- 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-…
- */ www.flickr.com Other photos of this event on Flickr >> Posts in the GCARD 2010 blog Coverage:Information marketplace sets the tone in Hyderabad from ICTDev dot orgICRISAT calls for use of ICT for empowering farmers from WebIndia123.comCall for ICT use in agricultural…
- New Delhi: Nothing distinguishes this parcel of west Delhi soil from any of the other 600-odd acres of cultivable land within the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). It sits under a test crop of cotton in a corner of IARI’s MB3 sector, narrow roads on two borders and a tube well…
- The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and the Uttarakhand Bamboo and Fiber Development Board (UBFDB) are jointly organizing an International Training Workshop on Bamboo as a Modern Construction Material in India during 5 October-14 October 2009 (10 days). The event will be held in…
- Applications invited for a three-week course on ‘Application of Bio-technology and its regulation’ (04.08.09-21.08.09) to be conducted in India by TERI.Eligibility: Early / mid-career government / non-government professionals from 156 ITEC/SCAAP countries Course structure: The courses will combine…
- We at GFAR are delighted to report that Dr Raj Paroda, Chair, GFAR Programme Committee, Executive Secretary, APAARI, and Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), has recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding work towards growth and development of…
- The Asia-Pacific Agricultural Research Information System (APARIS), in collaboration with GFAR and ACIAR, organized a two-day technical workshop on Development and De-Centralized Management of ARD Information Resources. Among the 20 participants of the workshop, 10 were…
- The Third Steering Committee Meeting of Inter-regional Cotton Network in the Central Asia and North Africa (INCANA) was held in Damascus, Syria during the period 19-20 June 2007. The meeting was organized by the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR) and INCANA…