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В конце октября 2012 года, произойдет важное событие для тех, кто интересуется  Сельскохозяйственными Исследованиями в целях Развития (AR4D). Более 600 человек со всего мира будут присутствовать на второй «Глобальной Конференции по Сельскохозяйственным Исследованиям в целях Развития» (GCARD2), организованной Глобальным Форумом &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/gcard-%d0%b1%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8… 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" />

What will be discussed at GCARD2? In 2010, major relevant stakeholders gathered at the First Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD1) to examine how agricultural research, knowledge and innovation could help in meeting national and international development needs. &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/themes-of-gcard2/">Continue 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" />

Le mois d’octobre va marquer un événement important pour ceux qui sont impliqués dans la Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (AR4D). Plus de 600 personnes venant du monde entier participeront à la deuxième Conférence mondiale sur la recherche agricole pour &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/gcard-plus-quune-simple-confe… 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" />

The three main themes of The Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2)  are: Foresight for Impact- Matching research priorities to future development needs Partnerships for impact Capacity development for impact The key elements emanate from the GCARD1 &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/road-from-gcard1-to-gcard2/">… 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 destination est connue, mais comment y réellement parvenir ? Le premier Objectif  du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) qui consiste à «Réduire l&#8217;extrême pauvreté et la faim dans le monde» est en réalité plus facile à dire qu’à réaliser. Il est important de nous interroger &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/gcard2-de-la-feuille-de-route… 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" />

There is still a lack of clear and common understanding among the sectors concerned with agriculture and rural development about what &ldquo;foresight&rdquo; is about and what can be expected from engaging and investing in foresight at various scales form local to global. Many different tools and methods can be used or combined when doing foresight and there is also need to clarify what can be expected from different approaches.

The problem being addressed is that of building collective actions at regional level in order to incorporate the outcomes of many foresight works (from global, regional, national and local) already conducted into regional strategic actions looking at longer term orientations. There is also a need to share these perspectives as regional initiatives are not independent from both national and global and therefore need to be articulated. Further, foresight related activities are more developed in some regions and sharing their experiences is useful for other regions.

The problem being addressed is how we can bring together the needed diversity &ndash; of stakeholders and approaches &ndash; and understand better a number of multidimensional and complex questions such as: How can we inform stakeholders on alternative future scenarios and debate the desirability, consequences, winners and losers of diverse scenarios? How to better combine quantitative analyses with qualitative arguments? To what extent and how global analysis help decision-makers, orienting research, innovation and policies?

Experiences with foresight works show that foresight can provide ways for stakeholders to influence research, innovation and policies related to agricultural development. However, the inclusion of the voices of stakeholders - particularly resource-poor farmers - in foresight has been so far limited. Is it a question of scale? Is it easier to include stakeholders when doing foresight at local or national level compared to foresight at regional/global level? Is it a question of cost?

The purpose of session F3.2 is to address the capacity development dimension related to the absence of several key sectors of the society in foresight works. Developing foresight capacity is at the same time an issue of individual capacity development and institutional capacity development. At individual level, some formal education systems provide possibilities to acquire academic skills and recognition in foresight. However, these are not numerous and are usually concentrated in developed or emerging countries.

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