NGO Statement at GCARD 2010

On behalf of the NGOs Dr. Assetou Kanoute of the Association for Development of Production and Training Activities, Mali red the following statement: We appreciate the support that enabled the participation of NGOs at this first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development.  However, our presence here should not be seen as an automatic endorsement of [...]

Day 4 starts with a Kofi Annan video address to GCARD

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”. For this to happen we need to establish parallel funding flows , build dynamic national systems, and we need an agricultural value [...]