After 2 days of intensive training on social media and social reporting, the GCARD2 Social Media Team received their Certificate from H.E. Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tabaré Aguerre The opening ceremony of the second Global Conference on Agricultural Research &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/the-gcard2-social-media-team-… 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" />

With world food prices rising by 138% over the past ten years (according to the FAO Food Price Index) and with the UN 2011 World Population Prospects stating that, by 2050, the world population will surpass 9 billion, the challenges of &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/the-road-to-food-security-is-… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="<

In an era of food crisis, around 1 billion people go to bed without food and almost 16,000 children die due to hunger every day. Scientific experts and policy makers have gathered at Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/regional-fora-a-holistic-appr… 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" />

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Farmers are silently innovating, adopting new practices and continuously improving. Innovations are a blend of traditional knowledge and modern science. At the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) in Punta del Este, Uruguay, farmer led innovations has been &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/farmer-led-innovations-entrep… 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" />

“You will be surprised” is the logo written on the t-shirts of the bunch of youngsters at the GCARD2 pre-conference session of YPARD, which stands for Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development.

Truly dedicated! As part of the GCARD2 event, the CTA in partnership with the Wageningen University hosted a Think Tank Meeting for agricultural policy recommendations. Participants consisted of members of the Advisory Committee on Science, Technology &#38; Innovation (ST&#38;I) for African, &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/dedicated-they-are-policy-adv… 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" />

Una mirada desde el Caribe. El cultivo de los pequeños propietarios en este lugar depende de la lluvia, la cual va ir disminuyendo según las perspectivas entre un 30   y 40 % debido al calentamiento global para el 2050.

Puede haber investigación y desarrollo tecnológico pero el desafío hoy es cómo generar innovaciones. Alfredo Albín, Referente Regional de la Plataforma Regional de PROCISUR y Director del Programa de Producción Familiar de INIA Uruguay, nos explica que desde hace décadas &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/de-la-invencion-a-la-innovaci… 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" />

En general cuando se discute acerca de los biocombustibles se suele derivar en la polémica alimentos vs. combustibles.