Latest 3 news items from the following sourcesGlobal Forum and the Regional Forums: [Global Forum] [Near East and North Africa: AARINENA] [Asia Pacific: APAARI] [Europe: InfoSys+/EARD] [Sub-saharan Africa: Infosys+/FARA | FARA Secretariat blog]
Agricultural Research: [AgriFeeds] [CGIAR] [IFPRI] [CIFOR] [DFID] [BioNET] [Global Crop Diversity Trust]
Agriculture: [FAO] [New Agriculturist] [USDA]
Information management in agriculture: [FAO - AIMS] [IAALD] [KS project of the CGIAR ICT-KM program]
Global Forum on Agricultural Research
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Information Access Marketplace at IAALD XIIIth World Congress in Montpellier
2010-04-26 - 2010-04-26 , FRA...
"Dedication: Norman E. Borlaug. The Humanitarian Plant Scientist Who Changed the World", Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28
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Pre-registration for GCARD 2010 is now open!
Please now immediately spread the message through your networks, contacting all concerned before the coming holiday season, to allow us to have a good idea of numbers and representation of stakeholders from responses received by 10th January....
AARINENA: Near East and North Africa
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InfoSys+/EARD: Europe
Aggregated news from AgriFeeds
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New website to provide essential fertilizer information to Africa's farmers
New website to provide essential fertilizer information to Africa's farmers [from E-Agriculture News]...
"Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity" published by GSMA and Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
"Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity" published by GSMA and Cherie Blair Foundation for Women [from E-Agriculture News]...
NARS Open Access Survey
NARS Open Access Survey [from E-Agriculture News]...
CGIAR
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Story of the Month February 2010: A Voice for Agriculture in the International Year of Biodiversity
Now that agriculture is regaining its rightful place on the international development agenda, it’s time for agricultural biodiversity to become the center of attention as well, particularly in view of its vital importance for coping with the intricately linked issues of global food security and clim...
Story of the Month - Dec 2009-Jan 2010: Farms and Forests: Part of the Solution to Climate Change
Did government negotiators leave Copenhagen “without any clothes on,” as sustainable development pioneer Gro Harlem Brundtland put it, referring to the incompetent emperor of the Hans Christian Andersen tale?...
Rural Climate Exchange Blog: Connecting Agricultural and Environmental Science to the Climate Change Agenda
Visit the blog and contribute to the discussion on the climate change agenda....
IFPRI
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Fostering Growth and Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia and Latin America
Contact/RSVP: [email protected] Location: Swissotel, Lima, Peru An International Conference hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Unive...
Cuando la especulación sí importa
La crisis de precios de los alimentos de 2007/2008 se debió a varias razones, entre ellas: una creciente demanda por alimentos en países emergentes, los cambios en los mercados internacionales de granos propiciados por los biocombustibles, el...
Short and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages
Natural disasters have particularly devastating impacts on economic growth in developing countries because they impede the accumulation of capital. The resilience of labor markets is crucial especially for the poor who rely only on labor to d...
CIFOR
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Media Briefing invitation: Strengthening REDD implementation in Indonesia
CIFOR is organising a media briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 25 August 2009....
Workshop on REDD methodologies: Lessons learned from demonstration activities
The Bogor Agriculture University (IPB) and CIFOR are coorganising this workshop....
Leading authority on climate change and forests to address parliamentary meeting
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DFID
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In conversation with Carlos Pérez del Castillo, CGIAR Consortium Board Chair
The newly appointed chair introduces himself at the recent first meeting of the CGIAR Consortium Board ...
Examining links between water and food security in Ethiopia
Research from the RiPPLE programme shows how although water access increases with wealth in Ethiopia, it may be better off households that are more vulnerable to climate change because they are dependent on water for livestock. Water shortages can cause conflict, highlighting a pressing need for pol...
Reducing crop losses will help to improve food security
Helping farmers to reduce crop losses by keeping out alien pests and improving plant health knowledge are important for future food security. This is the topic of a recent Opinion article from SciDev.Net. ...
BioNET
Global Crop Diversity Trust
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Searching for the wildest relatives
(12 March 2010) Exploring the role of crop diversity in adapting to climate change, ClimateWire follows the hunt for a wild variety of strawberry rumored to grow by the Atsonupuri volcano in Russia. The wild relatives of food crops often show greater adaptability to extreme climate conditions, and c...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Hits Half-Million Mark
(11 March 2010) Wednesdays new seed deposits at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault brings its inventory to over 500,000 unique samples, making it the most diverse collection of crop diversity in the world. Among the new arrivals at the Vault are a mould-resistant bean from Colombia and a treasure trove...
Wangari Maathai takes crop diversity to Japanese decision makers
(20 February 2010) Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Trust Board member, has been promoting the issue of crop diversity in Japan this week. She has met Parliamentarians from both Upper and Lower Houses, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hirotaka Akamatsu, Minister for F...
FAO
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FAO-African Virtual University agreement on e-learning
FAO and the African Virtual University (AVU) have signed a partnership agreement aimed at widening access to education and communications technologies in developing countries. The two organizations will share educational resources and integrate FAO e-learning courses in the AVU e-campus for Developm...
A tree for a child in Haiti
FAO is asking people to lend a hand to children in Haiti by donating a fruit tree that they can plant in school yards across the country, providing an education tool for children in a country that suffers from some of the worst rates of deforestation in the world. Fruit trees were chosen because, on...
Africa organic export drive
Nearly 5 000 West African farmers are now able to take advantage of the growing popularity of organic foods in industrialized countries, thanks to a $2.4 million German-backed FAO programme that has helped them meet certification and other requirements. The extra income they're earning is being used...
New Agriculturist
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Fodder shrubs deliver dairy success
By increasing milk production, fodder shrubs have increased the incomes of farmers in Kenya and enabled them to diversify their livelihoods. In addition to better earnings, fodder shrubs have helped to increase the confidence and status of women. 09/03/10...
Cooking up success for local foods in Pohnpei
A successful multimedia 'Go Local' campaign is yielding results and encouraging Pacific island communities in Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia and beyond to value and revert back to a more nutritious diet based on their indigenous food system. 09/03/10...
Haiti's earthquake: agriculture the key to recovery
With rising food prices, widespread displacement of people, and disruption of trade and agricultural activities as a result of the earthquake, Haiti is facing a major food crisis. In partnership with the Haitian government and other UN agencies, FAO is working to increase food production and rebuild...
USDA US Department of Agriculture
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Availability of Funding to Promote Rural Biofuel and Bioenergy Production (March 12, 2010)
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USDA and DOJ Hold First-Ever Workshop on Competition Issues in Agriculture (March 12, 2010)
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USDA to Propose Expanding Poultry Loan Guidance to Include Pork Operations (March 11, 2010)
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FAO Agricultural Information Management Standards website
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Special Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food & Environment 3rd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'09)
AIM & TOPICS The aim of the Special Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food & Environment of MTSR'09 is to bring together researchers and practitioners that are working on agricultural and food & environment knowledge production, organization, and exchange from a Semantic Web persp...
International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web (ICSD 2009)
International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web (ICSD 2009) September 8-11, 2009 - University of Trento (ITALY) The CONVENORS of ICSD 2009 Paolo Bouquet, University of Trento (Italy) Johannes Keizer, FAO of the United Nations (Italy) Devika Madalli,Indian Statistical Institu...
New release of the AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench: version 0.3 Beta
A new release of the AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench has been published! This 0.3 Beta version is still used for testing only, but it includes all AGROVOC data. AGROVOC terms have been modularized in bilingual modules: 17 modules are currently available. The new features of this release are the fo...
IAALD
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The Knowledge Sharing project of the CGIAR ICT-KM program
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How your work gets richer with Social Media: the case of “Millions Fed”
Looking Behind the Africa Trial Sites Network
Virtualization 2.0 (#2 CGIAR Strategic Technologies Series)