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
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
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
Following on from the GCARD2 discussions, researchers involved in the CGIAR systems-based programmes are to meet in Penang to consider how to strengthen their contribution to poverty reduction. The meeting, organized through the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, will...
24/01/2013
Source: AIMS A session at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) on “Access, Sharing and Transformation of Agricultural Data and Information” featured CIARD. Several members of the CIARD Advocacy Task Force and...
23/11/2012
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 impacts, the improvement in the livelihoods under very different circumstances is the most important issue, and therefore, I really think that the GCARD...
21/11/2012
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 success of this groundbreaking Conference. Attached here are some detailed reflections on what we have all achieved together, through the...
15/11/2012
Source:ICRISAT The second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD-2) took place in beautiful Punta del Este, Uruguay last week. The theme was “Foresight and partnership for innovation and impact on smallholder livelihoods”. Our...
07/11/2012
Source: WorldFish Center Dr. Stephen Hall speaks to us from GCARD and his expectations of the conference; partnership, thinking with small-holder famers and gender issues for agricultural development.
06/11/2012
Source: Global Donor Platform Including smallholders Why is smallholders engagement lacking in ARD? For this central puzzle from the GCARD2 foresight paper "The voice of smallholders in shaping priorities", three possible explanations have been pointed out by...
05/11/2012
GAP is a multi-stakeholder network of institutions and individuals promoting gender equity and women’s empowerment in the agricultural sector in order to increase production and productivity, value-addition and increases in incomes, reduce losses and wastage, and ensure food and nutrition...
12/10/2012
Source: YPARD Getting Youth involved at the GCARD2! Have you ever heard about the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD 2) to be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, 29 October – 1 November 2012? The GCARD 2 will focus...
19/09/2012
Source: FARA Statement from Monty Jones- Chairman of GFAR and Executive Director of FARA: "I have just returned from Uruguay, where I participated in a preparatory meeting for the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2). The...
27/07/2012
