The document summarizes a panel discussion on innovation for smallholder farmers. It outlines challenges such as a lack of defined AR4D priorities around smallholders, insufficient resources and stakeholder involvement. Key messages stressed the need for a holistic, systems approach involving all stakeholders and farmer-centric outscaling of innovations. The GCARD road map proposed collective actions including inclusively defining priorities, ensuring equitable partnerships, increasing investments, developing institutional capacities, coordinating linkages and demonstrating value to society.

1. “PANEL DISCUSSION ON INNOVATION FOR IMPACT ON SMALLHOLDER
FARMERS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES”
GCARD 1
AR4D Challenges:
- AR4D priorities not so well defined around smallholder farmers
- Reforms required at the national (NARS), regional (RF) and global (CGIAR) levels
- Poor linkage between research and development processes
- Lack of involvement of all stakeholders
- Under-resourced regional/global organizations and networks
- Lack of political will/commitment

2. Key Messages
- Moving away from business as usual
- Holistic approach to AR4D – Systems’ approach
- Involvement of all stakeholders
- Out scaling innovation - Farmer centric
- Concerted efforts at all levels to bring a change
The small farmer as entrepreneur
- Kanayo Nawanze
We must be the new abolitionists of poverty
- Ismail Serageldin
Research is essential for development but is not in itself sufficient
- Uma Lele (GCARD1 Report)

3. GCARD ROAD MAP
Six-Point Plan : Collective Actions
1. Inclusively defines key AR4D priorities and actions, driven by
evolving national, regional and global development needs
2. Invests in ensuring equitable partnership and accountability
among all stakeholders of agricultural innovation and
developmental change
3. Actively achieves increased investments in human, institutional
and financial resources for AR4D systems to meet demands in
development
4. Develops required institutional capacities for generation, access
and affective use of agricultural knowledge in development
5. Effectively coordinates linkages relating agricultural innovation to
development programs and policies
6. Demonstrates its value and gains recognition by society through
involvement of stakeholders in effective demonstration and
reporting of outcomes

4. GCARD 2
Innovation for Impact on Smallholder Farmers
GCARD MDGs and CGIAR SRF
Road Map
Reducing rural Improving food and Sustainable
poverty nutrition security management of
natural resources
Foresight &
inclusive
prioritization (to
include investment
dimensions)
Equitable
partnership and
innovation in AR4D
Enhanced human &
institutional
capacities (to
include monitoring
and evaluation)