The Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2), 29 October – 1 November 2012
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The Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2 [2]) has started in Punta del Este, Uruguay. GCARD2 will focus on ways to implement the tasks identified in the GCARD RoadMap [3] with special attention to 'Foresight, partnerships and capacity development for innovation and impact on smallholder livelihoods'.
CGIAR will be participating at GCARD 2 - find out more here [4].
Bioversity International will be participating at GCARD 2 as part of CGIAR including 'Sustainable Use of Biodiversity [5]', a side event facilitated by Bioversity International Deputy Director, Kwesi Attah-Krah.
Further information:
Find the programme and read more at www.egfar.org/gcard-2012 [2]
A blog where new stories are posted every day can be seen here [6].
The GCARD2 Social Media home page [7]. There will be a significant amount of social reporting with a social reporting team of 30 onsite social reporters and over 90 remote supporters. Plenary sessions will be webcast live.
Follow #GCARD2 on Twitter.
Facebook updates on: http://www.facebook.com/GlobalForumonAgriculturalResearch [8] and http://www.facebook.com/CGIARConsortium [9]
Similar posts:
- Açaí: could the wonder fruit also be wonderful for forests? [10]
- Sustainable Use of Biodiversity – GCARD2 Side Event Report [11]
- Custodian farmers hold key to agricultural biodiversity conservation [12]
- Climate Conversations - Can biodiversity cut the risks of crop losses? [13]
- CGIAR at Planet Under Pressure [14]
Web Address of the page:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/gcard2_punta_del_este_uruguay_29_october_1_november_2012.htmlLinks in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=6859
- [2] http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
- [3] http://www.slideshare.net/gcard/gcard-road-map
- [4] http://www.cgiar.org/events/gcard2/
- [5] http://www.egfar.org/documents/gcard2-breakout-session-p21-sustainable-use-biodiversity-briefing-paper
- [6] http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/
- [7] http://www.egfar.org/gcard2-social-reporting
- [8] http://www.facebook.com/GlobalForumonAgriculturalResearch
- [9] http://www.facebook.com/CGIARConsortium
- [10] http://blog.cifor.org/10700/acai-could-the-wonder-fruit-also-be-wonderful-for-forests/#.UFGbnPV5eak
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/sustainable_use_of_biodiversity_gcard2_side_event_report.html
- [12] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/custodian_farmers_hold_key_to_agricultural_biodiversity_conservation.html
- [13] http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/can-biodiversity-cut-the-risks-of-crop-losses/
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=4064
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- [22] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/smallholder farmers
- [23] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/uruguay