ASTI Global Assessment of Agricultural R&D Spending

<p>The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in 2010 catalyzed a plan to transform agricultural research and development (R&amp;D) around the world. The resulting GCARD Roadmap recommends a regularized process of monitoring institutional, human, and financial resources on behalf of all stakeholders. The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators initiative (ASTI), is the only international initiative dedicated to fulfilling this need.

Agriculture and forestry: mainstreaming research findings that work for communities

Partnerships are fundamental to conducting research. Douglas Sheil/CIFOR PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (12 November 2012)_Small-scale farmers in many tropical nations depend primarily on their crops for survival, but without additional income generated by nearby forests, they would often be unable &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/agriculture-and-forestry-mai… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=89934…; width="1" height="1" />

Brazil: Innovation and smallholder partnership provides nutritious foods to school children

Experts who gathered at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) in Uruguay say they want to march into a future where agricultural research remains fast paced, innovation ratchets up production, and the welfare of small-scale farmers &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/brazil-innovation-and-smallh… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=89934…; width="1" height="1" />

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