As GCARD2 draws to a close, ICRISAT&#8217;s Deputy Director General, David Hoisington, answers three questions: 1. The CGIAR has made a huge transition recently. What do you think of the new system and will it be better suited to addressing the &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/gcard2-getting-a-better-unde… 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" />

It all started off as a challenge for a young group of social media enthusiasts that wanted to give a voice to young professionals in agricultural research for development (ARD) at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/social-reporting-geeks-signi… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src=&q

Conserving biodiversity and increasing production of smallholders: Click to see the full video. Greed, poverty, hunger, and ignorance have resulted in massive mismanagement of natural resources. Extremes have been reached in some regions of the world making it close to &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/management-of-natural-resour… 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" />

Experiencias exitosas de productores ganaderos familiares uruguayos. Cuando el precio de la lana cayó en el mercado internacional, técnicos y productores veían como el stock ovino disminuía a medida que las ganancias generadas en los predios se reducían. Eso los &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/calidad-asesoramiento-tecnic… 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" />

NGOs played a crucial role in HarvestPlus’s efforts to roll out the first of the biofortified crops – the orange sweet potato (OSP) – in Uganda and Mozambique. From 2007-2009, 24,000 households in areas with vitamin A deficiency were targeted.

Durante los próximos días se realiza en Uruguay una conferencia sin precedentes. Se trata de la segunda Conferencia Mundial en Investigacion y Desarrollo Agrícola (GCARD2 &#8211; por sus siglas en ingles).   Durante esta conferencia participaran mas de 600 expertos procedentes de diferentes rincones del &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/uruguay-como-ejemplo-de-desa… 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" />

Agriculture and Livestock has been Uruguay’s leading export due to Uruguay’s fertile soils, extensive research and innovations, turning Uruguay into an agriculture smart country! Today Uruguay stands out on its economic, social and environmental growth in harmony with the environment &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/uruguay-a-star-in-smart-agri… 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" />

“…and put in your community heart!” To adapt communities and local agriculture to the impacts of climate change, organizations can’t maintain an individualistic outlook, said Jesse Naab of CSIR-Ghana in a session on Partnerships for Environmental Resilience and Climate Change, &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/shed-your-organizational-hea… 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" />

Uno de los problemas que interfieren la aplicación de las tecnologías por parte de los productores y los investigadores. Los Centros de Investigación y las Universidades todavía tienen un acceso limitado a los resultados de las investigaciones y tecnologías de &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/investigaciones-realizadas-i… 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" />

Post-conflict and protracted crisis countries with civil conflicts or serious natural disasters such major earthquakes and massive floods will absolutely have to deal with massive relocation of populations. Here enters the role of international agricultural research and development organizations in &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/how-can-countries-coming-out… 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" />