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  1. YPARD Monthly Newsletter - January 2015
    Keep updated on YPARD on-line and off-line activities worldwide, funding and job opportunities, updates on partner news and the latest news in agricultural development for young professionals! This newsletter is just a small overview of what YPARD is working on and a small selection of…
  2. Call for concept notes: IFAD-CCAFS Learning Alliance
    Source: CCAFS   The IFAD-CCAFS Learning Alliance is calling for concept notes with the focus on economic valuation of climate risks and adaptation responses in agricultural development projects.   Closing date: 10 November 2014, 08h00 CET.   Rationale for the call…
  3. 2014 World Agriculture Prize awarded to world-renowned soil scientist Paul Vlek
    Nanjing Agricultural University, China, September 20 2014: The GCHERA World Agriculture Prize was awarded to Professor Paul Vlek, world-renowned soil scientist and leader in interdisciplinary research for development, education and capacity building. The award is in recognition of Paul Vlek’s…
  4. International Farmer Innovation Day
    29 November is International Farmer Innovation Day, coordinated through the Prolinnova-PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecological-oriented agriculture and natural resource management global network. The Day heightens awareness of farmers’ innovations in adapting to a continuously changing…
  5. Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications from African Agri-Business Operators
    The call for proposals for grants from the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) is open from now until 31 December 2013.   The Agriculture Fast Track Fund, a new multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), designed to…
  6. EFARD Open Forum meeting
    The European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) has appointed new leaders: Martin Kropff as Chair, Alessandra Giuliani as Vice-Chair and Judith Francis as Executive Secretary. Reflecting these changes and new directions for EFARD, a meeting of EFARD stakeholders was organized…
  7. Africa urged to partner to improve agricultural production
    African countries have been called upon to strengthen partnerships that would provide the needed resources and technologies to support farmers on the Continent to boost food production. Mrs Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union…
  8. The 3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species
    The emerging interest in Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) needs to be supported by science-based evidence of how NUS contribute to food security, income generation, better nutrition and climate change resilience. To this end, Bioversity International and the Council for Scientific and…
  9. Promoting interactivity through radio and ICTs
    Source: ICT Update by Josh Woodard & Dominic Otieno Omolo    ICTs can help researchers to interact with farmers. The challenge lies in finding a way of integrating traditional and new communication technologies such as mobile phone, radio and video services to send agricultural…
  10. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments – Speaker Brief - The L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) - Managing for Development Results.
    Through the AFSI sub-group on Managing for Development Results (MfDR), a sub-set of AFSI participants is investigating the impact of funds spent in four partner countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Rwanda, and Senegal. Led by Germany and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this group…
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