1. Fighting Famine in Southern Africa: Steps Out of the Crisis
   The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has recently released "Fighting Famine in Southern Africa: Steps Out of the Crisis." This brief, based on IFPRI research, provides policy options for famine mediation. For more information, download this publication (PDF 447K) or email s.babu@cgiar.org / a.bhouraskar@cgiar.org.

2. International Institute for Sustainable Development -/World Summit on Sustainable Development: Announcements List serve
   The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has established an announcements list for information related to preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), scheduled in Johannesburg from August 26 to September 4, 2002. List subscribers can post information to all other subscribers on upcoming or past WSSD meetings and related events, papers, websites, and on-line resources. For more information, email diego@iisd.org or visit http://www.iisd.ca/wssd/portal.html.

3. National Biosafety Toolkit Module
   The United Nations Environment Programme has released two modules of the National Biosafety Toolkit under the Global Environment Facility (UNEP-GEF) Project. They provide a practical "how-to" guide for developing a draft National Biosafety Framework (NBF). It is divided into four modules, each addressing a phase in the national project document. For more information, visit http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/ToolkitBSF0.pdf for phase 0 and http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/ToolkitBSF1.pdf for phase 1.

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Indian Agricultural Research Institute
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) was established in India in 1905 as the premier national institute for agricultural research, education, and extension. Its mission is to explore new frontiers of science and knowledge and develop human resources, provide leadership to the country in technology development, and guide policy resulting in a vibrant, responsive, and resilient agricultural sector. The institute evolves its policies, plans, and programmes to respond to the needs and opportunities of the nation. For more information, visit http://www.iaripusa.org.

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Agri-Food Research Network
The Agri-Food Research Network, established in 1993, provides a forum for Australian and New Zealand researchers to engage in the structural analysis of contemporary agri-food restructuring. It is designed to facilitate and maintain the exchange of information in the Asia-Pacific region by encouraging collaborative research and organizing conferences and meetings. For more information, visit http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/sci_page/research/agri.

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• Organizations: International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) and Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SM-CRSP)
  Title: Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics
  Location: Lome, Togo
  Date: October 7-12, 2002
  Fees: US $1,050 (pre-registration) and US $1,200 (late registration)
  Contact: Director
  International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development-Africa Division
  BP4483
  Lome, Togo
  Phone: (228) 221 79 71
  Fax: (228) 221 78 17
  Email: general@IFDC.org
  Web: http://www.ifdc.org/PDF_Files/October7-12'02.pdf

• Organization: Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
  Title: 3rd International Training Program on Sustainable Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) Management for Rural Development
  Location: Madhya Pradesh, India
  Date: November 12-27, 2002
  Fees: US $2,000
  Contact: Prodyut Bhattacharya
  Course Director
  Indian Institute of Forest Management
  Nehru Nagar
  PO Box 357
  Bhopal 462003
  Madhya Pradesh
  India
  Email: prodyut@iifm.org
  Web: www.iifm.org

• Organization: Center for Global Trade Analysis-Purdue University and University of Sheffield
  Title: Tenth Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis
  Location: Sheffield, England
  Date: August 4-10, 2002
  Fees: US $3,295
  Contact: Judy Conner
  Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)
  Phone: (765) 494-4267
  Fax: (765) 496-1224
  Email: connerjr@purdue.edu
  Web: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/events/short_courses/2002/brochure.pdf

• Organization: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)
  Title: Exposure Visit Programme on Microfinance
  Location: Bangladesh
  Duration: 10 days
  Fees: US $1,000 (excluding international travel and medical insurance)
  Contact: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
  Training Officer
  Chameli House
  Topkhana Road 17
  GPO Box 2883
  1000 Dhaka
  Bangladesh
  Phone: 880 2 955 61 33
  Fax: 880 2 956 20 35
  Email: cirdap@citechco.net
  Web: http://www.infoagrar.ch/Informationcenter/mediadir.nsf/d61fc7ee734e79cac12569e000393005/4be54f5583a60c64c1256a2c002e4571?OpenDocument

• Organization: Agriculture, Resources, Infrastructure, and Management Program (ARIM), Asian Institute of Technology
  Title: Training of Trainers
  Location: Thailand
  Date: October 21-November 15, 2002
  Fees: US $3,200
  Deadline:
  Contact: Agriculture, Resources, Infrastructure, and Management Program (ARIM), Asian Institute of Technology Extension
  Asian Institute of Technology
  P. O. Box 4
  12120 Klong Luang
  Pathumthani
  Thailand
  Phone: 66 2 524 5270
  Fax: 66 2 524 5247
  Email: cec@cs.ait.ac.th
  Web: http://www.agri-aqua.ait.ac.th/tcu/Services/Tailormade/tot/tot.html

• Organization: College of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of the Philippines at Los Baņos
  Title: Sustainable Forest Resources Management and Project Planning
  Location: Philippines
  Date: September 10-October 21, 2002
  Fees: US $3,780
  Contact: College of Forestry and Natural Resources
  University of the Philippines at Los Baņos
  Training Officer
  Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES)
  P.O. Box 434
  4031 College
  Laguna
  The Philippines
  Phone: 63 49 536 22 68
  Fax: 63 49 536 33 40
  Email: trees@laguna.net
  Web: http://www.itto.or.jp/newsletter/v12n1/11.html

• Organization: Center for Development Research (ZEF)
  Title: International Doctoral Program for Development Studies
  Location: Bonn, Germany
  Date: October 2002
  Eligibility: Highly qualified young scientists from developing countries
  Duration: Three Years
  Deadline: September 30, 2002
  Contact: Dr. Gunther Manske
  Center for Development Research (ZEF)
  Doctoral Studies Program
  Walter-Flex-Street 3
  D-53113 Bonn
  Germany
  Phone: (++49/228) 73-17 94 / 73-17 27
  Fax: (++49/228) 73-18 89
  Email: docp.zef@uni-bonn.de
  Web: http://www.zef.de/zef_englisch/f_studien.htm

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• Organizations: University of Montana, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, University of Idaho, and Colorado State University
  Title: International Seminar on Protected Area Management
  Location: Missoula, Montana
  Date: August 8-24, 2002
  Fees: US $4,500
  For more information, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/global/is/ispam/welcome.htm

• Organizations: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat (CRHCS), and Tanzanian Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC)
  Title: Nurturing the Future: Challenges to Breastfeeding in the 21st Century
  Location: Arusha, Tanzania
  Date: September 23-27, 2002
  Fees: US $700
  For more information, visit http://www.waba.org.br/forum2

• Organization: Lahore University of Management Sciences
  Title: South and Southeast Asia Regional Meetings of the Econometric Society 2002
  Location: Lahore, Pakistan
  Date: December 28-30, 2002
  Deadline: July 30, 2002
  For more information, visit http://www.lums.edu.pk/~aesm

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• Organization: Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
  Title: Poverty Reduction Outcomes Through Education Innovations and Networks (COL-PROTEIN) program
  Deadline: August 15, 2002
  Contact: Commonwealth of Learning
  Commonwealth of Learning-Poverty Reduction Outcomes Through Education Innovations and Networks (COL-PROTEIN) program
  1285 West Broadway
  Suite 600
  Vancouver, BC
  Canada V6H 3X8
  Fax: 1 604 775 8210
  Email: info@col.org
  Web: http://www.col.org/programmes/capacity/protein.htm

• Organizations: Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) and Open Society Institute-Budapest
  Title: International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
  Date: March 2003-March 2004
  Deadline: August 1, 2002
  Contact: International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
  Open Society Institute
  Oktober 6 utca 12
  H-1051 Budapest
  Hungary
  Phone: (36 1) 327-3863
  Fax: (36 1) 327-3809 Email: fellows@osi.hu
  Web: http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html