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" />

“The most dangerous risk of all – The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later”. That&#8217;s on the wallpaper picture of my laptop.

For this 2nd GCARD the organization emphasized that THIS is the time to work together on foresight; that NOW is our chance as ARD professionals to roll up our sleeves the right way so that together we and all stakeholders &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/sustainable-ego-systems/">Co… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="

El mundo de información agrícola cambia de forma acelerada. Estamos frente a nuevas oportunidades frente a la publicación científica abierta. Diferentes organismos internacionales, regionales y nacionales, cerca de 40 profesionales,  se encontraron en una última sesión para avanzar en las &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/si-tenemos-el-conocimiento-c… 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" />

A medida que transcurren los días de presentaciones del GCARD2 vamos logrando incorporar nuevo conocimiento, y sobre todo plantearnos nuevas reflecciones, por lo tanto acá vamos con algunos comentarios e interrogantes. Sabemos que la población del mundo va en aumento &#8230; <a href="https://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/eficiencia-ingenio-conocimie… 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" />