The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010 will take place in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010.
The conference aims to provide a global action plan and strategy for improving agricultural research in order to make maximum impact on development, especially of the poor.
G20 agriculture ministers from around the world came to a final consensus in embracing launch the Agriculture Price Risk Management (APRM), a tool that will help producers and consumers offset potential losses and communicate more directly to others in agricultural markets.