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Policymakers urged to include local knowledge in aid projects

Policymakers urged to include local knowledge in aid projects

Source: SciDev.Net   The process of providing scientific advice on development policy should involve a wide range of experts,...
Bioversity International announces incoming Director General

Bioversity International announces incoming Director General

Source: Bioversity International   Bioversity International announces the appointment of Ms M. Ann Tutwiler as incoming Director...
Transforming Agricultural Education in India

Transforming Agricultural Education in India

National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, XI Agricultural Science Congress, Bhubaneswar, Orissa: 7-9 February 2013 Agricultural Education:...
Meeting on taking forward the GAP in Asia

Meeting on taking forward the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) in Asia

Brief meeting was held 09-02-2013 at the Directorate for Research on Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, India, alongside the XI National...
Commentary - Engaging youth in agriculture - Investing in our future

Commentary - Engaging youth in agriculture - Investing in our future

Source: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs   Courtney Paisley is the Global Coordinator of the Young Professionals’...
AWARD fellowship program

AWARD fellowship program

The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF / WECARD) has received a grant from the IDA...
GCARD2 - Foresight sessions

Foresight at GCARD2: when stakeholders get together

Stakeholder participation is central for reforming agricultural research for development. It is central for improved foresight, too....
Priority setting for Roots,

Priority setting for Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Add your voice in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish

Source: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas (RTB)   Get involved by filling out the crop survey that best matches...
If agriculture is an aging profession, we need to make some changes!

If agriculture is an aging profession, we need to make some changes!

Ask a young person what they wish for their future, and very few will mention agriculture.   Whether as a farmer, researcher or...
Re-imagining agricultural research in development

CGIAR discusses how its research can better benefit the poorest

Following on from the GCARD2 discussions, researchers involved in the CGIAR systems-based programmes are to meet in Penang to consider how to...
Feeding the World 2013

The Economist Conference “Feeding the World 2013”

Prof. Monty Jones, Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, will be a keynote speaker at the next Economist Conference  “...
Second biannual ICT in Agriculture Newsletter from the World Bank

Second biannual ICT in Agriculture Newsletter from the World Bank

Attached the second newsletter on ICT in agriculture from the ICT in Agriculture Task Force, whose members are part of the Agriculture and Rural...
Young Professionals in Agriculture engage into discussions on Climate Change!

Young Professionals in Agriculture engage into discussions on Climate Change!

COP18, the 18th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was taking...
ENDURE foresight study goes global

ENDURE foresight study goes global

Source: ENDURE The work of ENDURE’s foresight study team has been presented to the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) as...
Our Future starts Today

Our Future starts Today

The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals is approaching fast. We know that while there have been many real achievements as a result of...
Linking Farmers to Market - Enhancing poverty reduction (Market Access) in Rwanda through Agroprocessing & Value Addition

Linking Farmers to Market - Enhancing poverty reduction (Market Access) in Rwanda through Agroprocessing & Value Addition

Agro processing means transforming products originating from agriculture, forestry and even fisheries. It is a subset of manufacturing that...
Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day

Include Agriculture in Addressing Global Climate Change Challenges

The Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day, which took place yesterday in Doha, Qatar, forms the latest round of the important event...
Linking farmers to markets - Contracting out of Poverty: small changes can bring big results for smallholders

Linking farmers to markets - Contracting out of Poverty: small changes can bring big results for smallholders

Contract farming – a set agreement between a farmer and a buyer – is a widely used approach for agricultural processing companies and...
Online Consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security

Online Consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security

We are pleased to invite you to the online consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security - toward a post-2015 development agenda....
GCARD endorses CIARD

GCARD endorses CIARD

Source: AIMS   A session at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) on “Access, Sharing...
What was said about GCARD2

What was said about GCARD2

Alexander Müller (FAO): If we are talking about innovation, we have to look how we can change the situation on the ground. So looking at...
Delivering the Change Together

Delivering the Change Together - Reflections on GCARD2 - Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary

I am writing to thank you all very much for the very dynamic and rich discussions in Punta del Este and your tremendously valuable inputs to the...
Innovations in Partnership

Innovations in Partnership

Source:ICRISAT   The second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD-2) took place in beautiful Punta del...
Podcast: Stephen Hall's

Podcast: Stephen Hall's expectations of GCARD 2012

Source: WorldFish Center   Dr. Stephen Hall speaks to us from GCARD and his expectations of the conference; partnership, thinking with...