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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- IFPRI Training Materials
- Database on Education and Training Courses in Irrigation, Drainage, and Flood Control
To support training and capacity building in agricultural water management, the Water Service of the Land and Water Development Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Working Group on Capacity Building, Training, and Education have established a web-based database on available training courses. The objectives of the database are to provide global information on education and training in irrigation, drainage, and flood control; to advertise the courses to interested applicants; and to allow potential trainees to review and select training courses. To register courses, visit http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/watertraining. For comments and suggestions please contact: water-training@fao.org.
- Agritrade
Agritrade is a web portal set up by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation to disseminate information relevant to trade in fresh and processed agricultural goods produced in Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries and traded with the European Union (EU). For more information, visit http://www.agricta.org/agritrade or contact cta@cta.nl.
- Food for Education Indicator Guide
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) has recently released the Food for Education Indicator Guide. To view the guide, visit http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/FFE.pdf.
- SciDev.Net
SciDev.Net is a global website dedicated to reporting and discussing the role of science and technology in meeting the needs of developing countries. For more information, visit http://www.scidev.net.
- Spotlight on Africa
Spotlight on Africa is a bi-weekly report on current events that provides in-depth historical and analytical background on contemporary situations in Africa. It is intended for students, teachers, and general readers. To subscribe, send an email to psales@cais.com.
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research
Established in 1994, the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) is an independent, indigenous, non-partisan, private organization. Its primary goal is to carry out quality research-based public policy analysis and to generate non-partisan discussions focused on Kenya and the region. It also strengthens local capacity through trainings and internships on macroeconomic policy analysis, governance and development, industry and agriculture, and health and education. For more information, visit http://www.ipar.or.ke.
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NETWORK PROFILE
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey
In 1993, the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey (ERF) was established to help improve the quality and increase the quantity of applied policy-oriented economic research on the region. ERF aims to create a strong Middle East and North Africa research community that interacts with policy communities of the region and the international community of researchers and development agents. Their goal is to foster economic growth with equity and the effective integration of the region into the world economy. The network strengthens capacity through peer reviews and evaluations, research workshops, and training workshops. For more information, visit http://www.erf.org.eg.
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
- Organization: 2020 Vision Network in East Africa and International Food Policy Research Institute
Title: Proposal Writing for Policy Research
Location: Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, and Ethiopia
Date: February-March 2002
Contact: Valerie Rhoe
Senior Research Assistant
IFPRI
2033 K Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20006
USA
Phone: 1-202-862-6461
Fax: 1-202-467-4439
Email: v.rhoe@cgiar.org
Web: www.ifpri.org
- Organization: School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Title: Nutrition Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Location: Medford, Massachusetts
Date: June 3-14, 2002
Target Group: middle level program managers, and monitoring and evaluation staff of governments, international and bilateral assistance agencies, and NGOs
Fee: US$3,400 (includes residence on campus) or US$3,100 for those arranging their own accommodations
Deadline: April 15, 2002
Contact: Sucheta Mehra
126 Curtis Street
Medford, MA 02155
USA
Phone: 1-617 627-3223
Fax: 1-617 627-3887
Email: sucheta.mehra@tufts.edu
- Organization: The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Contact: Director, Human Resource Development
International Fertilizer Development Center
PO Box 2040
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662
USA
Phone: 1-256-381-6600
Fax: 1-256-381-7408
Email: hrd@IFDC.org
Web: http://www.ifdc.org
Courses offered:
- Title: Agricultural Input Marketing
Location: South Africa
Date: February 25-March 1, 2002
Fee: US$1,050
- Title: Globalization, Privatization, and Agricultural Input Markets: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: Thailand
Date: June 10-14, 2002
Fee: US$1,100
- Title: Use of GIS in Natural Resource Allocation
Location: Mexico
Date: August 19-30, 2002
Fee: US$2100
- Title: Challenges in Fertilizer Marketing
Location: China
Date: October 21-November 1, 2002
Fee: US$1,950
- Title: The Impact of Environmental Issues on Fertilizer Use and Production
Location: Brazil
Date: November 18-22, 2002
Fee: US$1100
- Organization: German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Deutsche Welthungerhilfe German Agro Action (DWHH), and German Foundation for International Development / Centre for Food, Rural Development and the Environment (DSE/ZEL)
Title: Food and Nutrition Security Programmes Addressing Acute and Chronic Malnutrition
Location: Feldafing, Germany
Date: April 15-26, 2002
Fee: € 2000
Contact: Dr. Klaus Klennert
DSE-Centre for Food
Rural Development and the Environment (ZEL)
Wielinger Street 52
D-82340 Feldafing
Germany
Phone: + 49-8157-938-100
Fax: + 49-8157-938-777
Email: k.klennert@dse.de
- Organization: Salzburg Seminars
Title: Achieving Food Security Through Community-Based Food Systems
Date: May 1-8, 2002
Deadline: March 1, 2002
Contact: Salzburg Seminar
Schloss Leopoldskron
Leopoldskronstrasse
56-58
Box 129
A-5010 Salzburg
Austria
Phone: + 43-662-83-9-830
Fax: + 43-662-83-9-837
Email: admissions@salzburgseminar.org
Web: http://www.salzburgseminar.org/documents/2002online.pdf#page=9
- Organization: Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Title: Information and Communication Technologies for Developing Countries
Location: Web-based
Date: January 14-April 6, 2002
Fee: US$269
Contact: Barbara Fillip, Ph.D.
International Development Specialist
Research Consultant and Instructor
808 South Veitch Street
Arlington, VA 22204
USA
Phone: 1-202-314-3320
Email: registrar@grad.usda.gov
Web: http://grad.usda.gov/Catalog/alpha_CourseDescription.cfm?code=PUAP2270E-W01
- Organization: Zentrum für EntwickLungsforschung, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn; Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät Rheinische Friedrich; and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Title: Introduction to Applied Computable General Equilibrium Modelling for Development Policy Analysis
Location: Bonn, Germany
Date: February 17-23, 2002
Fee: €600
Deadline: January 14, 2002
Contact: Peter Wobst
IFPRI
2033 K Street, NW
Washington DC 20006
USA
Email: p.wobst@cgiar.org
Web: http://www.agp.uni-bonn.de/cge_course/CGE_course.htm
- Organization: Central European University
Title: Competition Policy in the Transition: Theory, Implementation, and Challenges
Date: July 1-19, 2002
Deadline: January 15, 2002
Contact: Central European University
Summer University Office
1051 Budapest
Nádor u. 9
Hungary
Phone: 36-1-327-3811
Fax: 36-1-327-3124
Email: summeru@ceu.hu
Web: http://www.ceu.hu/sun/sunindx.html
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CONFERENCES
- Title: Tenth Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in African Studies
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Date: March 22-23, 2002
Deadline: February 1, 2002
Contact: Graduate Student Conference
Boston University
African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
USA
Email: cannear@bu.edu or carp@bu.edu
Web: http://www.bu.edu/afr/gradconf
- Organizations: Center for Sustainable Development; National Tsing Hua University; and Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University
Title: Global Economic Analysis: Sustainable Development and the General Equilibrium Approach
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: June 5-7, 2002
Deadline: January 15, 2002 (abstracts)
For more information, visit http://ae761-e.agecon.purdue.edu/CSD/default.htm
- Organization: Association for Modelling and Forecasting Economies in Transition
Title: Modelling Economies in Transition 2002
Location: Cedzyna, Poland
Date: December 4-7, 2002
Deadline: June 30, 2002 (paper submission)
For more information, visit http://www.econometrics.uni.lodz.pl/amfet
- Title: Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental and Resource Economics
Location: Wageningen, Netherlands
Date: June 5-7, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.sls.wageningen-ur.nl/me/conference.html
- Organization: University of Göttingen, Institut Pertanian Bogor, University of Kassel, and Universitas Tadulako
Title: Land Use, Nature Conservation, and Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia
Location: Bogor, Indonesia
Date: September 30-October 4, 2002
Deadline: May 31, 2002 (abstracts)
Contact: SFB 552 (STORMA)
Centre of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Forestry
Am Vogelsang 6
D- 37075 Goettingen
Germany
Fax: 00149-0-551-399658
Email: symp2002@gwdg.de
- Title: IT in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA 2002)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: July 21-25, 2002
Deadline: January 15, 2002 (abstract)
For more information, visit http://www.itana2002.org/home
- Organizations: Center for African Studies, University of Illinois; College of Education, University of Illinois; Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); Association of African Universities; The Ford Foundation; U.S. Department of Education
Title: African Universities in the 21st Century
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Date: April 25-27, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/highered.html
- Organization: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
Title: Socio-economics Research in Agricultural Technology Development and Dissemination
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: April 23-25, 2002
Contact: Dr. F. M. Murithi or Mr. P. N. Mwangi
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
P. O. Box 57811
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone: 254-2-583302-20/24
Fax: 254-2-583342/44
Emails: fmmurithi@kari.org or petersonm@kari.org
- Organization: Institute for the African Child
Title: HIV/AIDS and the African Child: Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities
Location: Athens, Ohio
Date: April 11-13, 2002
Deadline: January 15, 2002 (abstract)
For more information, visit http://www.ohiou.edu/toguna/fall2001/conference.htm
- Organizations: CEIS Tor Vergata University Rome; Center of Sustainable Resource Development, University of California at Berkeley; and Economic Growth Center, Yale University
Title: 6th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies: New Avenues for Production, Consumption, and Technology Transfer
Location: Ravello, Italy
Date: July 11-14, 2002
Deadline: January 20, 2002 (abstract)
For more information, visit http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr
- Organizations: Peking University; Research Directorate-General of the European Commission; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Plant Biotechnology Program, United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; and Ministry of Science and Technology, China
Title: 7th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms
Location: Beijing, China
Date: October 10-14, 2002
For more information, visit www.worldbiosafety.net
- Organizations: Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Title: International Conference on Impacts of Agricultural Research and Development
Location: San José, Costa Rica
Date: February 4-7, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.cimmyt.org/research/economics/impacts
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
- Organization: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and Ford Foundation
Title: ICRW India Fellows Program 2001-2002
Target Group: Indian development and human rights specialists, activists, lawyers, economists, and academics
Award: three month sabbaticals at ICRW in Washington DC, USA
Deadline: February 10, 2002
Contact: Project Director, Fellows Program
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 302
Washington, DC 20036
USA
Fax: 1-202-797-0020
Email: fellowsapp@icrw.org
Web: http://www.icrw.org/fellowpg.htm
- Organization: Global Security and Sustainability Program of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Title: Technological Change and Global Security and Sustainability
Award: $75,000 for individual projects and $100,000 for two-person collaborations
Deadline: February 1, 2002
Contact: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Office of Grants Management
140 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603-5285
USA
Phone: 1-312-726-8000
Fax: 1-312-920-6258
Email: researchandwriting@macfound.org
Web: http://www.macfound.org/programs/gss/gss_guidelines.htm
- Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program 2001-2003
Deadlines: January 15, 2002 and July 15, 2002
Award: $4,000-$5,000
Eligibility: Citizens or permanent residents of the United States, men and women scientists who have a Ph.D. or equivalent research, and male and female Ph.D. candidates conducting research in an established graduate program in the United States. Candidates will travel with their Ph.D. advisors and will serve as co-principal investigators on future proposals. (Male graduate students will need a female co-principal investigator.)
Contact: Women's International Science Collaboration Travel Grant
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Directorate for International Programs
200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
USA
Web: http://www.aaas.org/international/wiscnew.shtml
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