Indigenous knowledge
Country (origin): Netherlands
Indigenous peoples all over the world are using technology to record and protect their traditional knowledge and culture. They are documenting and preserving agricultural methods that have been passed down through centuries. And it is not only small commu...
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Ict Update - Wi-Fi
Country (origin): Netherlands
Wi-Fi is being put to good use in some innovative projects in developing countries. The flexibility, relative low cost and the fact that several computers can operate on the same wireless network make Wi-Fi an ideal technology for improving communication ...
http://ictupdate.cta.int

And now to bioenergies... CIRAD is taking part in ENERGAÏA!
Country (origin): France
Under its remit for development in the South, CIRAD, in association with CEMAGREF, will be presenting its latest research on energy production from biomass, at the ENERGAÏA International Renewable Energies Exhibition, to be held from 6 to 8 December 2007...
http://www.cirad.fr/en/presse/communique.php?id=330

Biofuels: a summit meeting for Africa
Country (origin): France
CIRAD and the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE-Groupe EIER-ETSHER) are organizing an international conference from 27 to 29 November 2007 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), entitled 'Stakes and Perspectives for Biofuels in ...
http://www.biofuel-africa.org/

Mark Holderness is the new Executive Secretary for GFAR
Country (origin): Italy
Mark Holderness a 48years old British Citizen of the CABI International – UK . is the newly appointed Executive Secretary of GFAR. He has being promoted to Senior management role as the section Head of Crop and Pest Manager. He has managed a 28 member t...
http://www.egfar.org/egfar/website/aboutgfar/steering

Announcement of Bioversity International Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2008
Country (origin): France
The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships Fund aims to encourage the conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing countries by awarding Fellowships to outstanding young researchers to carry out relevant innovative research at an advanced research i...
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/About_Us/Fellowships/Vavilov-Frankel_Fellowship/index.asp#2008_Call_for_Application

ICTupdate: Podcasting
Country (origin): Netherlands
Podcasting has been around since 2004 but it is still very much at the experimental stage when it comes to applying it to development efforts. In this issue we highlight some early initiatives from organizations currently testing the technology, and so fa...
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Guidelines for small grants
Country (origin): Germany
Submission of proposals for small grants in agricultural research
http://www.gtz.de

EDULINK: 2nd call for proposals
Country (origin): Belgium
EDULINK is the first ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Higher Education. It is open to all countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and to the 15 EU Member States that are signatories to the 9th European Development Fund (EDF)....
http://www.acp-edulink.eu

Wageningen UR Call for Proposals Theme 2 of the Partnership Programme: ‘Competing Claims on Natural Resources'
Country (origin): Netherlands
In the context of conflicting local, national and global interests and drivers of change processes, this Partnership Programme aims, among other things, to generate options for the sustainable use of natural resources, the development of pro-poor agro-sup...
http://www.wi.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/news/Call_for_Proposals_Competing_Claims_on_Natural_Resources.htm

The CGIAR Cycle 2 Challenge Programs: Call for Pre-Proposals
Country (origin): Germany
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) invites all interested parties to develop pre-proposals on one or more of the following ideas for Challenge Programs (CPs): (a) climate change, agriculture, and food security...
http://www.cgiar.org/impact/challenge/cp_cycle2.html

Rothamsted: African Fellows Programme: 6th call for Pre-Proposals
Country (origin): United Kingdom
The deadline for receipt of pre-proposals under the current call is 22nd June 2007. The African Fellows Programme. The aim of the African Fellows Programme (AFP) is to support sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by catalysing innovative s...
http://www.rothamsted-international.org/HTML/Fellowships/AFP_main_page.html

Training course on Molecular markers Techniques and Fingerprinting
Country (origin): Switzerland
UNCTAD's Network of Centres of Excellence is organizing a training course on MOLECULAR MARKERS TECHNIQUES AND FINGERPRINTING to be held at the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI) in Giza, Egypt, from 1 to 12 July 2007 20 ...
http://www.unctad.org/noce

International Foundation for Science (IFS) eNews March 2007 issue
Country (origin): Sweden
The IFS eNews is a quarterly publication focusing on recent developments produced by the International Foundation for Science (IFS). In the March 2007 issue, highlights include: the IFS new Five Year Programme Framework (2006-2010); activities of IFS foca...
http://www.ifs.se/Publications/eNews/eNews18_mar2007.asp

Call for nominations: WWSF prize 2007 for rural women
Country (origin): Switzerland
WWSF Women's World Summit Foundation invites nominations for the 13th annual Prize for Women's creativity in Rural Life award, honoring creative and courageous women and women's organizations working to improve the quality of life in rural communities aro...
http://www.woman.ch/home.php

KIT launched its portal on Rural Innovation Systems
Country (origin): Netherlands
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT, Amsterdam) launched its information portal on Rural Innovation Systems (RIS) at http://portals.kit.nl/Rural_Innovation_Systems This portal is the first of a series on subjects that reflect ongoing activities of the diffe...
http://portals.kit.nl/Rural_Innovation_Systems

ICT Update 35 - Coping with climate change
Country (origin): Netherlands
The latest edition of ICT Update Magazine, (http://ictupdate.cta.int), has just been published. This edition’s theme is ‘Coping with climate change’. Developing countries will suffer far more from the impacts of global warming than the big pollu...
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Civil society organizations and the CGIAR reinforce cooperation on agricultural research for development
Country (origin): Germany
The CGIAR and the Centers it supports work maintain effective partnerships with civil society organizations, governmental agencies and the private sector which are critical for knowledge-sharing and fostering development for impact. The CGIAR has launche...
http://www.cgiar.org/csos/cso_cgiar_grant_program.html

GFAR Newsletter (January 2007 issue) is online
Country (origin): Italy
The January 2007 issue of the GFAR Newsletter is focused on the GFAR 2006 Conference that was held in New Delhi, November 8th to 11th 2006. A short report of the Conference can be found in this issue. The report comprises a succinct summary of what trans...
http://www.egfar.org/egfar/website/new/newsletters?contentId=331

UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets
Country (origin): Switzerland
The UNCTAD ‘Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets’ was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 11–13 December 2006 and brought together experts from the public sector, private sect...
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=11909

TWAS Grants to research units in developing countries
Country (origin): Italy
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) now institutes a new project in support of Science and Technology Development in 77 Scientifically-Lagging Developing Countries (SLDCs). The project has been established to recognize, support and pro...
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/mtm/research_units.html

International Scholarships from the University of Nottingham
Country (origin): United Kingdom
Bridging the gap between specialist knowledge and practical management is intellectually challenging and requires the best and most motivated people. The University of Nottingham seeks to attract students of high academic quality and provides extensive sc...
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/international/scholarships_and_finance/

New call for candidates to the Agris Mundus Master Course
Country (origin): France
The Agris Mundus Master Course, supported by the Erasmus Mundus programme of the European Commission, launched a new call for both EU and non-EU countries candidates. The Agris Mundus Masters Course is a product of NATURA - 'Agricultural (Tropically an...
http://www.natura-net.eu/agrismundus

Latest edition of ICT Update published - ICTs and Urban Agriculture
Country (origin): Netherlands
The latest issue of ICT Update has just been published. ICT Update, (http://ictupdate.cta.int), is a bimonthly printed bulletin, web magazine, and accompanying email newsletter focusing on the use of information and communication technologies in agricultu...
http://ictupdate.cta.int/

Grants within the framework of the Research Training Group “Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in organic agriculture”
Country (origin): Germany
The University of Kassel has 12 grants for doctoral students available within the framework of the Research Training Group (RTG) ‚ Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in organic agriculture (Graduiertenkolleg 1397; funded by the Deut...
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb11/dec/home.html

7 - 10 scholarships for Ph.D. students
Country (origin): Germany
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim is offering at least 7 - 10 scholarships for Ph.D. students in its postgraduate studies. The programme starts on 1st of January 2007. The scholarship is granted normally two years. The...
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/agrar/de/promo/pics/offer_scholarship.pdf

Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research with new website
Country (origin): Switzerland
This completely revised website gives a comprehensive overview of current Swiss activities related to agricultural research for development. It also covers worldwide activities, when they are of special interest to stakeholders in Switzerland. And it desc...
http://www.sfiar.ch

Digging in the Dirt: Soils & ICTs
Country (origin): Netherlands
The latest issue of ICT Update has just been published. This edition’s theme is ‘Digging in the dirt: Soils & ICTs’ and includes a handful of projects that illustrate some of the key technologies that are now contributing to the improvement and cons...
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Latest edition of ICT Update published
Country (origin): Netherlands
The January-February 2006 edition of ICT Update, a bimonthly printed bulletin, web magazine, and accompanying email newsletter focusing on the use of information and communication technologies in agriculture in developing countries is hot off the presses....
http://ictupdate.cta.int

Report: 'Poor health, food insecurity and poverty - How to break a vicious circle?'
Country (origin): Switzerland
Report and presentations of the Symposium 'Poor health, food insecurity and poverty - How to break a vicious circle?' The event took place in Berne, Switzerland on 13 October 2005.
http://www.infoagrar.ch/symposium2005/results.htm