On 15-17 May 2002 the second conference of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) was held in Rome under the banner of ¿Strengthening the European Contribution to Agricultural Research for Development¿. The conference was organised by the EFARD Steering Committee,…
The main goal of this four (4) years project with a funding of ¿ 4,000,000 is to strengthen the involvement of the southern stakeholders (NARS, including the civil society organisations, and their Regional and sub-regional Fora) in a global agenda dealing with agricultural research for sustainable…
L¿objectif : Contribuer à renforcer l'engagement et le potentiel scientifique
des acteurs de la Recherche Agricole pour le Développement Durable des
pays du Sud. Initiative de Type 2 du sommet mondial pour le développement durable de
Johannesburg. Les pays couverts par le projet: Les Pays ZSP…
Document contains tables and information about two projects: 1) DURAS project funded by MAE(France), 'Promoting sustainable development in agricultural research systems', and 2) Strengthening the participation of farmers' organizations
and of NGOs in the global agenda of agricultural…
Media Coverage of GCARD for 31 Marc-5 April 2010
1. Agence France Presse: Montpellier: les agriculteurs, partenaires incontournables de la recherche
2. Bloomberg: Researcher sees corn, wheat prices doubling by 2050
3. Reuters AlertNet (UK): A solution to hunger and climate change? Try…
15th April, 2010 Dear Colleagues, I am sure you are aware that Bharat Krishak Samaj (Farmers’ Forum, India) serves the causes of all farmers and provide a useful platform to voice their opinions and views. Like the change in understanding of food security in India, BKS too has evolved, from a non-…
This paper by the Global Authors’ Team (GAT) has been commissioned by the Global Forum on International Agricultural Research (GFAR) as an input into the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) being held in, Montpellier, France between March 28th and 31st 2010. It…
12 March 2010
The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010 is just around the corner. It will be held in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010.
The meeting is part of a massive and concerted effort to better align research processes with the needs…
Scientific and Technical Information and Rural Development: Highlights of Innovative Practices
The renewed worldwide interest in agriculture and in issues relating to food crises in different parts of the world has highlighted the need for providing quality information to actors in rural…
CIARD is organizing an Information Access Marketplace in association with the IAALD XIIIth World Congress organized by Agropolis International 27th - 29th April 2010 in Montpellier, France.
The Marketplace will take place from 14.00 to 17.30 Monday 26th April 2010.
Are your organization’s…