ANNOUNCEMENTS
- IFPRI Training Material: Economic Concepts
Lecture 1: "Economía General Demanda y Cantidad Demandada" was produced for the International Food Policy Research Institute by Dr. Donald J. Liu of the University of Minnesota and translated by Humberto A. Trujillo, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. 2002."Excedente del Productor y del Consumidor" was produced for the International Food Policy Research Institute by Humberto A. Trujillo, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. 2002.
- Improving Agricultural Research at Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study Guide
The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) has published this study guide primarily for university administrators and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) leaders. It presents generic procedures, approaches, strategies, and actions based on a literature review, ISNAR's six country studies, and the results of two international workshops. For more information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/isnararchive/pdf/rmg6.pdf.
- UNDP's resource page on Public-Private Partnerships
The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) supports the development of partnerships at the local level. It helps governments and private sector organizations craft the approaches that best fit their local needs, based on the lessons learned in partnership arrangements around the world. PPPUE's international network, flexible design, and constant feedback mechanism contribute to the success of public-private partnerships. PPPUE works with all potential stakeholders, including investors, providers, regulators, users, and experts in small and medium-sized cities to meet the challenge of providing basic urban environmental services. For more information, visit http://www.undp.org/ppp/.
- Logical Frameworks Tool
Integrated Marine Management Ltd, a consultancy group based at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom has developed a logframe tool. The tool describes the stages in developing a logframe and elaborates on defining the goal, purpose, outputs, activities, and inputs. The identification and definition of risks and objectively verifiable indicators are also covered. For more information, visit http://www.livelihoods.org/info/tools/IMMLogframe.html.
- Manual on Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications.
The manual Participatory 3-D Modeling for Natural Resource Management: Essentials of Protected Area Management in the Philippines, which was announced in the September 2002 IFPRI-TCSP newsletter, has been revised under the new name Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications. To view the updated version, visit http://www.iapad.org/p3dm_guiding_principles.htm or email Giacomo Rambaldi at rambaldi@cta.int.
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
- Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre (APRTC)
APRTC is an independent nonprofit organization in Thailand dedicated to improving the welfare and knowledge of developing-country farmers and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. Its goals are eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, promoting gender equality, empowering women, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing global partnership for development. APRTC uses e-Learning activities to meet the educational needs of agricultural educators and professionals, who help farmers access crop and farm management information. For more information, visit http://www.aprtc.org.
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NETWORK PROFILE
- Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)
SAA, in collaboration with the Carter Center's Global 2000 program, works on increasing productivity in Africa. Its mission is to assist Sub-Saharan African governments in reducing poverty, enhancing food security, and protecting the natural resource base through the accelerated adoption of productivity-enhancing agricultural technology. SAA strives to modernize the techniques small farmers use to produce food and helps organize farmers to obtain credit, acquire inputs, and market harvests more successfully. Its program activities are under way in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. For more information, visit http://www.saa-tokyo.org.
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
Asia
- Organizations: School for International Training, United States and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Philippines
Title: Inter-Organizational Relationship
Location: On-line
Date: February 16-March 12, 2004
Fees: US $550
Contact:
Education and Training Program
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Y.C. James Yen Center
Silang 4118
Cavite
Philippines
Phone: 63-46-414-2417; Fax: 63-46-414-2420
Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
- The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines, is offering the following courses:
Contact:
Monette Pacia
Education and Training Strategic Team
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Km 39 Aguinaldo Highway
Silang
Cavite 4118
Philippines
Phone: 63-46-414-2417; Fax: 63-46-414-2420
Email: Monette.Pacia@iirr.org / Education&Training@iirr.org
- Title: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E)
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: March 8-26, 2004
Fees: US $2,500
- Title: Rural Development Management
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: May 3-21, 2004
Fees: US $2,500
Central America
- Organizations: International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), Germany and Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), United States
Title: Global Environmental Change Institute on Globalization and Food Systems
Location: Nicoya, Costa Rica
Date: October 24-November 6, 2004
Deadline: April 15, 2004 (application)
Contact:
International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change
Walter-Flex-Strasse 3
D-53113 Bonn
Germany
Phone: 49-0-228-739679; Fax: 49-0-228-739054
Email: ihdp@uni-bonn.de / i2004-geci@dir.iai.int
Web: http://www.institutes.iai.int/2004GECI.htm
Europe
- Organization: Division of Continuing Education at Ryerson University, Canada
Title: Selected Topics in Food Security: Urban Food Security Policy and Programs-- The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: May 10-June 10, 2004 (on-line discussions) and June 12-1, 2004 (daily program in Belo Horizonte)
Fees: US $3,000 (approximately)
Deadline: March 31, 2004 (application) and July 15, 2004 (paper)
Contact:
Cecilia Rocha
School of Nutrition
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto
Ontario M5B 2K3
Canada
Phone: 416-979 5000 ext. 6009; Fax: 416-979 5204
Email: crocha@ryerson.ca
Web: http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Conferences/belocourse.html
- Organization: The Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt)--Capacity Building International, Germany
Title: Sustainable Utilization and Management of Agrobiodiversity
Location: Leipzig-Zschortau, Germany
Date: July 19-August 13, 2004
Target Group: Professionals active in areas related to the utilization and management of agrobiodiversity including agriculture, forestry, agro-forestry, plant breeding, seed production, nature conservation, and natural resources management. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Target Region: Worldwide
Contact:
Leda Hernández-Zecher
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH
Department 5
Wielinger Street 52
D-82340 Feldafing
Germany
Phone: 49-8157-938-107; Fax: 49-34202-845-777
Email: barbara.krause@inwent.org
North America
- Organizations: International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications (ICASA) and University of Georgia, both in United States
Title: Assessing Crop Production, Nutrient Management, Climatic Risk, and Environmental Sustainability with Simulation Models
Location: Griffin, Georgia, United States
Date: May 17-26, 2004
Fees: US $1,500 (for registration before April 16) and US $1,600 (for registration after April 16)
Deadline: February 24, 2004 (application)
Contact:
International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications
Training Officer
2440 Campus Road
Box 527
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822
United States
Phone: 1-808-956-7531; Fax: 1-808-956-2711
Email: gerrit@griffin.uga.edu/ icasa@icasa.net
Web: http://www.griffin.uga.edu/grf/unit/conted/dssat04/index.htm
- Organization: Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program at the University of California, Berkeley, United States
Title: Summer Certificate Course in Sustainable Environmental Management
Location: California, United States
Date: June 26-July 18, 2004
Fees: US $7,000
Deadline: March 15, 2004 (application)
Contact:
Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
Center for Sustainable Resource Development
4 Giannini Hall
University of California
Berkeley
California 94720-3100
United States
Phone: 1-510-643-4200; Fax: 1-510-643-4483/ 642-4612
Email: beahrselp@nature.berkeley.edu
Web: http://nature.berkeley.edu/BeahrsELP/Brochure2004.pdf
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CONFERENCES
Africa
- Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
Title: Twenty-Third FAO Regional Conference for Africa
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: March 1-5, 2004
For more information, visit ftp://ftp.fao.org/unfao/bodies/arc/23arc/J1236e.doc or email Madhy Bamba at Madhy.Bamba@fao.org.
- Organizations: The Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), South Africa; and Cornell University, United States
Title: African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Date: October 13-15, 2004
Deadline: April 15, 2004 (papers)
For more information, visit http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/dpru/dpruconference2004/default.htm or email at dpruconf@commerce.uct.ac.za or at bontong@commerce.uct.ac.za.
- Organization: The Moroccan Association of Agricultural Economics (AMAEco), Morocco
Title: Arid and Semi Arid Development Areas in the Mediterranean Region
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Date: May 20-21, 2004
For more information, visit http://www.iaae-agecon.org/ASAE_Conference.pdf.
- Organizations: Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD); Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife; and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/ United Nations Environment Program (UNESCO/ UNEP), all in Kenya.
Title: The 5th African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) Conference on the Role of Geo-Information Technologies (GIT) in the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: October 18-21, 2004
Fees: US $100 (before May 31, 2004), US $125 (from June 1-September 30, 2004), US $150 (Walk-in at the conference), and US $75 (AARSE fully paid members)
For more information, visit http://www.gsdi.org/docs/SDIA/The5thAARSEConference-1stAnnouncement1.1.doc.
Europe
- Organizations: International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), Italy; Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS) at the University of Rome at Tor Vergata, Italy; Center for Sustainable Resource Development at the University of California at Berkeley, United States; and Economic Growth Center at the Yale University, United States
Title: 8th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: International Trade and Domestic Production
Location: Ravello, Italy
Date: July 8-11, 2004
Fees: € 370 (participants before April 1, 2004), € 250 (graduate students before April 1, 2004), € 200 (accompanying person before April 1, 2004), € 420 (participants after April 1, 2004), € 300 (graduate students after April 1, 2004), and € 250 (accompanying person after April 1, 2004)
For more information, visit http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr2004/call_for_paper.asp or email at icabr@economia.uniroma2.it.
North America
- Organization: Laval University, Canada
Title: Sustainable Development and Globalization of Agri-Food Markets
Location: Québec, Canada
Date: August 23-24 2004
For more information, email Pr Jean-Louis Rastoin at rastoin@ensam.inra.fr.
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
- Organization: Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL), Switzerland
Title: Research Fellow Partnership Program (RFPP) for PhD and Post-Doctoral Studies in the Fields of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources
Eligibility: The candidate is earning a PhD or is post-doctoral researcher; is Swiss or well established Swiss resident, or a developing/ transition country national; is not older than 35 years for Swiss citizens, or 40 years in the case of nationals from developing or transition countries; has some experience in the selected research area; has a true interest in development and shows an openness to the socio-economic and cultural context of the research; RFPP strives for gender balance, therefore female candidates are especially invited to submit a project proposal.
Deadline: Projects can be submitted twice a year- March 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004
Contact:
Marc Zoss
Coordinator of the RFPP
Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL)
ETH-Zentrum
SEC
Scheuchzerstrasse 7
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: 1-632-53-39; Fax: 1-632-15-89
Email: marc.zoss@agri.ethz.ch
Web: http://www.zil.ethz.ch/RFPP/index.htm
- Organization: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), United Kingdom
Title: The New Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards
Eligibility: International students wishing to study in the United Kingdom
Contact:
Diane Howard
Email: Diane.Howard@epsrc.ac.uk
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