In one of yesterday’s parallel sessions at the second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2), a crucial issue was raised: land access to smallholder farmers. “We are dealing with smallholders but sometimes even with super-smallholders!” one of the &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/is-gcard2-addressing-smallhol… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Collective action is touted as helping producers achieve better prices and higher levels of production. But what motivates kola nut farmers in Cameroon to band together? Surprisingly, social benefits outweigh economic incentives and benefits. A new study by scientists from &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/motivating-kola-farmers-into-… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Tabaré Aguerre, Ministro de Agricultura y Pesca, responde a los reporteros sociales de la GCARD2. Se mostró alegre y emocionado por el desarrollo de Uruguay en el sector Agropecuario. En los últimos ocho años se ha generado una demanda creciente &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/el-agro-negocio-explica-el-70… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

The Social Reporters of the GCARD event should all feel accomplished and proud after having the honor of experiencing a private meeting with the Uruguayan President, the Honorable, Jose Mujica. And proud we are! As a young professional in agriculture &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/i-want-to-be-the-president-le… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Award ceremony organized on 29 October 2012, in Punta del Este, Uruguay  29 October 2012, Punta del Este (Uruguay) &#8211; The Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food, launched by Agropolis Fondation, has been awarded to Pamela Ronald, &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/012-louis-malassis-internatio… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

  Ceremonia de entrega del Premio organizada el 29 de octubre 2012, en Punta del Este, Uruguay  29 de octubre de 2012, Punta del Este (Uruguay) – El Premio Científico Internacional Louis Malassis para la Agricultura y la Alimentación, instituido &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/el-premio-cientifico-internac… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

&#160; Cérémonie de remise du Prix organisée le 29 octobre 2012, à Punta del Este, Uruguay  29 Octobre 2012, Punta del Este (Uruguay) &#8211; Le Prix Scientifique International Louis Malassis pour l’Agriculture et l’Alimentation, lancé par Agropolis Fondation, a été &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/le-prix-scientifique-internat… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Fue una de las frases del Presidente del Uruguay, José Mujica, “la Economía no entiende la existencia de los productores”, se debe definir la realidad sustentable que viven los agricultores para aplicar políticas públicas diferenciadas que permitan el desarrollo del &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/ser-agricultor-es-un-estilo-d… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Over 80 percent of Uruguay’s land area is used for livestock farming, dairy production, foliage and crop rotation, thereby generating about 70 percent of the country’s export[i] 13 percent employment rate and 9.3 percent GDP.[ii] Most farms are family managed &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/who-needs-large-farms-anyway/… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src=

The GCARD-2 Foresight paper (F3), “The voice of smallholders in shaping priorities”, raises a number of questions about why the inclusion of farmers, particularly resource-poor farmers, in foresight (and in ARD processes generally) has so far been limited. This prompted &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/involving-smallholders-in-agr… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />