Most of us would think that the way to make women better farmers is to empower women farmers. The logic is there. The directness of the approach is appealing. So what are we missing?

Asesoramiento técnico, emprendimientos asociativos y capacitación son resultados tangibles para el productor familiar en Uruguay. Los productores familiares son una prioridad para el Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP) y eso se refleja en la cantidad y diversidad de &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/cuando-la-politica-publica-ll… 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" />

Conference Witnesses Signing of New Agreement and Launch of New Trends Research on Agricultural Investment On the opening day of the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development  (GCARD2),experts from over 70 countries are gathering to track global progress &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/uruguayan-president-mujica-to… 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" />

To address the issue of feeding 9 billion People and to have  national food security, the speakers at the today&#8217;s (29/10/2012)  GCARD2 parallel session on partnerships addressed the importance of public-private partnerships. Introducing the session on partnerships, Ken Cassman (CGIAR &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/need-for-global-partnerships-… 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" />

La agricultura en la actualidad se enfrenta con dos problemas fundamentales: el desafío de alimentar a 9,000 millones de personas en los próximos cuarenta años y preservar los recursos del planeta. El aumento en la demanda de alimentos lleva consigo &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/los-veterinarios-y-la-segurid… 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" />

Shouldn’t we strengthen the existing roles of both males and females of Malawi, rather than focus on defining new roles/empowering women and youth? This was the most though provoking question asked at the Think Tank Meeting for the Advisory Committee &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/gender-bias-by-gender-role-co… 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" />