GCARD2

  1. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.2 Household Nutrition Security: Briefing Paper
    While the research agenda is growing, there remains limited concrete evidence on how agriculture–nutrition linkages work. A mapping exercise has been completed by DFID/LCIRAH outlining the research gaps. However more nutrition-relevant data from agricultural interventions needs to be generated,…
  2. GCARD2. Breakout sessions P2.3 Climate Change - Briefing Paper
    We need to establish common interlinked platforms at global, regional and national levels for coherent dialogue and policy action, supported by research, related to climate change, agriculture, forestry, crisis response and food security. This session explores the nexus between climate change,…
  3. GCARD2. Breakout Session P2.2 Land, Water, Forests and Landscapes – Speaker Brief - Ecosystem Resilience and Multi-stakeholder Governance
    Looking for quality improvement of No Till system at the farmer level as a goal, FEBRAPDP and ITAIPU BINACIONAL developed a participatory methodology for assessing the quality of the Conservation Agriculture in the Paraná 3 basin.
  4. GCARD2. Breakout session P2.3 Climate Change – Speaker Brief - A global challenge: Fighting against desertification
    The tripartite call for proposals Africa/Brazil/France “Fight against desertification in Africa” has been launched and about ten research projects will be supported in 2013. The targeted geographic regions are the African arid and semi-arid regions, especially the areas covered by the Great Green…
  5. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.3 North-South and South-South Collaborative Actions – Speaker Brief - CORAF/CIRAD and IRD collaborative research platforms in West and Central Africa
    This presentation is under the aegis of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD). It presents the example of the concrete achievements implemented by two institutions, IRD and CIRAD, which contribute significantly to partnership research…
  6. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.2 Household Nutrition Security: Speaker Brief - Development Opportunity Crops and Species (DOCS): an Essential Contribution to World Food Sustainability and Nutrition
    Enhancing diversity through the use of neglected, underutilized crops and species will not only diversify agro-ecosystems and rotations, but also likely to improve adaptability to extreme climatic conditions, provide resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses and produce harvestable yields where…
  7. GCARD2. Breakout Session C1.1. Public Investments - Session Brief
    Compiling accurate, up-to-date information on AR4D investments and their impacts is extremely challenging, time consuming and is contingent on available human and financial resources. The ASTI initiative is geared not only to assess investments but also to address how to identify indicators for…
  8. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.2 Household Nutrition Security: Speaker Brief - South Asia Food And Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) - Secure Nutrition Knowledge Platform
    Over the past three years, the World Bank has made a concerted effort to scale-up work in nutrition and is strongly committed to increasing the multisectorality of its investments by supporting nutrition through other relevant sectors, such as agriculture, social protection and education. The Bank…
  9. GCARD2. Breakout session P1.1 National Food Security – Synthesis Briefing Paper
    The various AR4D initiatives focusing on improving food security face similar challenges such as how to link basic biological research at the international level to its application on the ground in specific countries and contexts, or how to work with development actors to ensure that research…
  10. GCARD2. The state of foresight in food and agriculture and the roads toward improvement - Chapter F1 - Report
    The GCARD2 process on foresight is intended to advance the Roadmap actions required, paving the way for developing more effective approaches in line with the partnership principles, smallholder farmer and impact-centred focus of the GCARD. The key question the foresight session intends to address…
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