<p>The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in 2010 catalyzed a plan to transform agricultural research and development (R&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.
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 … <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/agriculture-and-forestry-mai… reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&blog=89934…; width="1" height="1" />
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Networks and partnerships promoted by IICA attract attention in GCARD2
Addressing climate change and agricultural research through partnerships and scenario building
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 … <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/brazil-innovation-and-smallh… reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&blog=89934…; width="1" height="1" />
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Researchers from the International Potato Center (CIP) are working in Benin for a project designed to introduce ahipa, a highly nutritious root crop originating in the Andes of South America, as a promising food staple in drought-prone regions of Central … <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/south-south-exchange-adaptin… reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&blog=89934…; width="1" height="1" />
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For a poor fairytale farm-boy named Jack reduced to selling the family’s emaciated cow as a last resort, the stalk of a magical bean led to a golden goose and prosperity.