IAASTD
Int. Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technol. for DevelopmentCompleted
https://www.agassessment.org/
Type of Structure: | committee / commission |
Regional Scope: | global |
Parent Organisations: | FAO, GEF, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, World Bank, WHO |
Child Organisations: |
No more in operation: IAASTD-2008 |
Duration : | 2005 to 2007 COMPLETED |
Contact Address: | no office contact defined |
General information and objectives
- Undertake global and sub-global assessments of the role of knowledge, science and technology (KST) as it pertains to agriculture in reducing hunger and poverty, improving rural livelihoods, and health, increasing incomes and facilitating equitable, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development;
- provide robust information for decision makers on how to ensure that policies, practices and institutional arrangements enable KST to contribute to reducing hunger and poverty, improving rural livelihoods and health, increasing incomes, and facilitating equitable, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development; and
- bring together the range of stakeholders (consumers, governments, NGOs, private sector, producers, scientific community, international agencies) involved in the agricultural sector and rural development to share views, gain common understanding and vision for the future.
For further details, link to the IAASTD Home Page
Last update: 4/27/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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