participants for active participation and valuable inputs into the mobilization of various stakeholders for the sake of better and more efficient agricultural research.
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