GCARD2 and the Agribusiness Society of the University of the West Indies

From all accounts the Global Conference for Agricultural Research Development (GCARD) is set to truly have an impact on global agriculture at all levels in one way or another! The GCARD2 will focus on the ways to implement the tasks &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/gcard2-and-the-agribusiness-s… 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" />

GCARD2. Breakout Session P2.2 Land, Water, Forests and Landscapes – Session Brief

The current and future food security of South Asian countries has twin challenges of resource fatigue and decelerating productivity growth of food grain crops. Realizing the importance of these issues not only at national level but also at regional level, the regional NARS (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan), CGIAR centres and the key donors together launched a common regional platform as Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains (RWC) in May 1994 which is led by NARS and facilitated by CGIAR centres in the region.

GCARD2. Breakout session C1.3 North-South and South-South Collaborative Actions – Speaker Brief

The Africa-Brazil and LAC-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplaces (~Mktplace~) have been arising as effective mechanisms for South-South Cooperation supporting smallholders. These are partnerships comprised of public and private not for profit, national and international partners who mobilize resources focused on fostering partnerships between Brazil and other developing countries in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Uruguay: Livestock farmers working with the national agricultural research institute

Mr. Marcelo Secco, director of a beef and lamb processing plant in Uruguay, explains how the Uruguayan livestock farmers work together with INIA, The National Agricultural Research Institute of Uruguay. He stresses how the open relationship benefits Uruguayan livestock farmers &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/livestock-farmers-and-nationa… 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" />

Uzbekistan case study: Highlighting the Importance of Small Land Holders in Post-Soviet Central Asia

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian states were left to conduct their own agricultural policy. Uzbekistan, a highly agrarian state during the Soviet period, slowly dissolved all collective farms and privatized its agricultural lands. But Uzbekistan &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/uzbekistan-case-study-highlig… 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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