Pre-selection of the SIST Workshop Participants
Country (origin): Madagascar
A workshop on the digitisation, creation, management and dissemination of a collection of electronic documents is to be held from 15 to 26 October 2007 in Antananarivo (Madagascar) within the framework of the SIST project (Scientific and technical informa...
http://www.sist-sciencesdev.net/

African Crops News Services – March Issue
Country (origin): Kenya
The African Crops News Service covers current research and developments in improvement of African crops and seed systems. The service compliments the africancrops.net website to enhance further the sharing of news and information from projects supported b...
http://www.africancrops.net/news/march07/index.htm

Call for BecA Competitive Fellowships
Country (origin): Kenya
The Biosciences eastern and central Africa Network (BecANet) is one of the NEPAD initiatives to facilitate the generation and use of cutting-edge science and technology to enable the continent’s researchers to develop products aimed at solving Africa’...
http://www.africabiosciences.org/consult.php

Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) Internship Programme for Young Women 2007
Country (origin): Uganda
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) is looking for four young women aged 20-30 years from Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda to join the 2007 Internship Programme. This programme provides opportun...
http://www.comminit.com/funding2007/internships2007/funding-75.html

library
Country (origin): Ethiopia
EIAR library is currently providing information on agriculture and related subjucts to all information seeking groups and organizations

IIRR International Courses 2007
Country (origin): Kenya
IIRR features several international courses in its headquarters in the Philippines in earlier 2007: The course on ‘NGO Leadership, Development and Social Change (NGOLDSC)’ (February 12 - March 2, 2007) will enable NGO leaders to critically reflect ...
http://www.iirr.org/intlcourses.htm

ASARECA Calls for a Consultant for its ‘Operationalisation of Postgraduate Programme for Enhancement of Skills in Agricultural Information and Communication Management’
Country (origin): Uganda
ASARECA sincerely invites professionals and experts to submit an offer to undertake a consultancy for the “Operationalisation of the Postgraduate Programme for Enhancement of Skills in Agricultural Information and Communication Management in the ASARECA...
http://www.asareca.org/rain

2nd International Course on Facilitating Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (Oct 23 – Nov 4, 2006, Kampala, Uganda)
Country (origin): Kenya
‘Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR)’ is now being recognized as an important approach to bridging disaster and development. This paradigm emphasizes the community’s central role in program implementation and management, and also under...
http://www.iirr.org/CMDRR_Final.pdf#search=%22managed%20disaster%20reduction%22

African Crops News July-August 2006 is online
Country (origin): Kenya
July – August 2006 Issue is now online at http://africancrops.net/news/, including latest research updates, new publications and reports, research grant and postgraduate training opportunities, announcements and upcoming conferences, and much more.
http://africancrops.net/news/july06/index.htm

Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship 2006
Country (origin): Kenya
The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) announces the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship for the year 2006. Launched three years ago, the Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo Fellowship Scheme is to honour the memory and celebrate the work of Dr Abdo...
http://www.bgci.org/worldwide/job/0035/

Exchange and Capacity Building Workshop on Farmer-led Documentation for Sustainable Agriculture/NRM
Country (origin): Uganda
This workshop, jointly organized by PELUM-Uganda and PROLINNOVA, will bring together a small group of development practitioners with experiences in ‘farmer-led documentation’. The objective is to facilitate an exchange between organisations involved i...
http://www.runetwork.de/html/en/index.html?article_id=3455

African water meeting seeks to harmonize water for food and ecosystems
Country (origin): Ethiopia
FAO, Addis Ababa/Rome -- New and growing demands for sustainable use of natural resources are having a serious impact on agriculture, as the sector struggles to feed a growing world population, according to Louise Fresco, Assistant Director-General of the...
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2004/51383/index.html

Reform Or Lose Funds, Says WB
Country (origin): Kenya
The Nation, Nairobi: Kenya has been given three years to carry out reforms in the provision of extension services or lose World Bank funding for agricultural research. The warning was given by Dr Karen Brooks, the World Bank Sector Manager for Rural De...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200411090221.html

Now Online: Summary of the United Nations Environment Programme's first Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment
Country (origin): Kenya
The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) first Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment (WAVE) convened from 11-13 October 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Assembly focused on generating outputs related to ...
http://www.iisd.ca/sd/unep/wave/

In Search of a Gender Sensitive Food Policy
Country (origin): Kenya
Victor Bwire, The Nation (Nairobi): Women in Kenya are on a new initiative to lobby for the formulation of a gender sensitive national policy on agriculture, food security and nutrition. The initiative comes in the wake of reports that more than three mi...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200408160543.html

FAO seeks emergency assistance for Kenyan agriculture
Country (origin): Kenya
FAO, Nairobi, Kenya: Responding to Kenya's call for international assistance in the face of severe drought and crop failure, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has appealed to donors for $3.6 million to fund four emergency agriculture projects...
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2004/49527/index.html

Experts call for review of food policies
Country (origin): Kenya
Over-reliance on maize and agricultural policies that favour cash crops are largely to blame for the current food crisis, a report on food security in Kenya says. In addition, the marginalisation at the policy formulation level of women who produce abo...
http://www.eastandard.net/intelligence/intel07080405.htm

IFPRI Bases New Research Division in Ethiopia, Names Ugandan Minister of Agriculture as Director
Country (origin): Ethiopia
Addis Ababa — The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently named the current Ugandan Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries, and Fisheries, Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, director of its new division-the International Service ...
http://www.ifpri.org/