Past News
This month's newsletter has a spotlight feature on Cornell University and it also includes an open call for member volunteers to host the 2017 GACSA Annual Forum. The fifth issue also includes one article in Spanish and lists upcoming events in March, April, and May...
27/02/2017
The GACSA Co-Chairs and the Annual Forum Planning Team would like to invite members to volunteer to host the 2017 GACSA Annual Forum. Following the extremely successful 2016 Forum, hosted at FAO Headquarters, the Alliance is looking for a member-volunteer to host the event in late September or October 2017....
26/02/2017
Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), led by Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, has assumed the role of co-convener of the knowledge action group. AgMIP replaces FAO, whose two year term expired at the end of 2016.
24/02/2017
GACSA Member, UC Davis, holds a monthly seminar series and networking event that invites experts to speak on science and technology trends at the forefront of the precision agriculture movement. The series is building a roadmap to solutions by catalyzing relationships across campus and among industry and agricultural producers. ...
23/02/2017
The GACSA Strategic Committee is convening via teleconference for important deliberations about the Alliance. You may join the discussion via the internet or by telephone. Please follow the link for call details.
23/02/2017
As regional trade negotiation processes falter, the WTO is returning to center stage as the main body regulating international trade.
The countries of the Mercosur trading bloc, including Argentina and Brazil, are among the world’s leading net food exporters and therefore have a key role to play in food security and...
22/02/2017
How can we achieve FAO’s original vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition?
The report sheds some light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, and provides some insights as to what is at stake and what...
22/02/2017
The compendium shows how FCC-EMPRES has made a difference in the four areas of animal health, plant protection, food safety and coordination and intelligence through improving information services, strengthening global and regional coordination, establishing regional commissions, building networks and partnerships, implementing effective response campaigns, utilizing environmentally sound control technologies, coordinating...
20/02/2017
El cambio climático genera impactos diferenciados de género. Por esto, las políticas orientadas a formular estrategias de mitigación y adaptación deben tomar en cuenta necesidades e intereses de mujeres y hombres. Gobiernos, sectores agropecuarios y medioambientales latinoamericanos han ido desarrollando con mayor frecuencia estrategias de adaptación y mitigación al fenómeno...
20/02/2017
Focus on some key steps and achievements
15/02/2017