Participation of the Marketplace Team on GCARD II

On October 29^th, the Marketplace team presented the Africa-Brazil and LAC-Brazil initiatives during the GCARD II, in the session “North-South and South-South Collective Actions”. The session was attended by approximately 70 people and had presentation by, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles / West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD/AGRINATURA) and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), followed by a discussion among presents and the audience.

The presentation of the Marketplace during the GCARD II.

There was quite an interested in the Marketplace with questions like: "In the future, you can expand the Marketplace to other continents?", "What were the benefits achieved to date by the Agricultural Innovation Marketplace?" and "How can we participate in new calls for project selection?".

By the way, new call for proposals coming up soon, so stay turned!