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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- IFPRI Training Material
Analysis of Market Reforms and Food Security: Methodology. Reading Materials. South Asia Initiative/ Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research/IFPRI. 2002.
- Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific e-letters
The Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) disseminates a bi-monthly e-letter that provides news and information on activities, events, and issues related to community forestry throughout the region. To subscribe to the e-letter, visit http://www.recoftc.org/pubs_letters.html#e_letters
- Eldis Food Security Reporter
The Institute of Development Studies has recently launched the Eldis Food Security Reporter. This weekly bulletin highlights recent publications on food security issues. In addition to the Food Security Reporter, Eldis offers email bulletins for 29 other topics. To subscribe to any of these specialty bulletins, visit http://www.eldis.org/food/index.htm
- Online Bibliography
The Forum on Agricultural Resource Husbandry program (FORUM) of the Rockefeller Foundation has posted on its website a bibliography complete with abstracts from 111 scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals. The publications are derived from research funded by the FORUM in the east and southern African countries of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The citations and abstracts have been organized into eight main subject areas: agricultural biotechnology, capacity building, crop management, integrated nutrient management, pest and disease management, socio-economics, soil and water management, and weed management. For more information, visit http://www.rockforum.org or email Musa Omare at webmaster@rockforum.org
- Human Development Report
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has just released its 2002 Human Development Report. To download this report, visit http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/
- Poverty Analysis Community
The Poverty Analysis Community (PAC) is an informal group of professionals with an interest in learning how their colleagues across the globe are grappling with the challenges of analyzing, monitoring, and evaluating poverty. For more information, visit http://info.worldbank.org/etools/pac
- Childinfo
Childinfo provides a range of statistical databases and technical tools, incorporating Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and other surveys used to monitor the situation of children. For more information, visit http://childinfo.org/index2.htm
- Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
Kellogg Foundation has published a comprehensive handbook on evaluation. It incorporates a participatory process, uses a multidisciplinary approach, and focuses not just on outcomes but also on building capacity. To download the handbook, visit http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/Pub770.pdf
- Forest Policy Experts
Forest Policy Experts (POLEX) is an electronic list serve that is being managed by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Its objective is to keep stakeholders informed about recent relevant policy research results. For more information, email Dr. David Kaimowitz at d.kaimowitz@cgiar.org
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
Food and Fertilizer Technology Center
The Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) is an international information clearinghouse serving small-scale farmers in the Asian and Pacific regions. Its purpose is to promote the exchange and dissemination of technical information and experience on agricultural food production so as to increase output and raise incomes for farmers. Its website and database provide technical publications on tropical agriculture, with an emphasis on low-cost technology for small farms. The full text of all publications is available free in HTML or PDF formats. For more information, visit http://www.fftc.agnet.org
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NETWORK PROFILE
Sustainable Agriculture Network
The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is a cooperative effort of university, government, farm, business, and nonprofit organizations dedicated to the exchange of scientific and practical information on sustainable agricultural systems. It shares information through print and electronic communication. SAN is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. SAN produces information on sustainable farming practices, principles, and systems. SAN publications are designed to answer practical questions about sustainable agriculture. For more information, visit http://www.sare.org/htdocs/docs/about.html
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
- Organization: 2020 Vision Network for East Africa and International Food POlicy research Institute
Title: Strategic Policy Communication for Food Security
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Date: September 2002
Contact
Mr. Samuel Semanda
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries
P.O. Box 102
Entebbe
Uganda
Phone: 256-41-320958; Fax: 256-41-321255
Email: samsema@infocom.co.ug
- Organizations: International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) and Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
Title: Use of Geographical Information Systems in Natural Resource Management
Location: Texcoco, Mexico
Date: September 23-October 4, 2002
Fees: US $2,100 (pre-registration) and US $2,450 (late registration)
Contact: Director
Training and Workshop Coordination Department
International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development
P.O. Box 2040
Muscle Shoals
Alabama 35662
United States
Phone: 1 (256) 381-6600
Fax: 1 (256) 381-7408
Email: hrd@IFDC.org
Web: http://www.ifdc.org/PDF_Files/September%2023-October%204'02.pdf
- The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (Seameo-Tropmed) Regional Center for Community Nutrition of the University of Indonesia is offering the following courses:
Contact: Professor Soemilah Sastroamidjojo / Nopy / Yanti
University of Indonesia
Jl. Selemba Raya No. 6
Jakarta 10430
Indonesia
Phone: +62 (21) 330-205, 391-3933
Fax: +62 (21) 390-7695, 391-3933
Email: stropmed@rad.net.id / edurccn@cbn.net.id / rccn@cbn.net.id
Web: http://www.seameo.org/events/events2002tropmedi.htm
- Title: Nutrition Assessment and Surveillance
Location: Seameo Tropmed Building, University of Indonesia
Date: September 2-23, 2002
Fees: Rp 1,500,000/person
- Title: Biostatistics
Location: Seameo Tropmed Building, University of Indonesia
Date: August 26-September 2, 2002
Fees: Rp 750,000/person with computer practice (limited enrollment) or Rp 400,000 without computer practice
- Title: Basic Nutrition and Requirement, Recommendation of Nutrients
Location: Seameo Tropmed Building, University of Indonesia
Date: August 5-26, 2002
Fees: Rp 1,500,000/person
- Organization: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Graduate School
Title: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Developing Countries: Bridging the Digital Divide
Location: On-Line
Date: September 16-December 14, 2002
Fees: US $269
Contact: Barbara Phillips
Evening Programs
United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School
Room 1103, South Building
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9901
United States
Phone: 1 (202) 314-3650
Fax: 1 (202) 488-1382
Email: barbara.fillip@verizon.net / evening@grad.usda.gov
Web: http://knowledgefordevelopment.com/Syllabus.html
- Organization: Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC)
Title: The Power of the Pen: Sharpen your analysis and writing skills
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 7-19, 2002
Deadline: September 1, 2002
Fees: US $2,695
Contact: Ronnakorn Triraganon
Email: contact@recoftc.org; orot@ku.ac.th
Web: http://www.recoftc.org/courses.html
- Organization: College of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños
Title: Application of GIS in Natural Resource Policy
Location: Laguna, The Philippines
Date: May 13-26, 2003
Fees: US $1,575
Contact: The Director
Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability (TREES)
College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines, Los Baños
PO Box 434
College
Laguna 4031
The Philippines
Phone: +(63 49) 536-2268 or 536-2736
Fax: +(63 49) 536-3340
Email: trees@laguna.net
- Organizations: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development
Title: International Workshop and Study Tour on NPK Fertilizer Production, Storage, and Handling
Location: São Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aries, Argentina
Date: October 23-November 5, 2002
Deadline: September 25, 2002
Fees: US $2,100 and US $2,450 (late fee)
Contact: Director
Workshop Coordination Department
International Fertilizer Development Center
P.O. Box 2040
Muscle Shoals
Alabama 35662
United States
Phone: 1 (256) 381-6600
Fax: 1 (256) 381-7408
Email: hrdu@IFDC.org
Web: http://www.ifdc.org/PDF_Files/Oct%2023%20-%20Nov%205'02.pdf
- Organization: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Title: The Practice of Trade Policy: Economics, Negotiations, and Rules
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date: September 29-October 11, 2002
Fees: US $7,950
Deadline: July 29, 2002
Contact: Enrollment Services
Executive Programs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
B-218B
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138
United States
Phone: 617-496-0484 ext. 11
Fax: 617-495-3090
Email: KSG_ExecEd@harvard.edu
Web: http://www.execprog.org/programs.asp?programid=58&displaymode=view
- Organization: The International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
Title: Training program on leadership and adaptive management in forest environments
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: September 9. November 22, 2002
Fees: € 4500
Deadline: August 25, 2002
Contact: International Agricultural Centre
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: + 31 317 495 495
Fax: + 31 317 495 395
Email: Training@IAC.AGRO.NL
Web: http://www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl/services/training/index.htm
- The Law Offices of Dodds and Associates and bioDevelopments International Institute are offering the following courses:
Contact: John Dodds
Attorney-at-Law and Patent Attorney
Dodds and Associates
1707 N. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
United States
Phone: 1 (202) 463 3275 / 76
Fax: 1 (202) 463 3278
Email: j.dodds@doddsassociates.com
Web: http://www.biodevelopments.org/seminars.htm
- Title: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in International Agricultural Research and Development: Strategies and Applications - An Intensive Executive Workshop Focused on Practical Applications and Implications in Asia
Location: Manila, The Philippines
Date: November 10-14, 2002
Deadline: September 30, 2002 (registration), October 15, 2002 (fee)
Fees: US $6,000
- Title: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in International Agricultural Research and Development: Strategies and Applications: An Intensive Executive Workshop Focused on Practical Applications and Implications in Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: December 8-12, 2002
Deadline: October 15, 2002 (registration), October 30, 2002 (fee)
Fees: US $4,200
- Organizations: Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer (SWIFTT), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Law Offices of Dodds and Associates, and bioDevelopments International Institute
Title: Intellectual and Tangible Property Management in Agriculture: An Intensive Workshop for Scientists, Licensing/Technology Transfer Officers, Research Managers, and Policy Makers
Location: Sharm el Sheik, Egypt
Date: December 15-20, 2002
Deadline: October 31, 2002 (registration), November 15, 2002 (fee)
Fees: US $1,995
Contact: Anatole F. Krattiger or R. David Kryder
Director and Associate Director
Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer
33 Thornwood Drive
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York 14852
United States
Phone: +1 (607)-254 6100
Fax: +1(212) 208 6822
Email: swiftt@cornell.edu
Web: http://www.biodevelopments.org/seminars.htm.
- The Global Economic Modeling (EcoMod) Network is offering the following courses:
Contact: Ali Bayar
Department of Applied Economics
Free University of Brussels
Avenue F. Roosevelt
50 C.P. 140
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32-2-650 3988
Fax: +32-2-650 4137
Email: anouk.verlinden@ecomod.net
Web: http://www.ecomod.net/courses/winter_school.htm; http://www.ecomod.net/courses/summer_school.htm
- Title: Advanced General Equilibrium Modeling with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
Location: Washington, D.C., United States
Date: January 6-11, 2003
Fees: US $2,300
- Title: Practical General Equilibrium Modeling with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) Location: Washington, D.C., United States
Date: January 6-11, 2003
Fees: US $2,300
- Title: Practical General Equilibrium Modeling with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 14-19, 2003
Fees: US $2,300
- Title: Advanced General Equilibrium Modeling with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 21-26, 2003
Fees: US $2,300
- Title: Macro-Econometric Modeling with TROLL and EVIEWS
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: July 21-26, 2003
Fees: US $3,000
- Organization: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Title: Developing Competitive Fertilizer Marketing for Small and Medium Agricultural Enterprises
Location: Beijing, China
Date: September 2-13, 2001
Contact: International Fertilizer Development Center
P.O. Box 2040
Muscle Shoals
Alabama 35662
United States
Phone: 1 (256) 381-6600
Fax: 1 (256) 381-7408
Email: general@ifdc.org
Web: http://www.ifdc.org/Training/training_calendar.html
- Organization: International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
Title: Agricultural Research Management Training for Program Leaders
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Date: October 14-26, 2002
Contact: Z. Peixoto Franca
Senior Research Officer
International Service for National Agricultural Research
P.O. Box 93375
2509 AJ
The Hague
The Netherlands
Phone: 31-7-349-6100
Fax: 31-70-381-9677
Email: ISNAR-Training@cgiar.org.
- Organization: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
Title: Impact Assessment: How do we know we are making a difference?
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: March 24-26, 2003
Fees: £ 340
Contact: Rebecca Blackshaw
P.O. Box 563
Oxford
OX2 6RZ
United Kingdom
Phone: + 44 (0) 1865 201 851
Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 201 852
Email: r.blackshaw@intrac.org
Web: http://www.intrac.org/train-open.htm#impass
- Organization: University of Natal
Title: Post Graduate Programme in Food Security
Location: Scottsville, South Africa
Date: January 27-February 7, 2003
Contact: Sheryl Hendriks
Director
Food Security Programme
School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness
University of Natal
P Bag X01
Scottsville 3209
South Africa
Phone: (27) (0) 33 260 5726
Fax: (27) (0) 33 260 5495
Email: hendriks@nu.ac.za
Web: http://www.nu.ac.za/dep/foodsecurity
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CONFERENCES
- Organizations: The American Statistical Association (ASA), The International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region (ENAR), Western North American Region (WNAR), The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and The Statistical Society of Canada
Title: Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association
Location: New York, New York, United States
Date: August 11-15, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2002
- Organization: European Economic Association (EEA)
Title: 17th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association
Location: Venice, Italy
Date: August 22-24, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.eea-esem2002.it/eea/d01.html
- Organization: Econometric Society (ES)
Title: 57th European Meeting of the Econometric Society
Location: Venice, Italy
Date: August 25- 28, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.eea-esem2002.it/esem/d01.html
- Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Plymouth
Title: International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society
Location: Plymouth, United Kingdom
Date: September 3-6, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSS2002.html
- Organization: Global Development Network (GDN)
Title: Fourth Annual Global Development Conference
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Date: January 19-21, 2003
For more information, visit http://www.gdnet.org/subpages/events_gdn4thAnnual.htm
- Organizations: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Title: Colloquium on HIV and Breastfeeding
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Date: September 20-21, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.waba.org.br/forum2/colloquium.html
- Organizations: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat (CRHCS), Tanzanian Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Title: Nurturing the Future: Challenges to Breastfeeding in the 21st Century
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Date: September 23-27, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.waba.org.br/forum2
- Organizations: Kennedy School of Government’s Center for International Development, Harvard University; Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and Asia Programs at the Center for Business and Government
Title: International Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation: Emerging International Policy Issues
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Date: September 23-24, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidbiotech/intconf_sti/description.htm
- Organizations: Peking University, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and the International Society for Biosafety Research
Title: 7th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms
Location: Beijing, China
Date: October 10-16, 2002
For more information, email Hongya Gu at biosafe@pku.edu.cn
- Organizations: Department of Natural Resources Canada, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Title: The XII World Forestry Congress 2003
Location: Québec City, Canada
Date: September 21-28, 2003
Deadline: September 30, 2002 (Papers and abstracts)
For more information, visit http://www.wfc2003.org/page.php?c=/en/index.html
- Organization: Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
Title: The Second North American Symposium: Environmental Effects of Trade
Location: Washington, D.C., United States
Date: March 27-28, 2003
Deadline: August 21, 2002 (paper submission)
For more information, visit http://www.cec.org/news/details/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2482
- Organization: Global Economic Modeling (EcoMod) Network
Title: International Conference on Policy Modeling
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Date: July 3-5, 2003
Deadline: December 15, 2002 (paper submissions), March 31, 2003 (registration)
For more information, visit http://www.ecomod.net/conferences/ecomod2003/ecomod2003.htm
- Organization: Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University; Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture; and Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Title: Conference on Ecolabels and the Greening of the Food Market
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date: November 7-9, 2002
For more information, visit http://nutrition.tufts.edu/conted/ecolabels
- Organization: The Institute for Women, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and European Social Fund
Title: The 3rd World Congress of Rural Women
Location: Madrid, Spain
Date: October 2-4, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.mtas.es/mujer/rural/mujer_rural/english/descrip.htm
- Organization: Microcredit Summit Campaign
Title: Microcredit Summit + 5
Location: New York, New York, United States
Date: November 10-13, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.microcreditsummit.org/plus5/index.html
- Organization: Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOW) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin
Title: International Conference on Governance and Sustainability: New Challenges for the State, Business and Civil Society
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: September 30-October 1, 2002
Contact: Jens Clausen
Institute for Ecological Economy Research Project office Hannover
Hausmannstreet
9-10, D-30159 Hannover
Phone: +49 (511) 164 03 44
Fax: +49 (511) 164 03 91
Email: Jens.Clausen@hannover.ioew.de
Web: http://www.ioew.de/governance
- Organization: World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
Title: Sub-National Government and Sustainable Development Conference
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: August 31, 2002
Contact Email: amoore@earthsummit2002.org bhanson@earthsummit2002.org
- Organization: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
Title: Crop Insurance And Farm Policy: What Does It Mean For The Northeast?
Location: Wyndham Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
Date: September 13, 2002
For more information, visit http://www.arec.umd.edu/Policycenter
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
- Organization: The Commonwealth Foundation
Title: Professional Exchange Responsive Grants
Contact: Colin Ball
Director
Programme and Communication Group
The Commonwealth Foundation
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London
SW1Y 5HY
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7930 3783
Fax + 44 20 7839 8157
Email: geninfo@commonwealth.int
Web: http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/programmes/programme.cfm?id=35
- Organization: Alexander von Humbolt (AvH) Foundation
Title: Research Fellowships
Contact: Alexander von Humbolt
Jean Paul Strasse 12
Bonn
Germany D-53173
Phone: +49 0228-833-0
Fax: +49 0228-833-199
Email: select@avh.de
Web: http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/index.htm
- Organization: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Title: 2003–2004 Fellowships
Deadline: October 1, 2002 (for application)
Contact: Scholar Selection and Services Office
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
United States
Phone: +1 (202) 691-4170
Fax: +1 (202) 691-4001
Email: fellowships@wwic.si.edu
Web: http://wwics.si.edu/FELLOWS/FELLOWSH.HTM
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