The GCARD RoadMap has been finalized. The contributions and dynamic interaction of thousands of stakeholders from all sectors have created the GCARD Roadmap, providing a clear path forward for all involved. The Roadmap highlights the urgent changes required in AR4D systems &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/final-gcard-roadmap-2/">Conti… 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" />

In his video address to GCARD, the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan highlighted that “our goal must be to support the small resource poor farmers and the people who rely on them&#8221;.

Montpellier, France March 29, 2010 Thank you and Good Evening to all.  I was recently appointed a Special Advisor to USAID Administrator, Dr. Rajiv Shah and to stand in for him at this meeting.

&#8220;If we can provide the farmers with &#124;high technologies, or good technologies, that&#8217;s fine. But if we cannot, yten we must look into the farmers&#8217; technology. Research should not be for the purpose of research or for the purpose of publications.

Guest post by: Dr Balasubramanian Ramani, Coordinator of the Young Professionals&#8217; Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD) First I would like to thank GCARD organizers for the opportunity to attend along with 40 young professionals from various disciplines of &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/ypard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src=&