Professor Monty Jones, Chair of the Global Forum on Agriculture Research (GFAR), recently spoke to Voice of America about his expectations for the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2), a GFAR-organized conference that he is chairing. We &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/gcard-two-voices-one-message/… 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" />

Ideas empresariales; rol estratregico; acceso al Mercosur; zonas francas; extensiones fiscales; país seguro; economía abierta; capital humano. Haz click para ver video completo. “A small country, big in rice” (Un pequeño país, grande en arroz). Ese fue el nombre de &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/en-cada-acontecimiento-una-po… 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" />

El mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de las familias en la zona rural es uno de los resultados más impactantes de la investigación agropecuaria. La cooperación técnica nacional e internacional para la generación de tecnologías, el mejoramiento genético y &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/resultados-de-la-investigacio… 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" />

Uruguay has been selected as a host country for the GCARD2 (Global Conference on Agriculture for Development). It is worth noting that Uruguay has been recognized as a country which has made a significant progress in the agriculture sector. The &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/the-minister-of-agriculture-d… 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" />

Cooperative support to smallholder farmers in Uruguay In the small countryside of the Province of Florida, close to the heart of Uruguay, private cooperative societies are working with government to gradually change the lives of farming communities by providing access &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/smallholder-cooperation-promo… 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" />

Los obstáculos de comienzos de milenio no fueron menores para la lechería en el Uruguay. En las palabras del Ing. Agr. Daniel Zorrilla de San Martín: “El sector sintió los golpes.

In an interview for GCARD2, the President of INIA in Uruguay, Alvaro Roel, presents the INIA as the result of an innovation process and so, a vehicle for innovation itself now. Innovation is no more an option &#8211; it is &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/inia-uruguay-innovation-for-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" />

La innovación está presente en la agricultura. En la localidad de Sauce (Canelones) Alicia Rodríguez, junto a su marido (ambos productores), desarrollaron una nueva variedad de semilla de cebolla y la distribuyen por todo el país. No sólo fue una &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/se-creo-una-nueva-variedad-de… 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" />

When local efforts receive public support the result is success at the global stage. At least this is so in the case of local agricultural producers of the Uruguayan province of Canelones. The two success stories shown in the above &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/harmonious-efforts-taking-uru… 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" />

Durante el año 1990, una productora de semillas de cebolla fue convocada por la Facultad de Agronomía del Uruguay para crear una nueva linea de investigación sobre semillas de cebollas creadas a partir de material genético local que resisten ciertas &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/investigacion-e-inovacion-una… 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" />