Season’s Greetings and GCARD 2

Dear Dr Tashmatov,

The year 2011 is approaching its end, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your excellent cooperation and support that allowed us to move forward in reshaping the future of agriculture to improve the livelihoods of poor smallholder farmers.

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CACAARI participation in the 14th Steering Committee Meeting of CGIAR Collaborative Research Program for sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus

The 14th Steering Committee Meeting of the CGIAR Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 20 - 22 September 2011.

The leaders and representatives of NARS from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, heads and representatives of international agricultural centers, as well as representatives of interested international organizations and diplomatic corps in Tashkent attended the Meeting. During the working sessions of the meeting participants discussed the results of the Programme over the past year and future direction of agricultural research in the region in the future.

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The Global Foresight Hub: Strengthening the Role of GFAR in Promoting Forward Thinking in AR4D

The GCARD Roadmap for transforming agricultural research for development (AR4D) around the world emphasizes the need for “collective focus on key priorities, as determined and shaped by science and society.” The global AR4D community has decided, through the GCARD process, to foster collective foresight action to improve the prioritization of agricultural research and create more relevant and effective innovation systems that are embedded in the needs of the societies that they serve.

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