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AgriFeeds] [
CGIAR] [
IFPRI] [
CIFOR] [
DFID] [
BioNET]
Agriculture:
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FAO] [
USDA]
Information management in agriculture:
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FAO - AIMS] [
IAALD]
From the regions
APAARI: Asia Pacific
Establishment of NGO Consortium for AP
Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Agricultural Research for Development - Proceedings, 17-18 April, 2008, Bangkok, ThailandThe past five decades have witnessed tremendous growth in agriculture. With its intensification and diversification, there has been a paradigm shift in operationalization and m...
Workshop on Development and De-centralized Management of ARD Information Resources
The proceedings of APARIS Technical Workshop on Development and De-centralized Management of ARD Information Resources and APARIS Steering Committee Meeting, Bangkok, 19-20 April 2008, Rama Gardens Hotel are available for download.Download the proceeding. (images/AP_Documents/Pub_Reports/2008/aparis...
Study on Diversity in Agricultural Research Resources in the AP Region
Science and technology (S T) are major contributors to food security, poverty reduction, and economic growth, as has been proven in Asia since the early-1970s through the Green Revolution in agriculture. Continuing to secure such gains, however, is becoming an increasingly complex undertaking. More ...
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Infosys+/FARA: Sub-Saharan Africa
The Conference is now re-confirmed to October 5-9th 2008 at the Leisure Lodge Resort in Mombasa, Kenya.
2008-07-17 10:42:31
The conference actively solicited and obtained input from all stakeholders - scientists, farmers, trade specialists, policy makers and the private sector – and serves as a unique forum to bring thes...
Ghana
Marketing Programme Coordinator
2008-07-16 14:07:42
Coordinating CTA’s Marketing Unit and working closely with the members of the Information Products and Services Department (IPSD) and other programme coordinators, and reporting directly to CTA Dire...
Ghana
ICT for Development Programme Coordinator
2008-07-16 14:03:52
Working closely with the members of the ICT Innovation Team and reporting to the head of department, the incumbent will carry out the following activities: (i) Contribute to the interdepartmental eff...
Ghana
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InfoSys+/EARD: Europe
ICT Update new issue: Peacebuilding
2008-06-11 12:30:07
The latest issue of ICT Update magazine has just been published online at http://ictupdate.cta.int with the theme Peacebuilding and I was wondering if you could place a notification on your website or...
Netherlands
As Food Prices Rise, U.S. Support for Agricultural Centers Wilts
2008-05-14 15:20:40
In response to a recent spike in wholesale and market prices for rice, wheat, and maize, U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this week ordered up $200 million in emergency food aid. Behind the scene...
Germany
Indigenous knowledge
2008-04-08 12:15:58
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...
Netherlands
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Agricultural Research
Aggregated news from AgriFeeds
Colorado Water Examiner
Colorado Water Examiner [from IWMI News Feed]...
Cocoa research in Ghana
Cocoa research in Ghana [from FARA Blogger]...
EU special facility for rapid response to soaring food prices
EU special facility for rapid response to soaring food prices [from FARA Blogger]...
First Common Framework on Agricultural Extension for the Neuchatel Initiative
First Common Framework on Agricultural Extension for the Neuchatel Initiative [from FARA Blogger]...
D4Science Press release – How e-Infrastructures can help Environment and Biodiversity
D4Science Press release – How e-Infrastructures can help Environment and Biodiversity [from D4Science news]...
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CGIAR
Publications: CGIAR Annual Report 2007
Read the 2008 CGIAR Annual Report "Research within Reach" online....
CGIAR Science Awards 2008
Nominations are now open for the 2008 CGIAR Science Awards, including Agricultural Journalism in Africa and Excellence in Communications....
Meetings and Events: Annual General Meeting 2008
AGM08 will be held in Maputo, Mozambique from December 1 to 5, 2008....
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IFPRI
Contract Farming of Swine in Southeast Asia as a Response to Changing Market Demand for Quality and Safety in Pork
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Marites Tiongco, Maria Angeles Catelo, and Ma. Lucila Lapar...
On-Site and Off-Site Long-Term Economic Impacts of Soil Fertility Management Practices: The Case of Maize-Based Cropping Systems in Kenya
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Ephraim Nkonya, Patrick Gicheru, Johannes Woelcke, Barrack Okoba, Daniel Kilambya, and Louis N. Gachimbi...
Development under Conditions of Inequality and Distrust: Social Cohesion in Latin America
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Marco Ferroni, Mercedes Mateo, and Mark Payne...
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CIFOR
Forest Day 2
Following the success of the inaugural Forest Day at last year's Bali COP13, CIFOR will host Forest Day 2, UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event in Poznan, Poland, 6 December 2008. The event will be co-hosted by the Polish Government and the State of Forests, and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF...
Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. September 3, 2008 - Parliament House, Canberra.
Annual Development Conference on Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. 3 September 2008 The Theatrette, Parliament House, Canberra. Climate change is now accepted as a fact by most members of the Australian community. This acceptance provides a new climate for g...
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DFID
Measuring the carbon footprint of South African fruit and wine
Research into the carbon footprint of South African fruit and wine exports could challenge the idea that exported products from the developing world have a bigger environmental cost ...
What does Gender Mainstreaming really mean?
The DFID-funded Siyanda website highlights resources on gender mainstreaming in research ...
DFID agrees further support to CGIAR Centres
DFID has now determined its allocations for the CGIAR Centres and Challenge Programmes for this financial year ...
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BioNET
Agriculture
FAO
Cassava for food and energy security
25 July 2008 - At a global conference held in Gent, Belgium, cassava scientists called for a significant increase in investment in research and development needed to boost farmers’ yields and explore promising industrial uses of cassava, including production of biofuels....
Farmers urged to join “Greener” revolution
24 July 2008 – Some 100 experts from TK countries meeting at FAO call on farmers to join the “Greener” revolution of Conservation Agriculture....
New global soil database
21 July 2008 – A new database on the world’s soils improves knowledge of the current and future land productivity as well as the present carbon storage and carbon sequestration potential of the world’s soils. It helps to identify land and water limitations, and assist in assessing the risks of land ...
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USDA US Department of Agriculture
Schafer Announces $390 Million Available for Natural Disaster Recovery Assistance
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WIREC Report Highlights Three-Day Conference
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USDA Awards $6.9 Million for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects
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Information management in agriculture
FAO Agricultural Information Management Standards website
5th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives (December 2008)
The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and ambitious challenges that the scientific and technological community is facing. While great progresses have been made in terms of consolidation of base philosophy and infrastructure, new issues, technologies and tools are emerging. Thes...
Workshop on Learning Technology Standards for Agriculture and Rural Development (AgroLT 2008), September 19, 2008
In the field of agricultural education, specifications and standards produced in the area of agricultural learning technologies have not yet been widely adopted and implemented. Sharing, preserving and reusing learning information among a large number of different systems and repositories would not ...
Special Session of the Agricultural Ontology Service Initiative
A "Special Session of the Agricultural Ontology Service Initiative: semantic problems and semantic solutions in agricultural knowledge and information products" will take place as part of the IAALD-AFITA-WCCA Conference. The aim of this session is to showcase practical applications of semantic tools...
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IAALD
Reforming the Agricultural Extension System in India: What Do We Know About What Works Where and Why?
2008/07 - IFPRI Discussion Paper...
Meeting Information and Knowledge Needs of Farmers in Africa through e-Agriculture
2008/07 - FARA Blog...
ICARDA KSinR Project uses mobile phones for knowledge sharing
2008/07 - ICT-KM Program [conference organizers uploaded small story clips onto mobile phones of farmers present and showed them how to send these to other farmers with mobile phones. This was done to stimulate some knowledge sharing and a sort of farmer-...
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