Activities:
The cluster implements activities in three configurations of the knowledge system in an iterative process of exchange of information and products: consultative platforms, implementation coalitions and science networks. In total 57 projects address issues in 4 thematic fields: markets, trade and sustainable rural development; conservation and use of biodiversity; water for food and ecosystems and knowledge and learning systems. A distinction is made between multilateral and bilateral project activities.
Target groups:
Policy makers at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the Netherlands; policy makers at other Ministries in the Netherlands; policy makers in target countries in the South and Eastern Europe; policy makers and participants in global governance and multilateral initiatives and organisations; Research and education institutions; private agribusiness sector; development and extension organisations; rural households in target regions.
Products:
Policy briefs, policy workshops, policy recommendations, popular and scientific reports, training, institutional capacity building, stakeholder consultations, technical reports, debates, technical innovations, product chain configurations, web-based knowledge brokering, (interactive) databases.
Publications of this Cluster are available Here |
