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36th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
13-14 February 2013. Rome. 36th session of IFAD's Governing Council. The power of partnerships: Forging alliances for sustainable smallholder...
Access Agriculture Videos translated into Arabic
An overview of the African languages can be found in the right language scroll and it is possible to...
Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Africa
Signature of the agreement on biotechnology (Unesco Nigeria) 4 to 8 February 2013. The International Scientific Advisory...
The Global Farms Race
The Global Farms Race LAND GRABS, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT, AND THE SCRAMBLE FOR FOOD SECURITY MICHAEL KUGELMAN AND SUSAN L. LEVENSTEIN...
Call for proposals from the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program is a joint initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and...
The development of a self- relying research-based agricultural policy in Africa
In an interview with CTA Brussels, Godfrey Bahiigwa, the head of IFPRI’s Eastern and Southern Africa regional office explain the functioning of the...
AFRICAN SEED ENTERPRISES
©FAO and AfricaRice 2011. African Seed Enterprises (Van Mele et al.) AFRICAN SEED ENTERPRISES describes an exceptionally wide range...
TIPPING THE BALANCE Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers
Tipping the Balance. Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favor of small-scale farmers Downloads Tipping the...
A Guide to Inclusive Agribusiness
According to a new report by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Growing Businesswith Smallholders. A Guide to Inclusive...
FIRST STATUS REPORT ON URBAN AND PERI-URBAN HORTICULTURE IN AFRICA
Growing greener cities in Africa. FIRST STATUS REPORT ON URBAN AND PERI-URBAN HORTICULTURE IN AFRICA. © FAO 2012, 116 pages. This report draws the...
18/02/2013

Appel à projets : Programme d'appui à la recherche en réseau en Afrique (PARRAF)
Appel à projets : Programme d'appui à la recherche en réseau en Afrique (PARRAF) Date limite de candidature : 18 Mars 2013 Le ministère français...
FRUIT LOGISTICA 2013
From 6th to 8th February 2013, more than 2,500 companies from across the entire fresh produce value chain was present in Berlin, Germany...
Fifth General Meeting of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD)
5-6 February 2012. Dakar. The Fifth General Meeting of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) was held to review progress in a 10...
Facilitating Open Knowledge for Agricultural Development
February 5 to 6, 2013. The Facilitating Open Knowledge for Agricultural Development Invitational Convening took place at the Michigan State...
Announcement: The Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa or AISA workshop
29-31 May 2013. Nairobi, Kenya. JOLISAA is co-organizing with KARI, the PROLINNOVA network, CCAFS FSIFS-AusAID a small (80 participants...
Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNET) Workshop
5 - 6 February 2013. UNEP headquarters , Nairobi. Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNET) Workshop. This workshop was convened under the theme...
Global Soil Partnership in Western and Central Africa: Towards an African Soil Partnership
4 - 6 February 2013. Accra, Ghana. The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was launched in September 2011 to raise awareness among decision makers on the...
13/02/2013

CAAST-NET is now CAAST-NET PLUS
11‐12 February, 2013. CAAST‐Net Plus kick‐off meeting. After five years in operation, the CAAST-Net project came to an end on 31 December 2012. As...
12th Board Meeting of GlobalHort
5-7 February 2013. Brussels, Belgium. The 12th Meeting of the GlobalHort Board of Directors. GlobalHort is at a crossroads with respect to both...
Intra-ACP academic mobility scheme
11/02/2013. The third Call for Proposals under the Intra-ACP academic mobility scheme was launched, with a deadline of 10 June 2013. The intra-...
APAARI Flyer 2013
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