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GCARD2 (2012)

Delivering the Change Together - Reflections on GCARD2
GCARD2, organized by GFAR in partnership with the CGIAR and our wonderful hosts, the Government of Uruguay, set out to move the process forward from WHAT transformation of agricultural research for development (AR4D) is required, to HOW to implement the GCARD RoadMap in practice and the difference it makes. This message of Change was strong and persistent throughout the Conference and explicitly focused on better meeting the needs of smallholder farmers. Read more...

See the conference programme. (Additional information, not vetted as official, on the GCARD blog).

Check out the interactive presentation abut the GCARD 2 Proceedings.

Highlights

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...

Updates from the organizers

From Forward Thinking to Forward Acting

The GCARD2 foresight sessions achieved concrete and practical declarations which provide a basis for priority collective actions to ensure research, policies and innovations are more strongly able to address future challenges. The document summarizing these actions -...

26/02/2013

Foresight at GCARD2: when stakeholders get together

Stakeholder participation is central for reforming agricultural research for development. It is central for improved foresight, too. What does it mean in practice? See below what happened during the GCARD2 foresight sessions: 60% of the Chairs and...

11/02/2013

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 extension officer, the production of food tends to be a last resort, not the positive choice of an ambitious young man or woman. This of...

25/01/2013

From the GCARD blog

Global discussions on agricultural curricula: Where are Africa and South East Asia?

The Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) co-organized from 15-17 June, 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain the conference “Agricultural Higher...

Item URL: https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/global-discussions-on-agricultural-curricula-where-are-africa-and-south-east-asia/

Training the trainers: Participatory prospective analysis for forest tenure analysis in Uganda

With a population of close to 35m people, a total area of 241,038 square kilometres, and a forest cover of 4.9 million hectares, which represent just around 14.5% of the total area, Uganda is the...

Item URL: https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/training-the-trainers-participatory-prospective-analysis-for-forest-tenure-analysis-in-uganda/

The e-discussion on the ¨Role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition” will be extended until the 5th of June

The e-discussion on the ¨Role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition” will be extended until...

Item URL: https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/the-e-discussion-on-the-%c2%a8role-of-agricultural-innovation-systems-in-central-asia-and-caucasus-countries-and-china-towards-more-sustainable-food-security-and-nutrition-will-be-extended-until-the/

GCARD2 sponsors

GCARD2 in the press

Teagasc - Research newsletter, winter 2012

On page 13, interesting article on GCARD2

Networks and partnerships promoted by IICA attract attention in GCARD2 (IICA)

Networks and partnerships promoted by IICA attract attention in GCARD2

Prof. Monty Jones' Reflections on GCARD2 (FARA)

Addressing climate change and agricultural research through partnerships and scenario building | CGIAR Climate

Addressing climate change and agricultural research through partnerships and scenario building...

Gine Zwart, Senior Policy Advisor, Oxfam: Equitable partnerships for improved foresight (from the New Agriculturist)

Gine Zwart discusses some key aspects around partnership and foresight in the context of...

GCARD2 photos

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