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PAEPARD: ARD funding opportunities
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China Investing in Africa Forum
30 June-1 July 2015. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to Accelerate...
Agriculture Should Be Driven By Standards
25 June 2015. At the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) Presidents’ Forum participants have...
Building Resilient Agro-forestry Pastoral Systems through Participatory Action Research
26 June 2015. Scidev. Accra Ghana. A large-scale project that seeks to help smallholders adapt to climate change...
Two startups win funding in FinTech for Agriculture 2015
26 June 2015. Nairobi . Village Capital announced the first winners of its innovative program, East the...
High Level Policy Dialogue on Investment in Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) in Asia-Pacific Region on 8-9 December 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) in collaboration with Australian Centre for...
First Pacific Community Agritourism Week
29 June - 3 July 2015. Denarau, Nadi, Fiji. The first Pacific Community Agritourism Week was attended by farmers,...
ICT uptake and usage in agricultural value chains in the Caribbean
17 June 2015. This 200-page report, supported by CTA, has recently been made public. It can be of interest to all...Horizon 2020 – first projects funded involving African researchers
June 2015. Brussels. Among the first Horizon 2020 projects funded, there are now 38 projects involving 80...
Web-based policy tool on small-scale farmer innovation
23 - 25 June, 2015. Geneva, Switzerland. Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional...
Focus on: Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR)
This five-year project (2012-2017) aims to strengthen biocultural innovation for food security in the face of climate...
Agri-Food Chain Coalition holds event at EXPO Milano
29 June 2015. Milan, Italy. EXPO Milano. The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC) organised an event as part of...
Women’s Forum: food and nutrition from the perspective of gender
29-30 June 2015. Milan, Italy Women’s Forum. Coincide with the 2015 Universal Exhibition in Milan, the Women’s Forum...
Regional Symposium on Market Access for Small Farmers through Direct Marketing on 17-18 September 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand
In agriculture, “Direct Marketing” is defined as a process whereby the farmer sells to the ultimate consumer or...University of Abomey-Calavi wins Grants to Implement Applied Research
Part of the project Team from Benin at Write-shop in Entebbe, Uganda 30 June 2015. The...
Focus on ACDI/VOCA
ACDI/VOCA is an economic development organization that fosters broad-based economic growth, raises living standards,...
Investment Contracts for Agriculture: practical guidelines
Investment Contracts for Agriculture: Maximizing gains and minimizing risks Carin Smaller, William Speller, Hafiz...
World Food System Conference 2015
21-26 June 2015. Zurich, Switzerland. This conference highlighted solution-focused, interdisciplinary, and...Echanges sur les partenariats OP-recherche-Etat
24-26 juin 2015. Dakar, Senegal. Le ROPPA, le CNCR et le CSA ont co-organisé dans le cadre du PAEPARD un atelier d...
Potential of GMO for emerging and developing economies
19 June 2015. Gent, Belgium. Towards a generic market for genetically modified crops - Potential for emerging and...
The 1st APAARI Executive Committee Meeting 2015: Proceedings
The first APAARI Executive Committee meeting in 2015 was held at the Rama Gardens Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on 12 May...
Planning Meeting for the Competitive Research Fund Projects
23-25 June 2015. Cotonou, Benin. Under the Competitive Research Fund (CRF) and Incentive Fund (IF) PAEPARD...
Opportunities for commercialization and research
Opportunities for commercialization and research under the banana, coffee, and sorghum value chains in Kenya and...
Regional Consultation on Agroforestry : the Way Forward on 8-10 October 2015 at Delhi, India
An Agroforestry Workshop is scheduled to be organized jointly by Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS...
