1. New book by IFPRI Researcher
   Food Regulation and Trade: Toward a Safe and Open Global System
   This book, published by the Institute for International Economics, examines current agricultural and food regulations and their effect on trade. The authors discuss the efficacy and compatibility of countries' food regulations and analyze the tensions that have emerged from increased regulation based on production processes as well as final content. They assess the need for strengthening the rules of the World Trade Organization and other international institutions charged with oversight of national policies and recommend other ways in which regulation can enhance the benefits of an open food system. For more information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/otherpubs/foodregtrade.htm.

2. IFPRI Dataset
   Ethiopia Rural Household Survey (ERHS)
   The Ethiopia Rural Household Survey (ERHS) is a longitudinal household data set covering 1477 households in several rural Ethiopian villages. IFPRI, in collaboration with Addis Ababa University and University of Oxford, conducted this survey from 1989 to 1997 in four rounds, covering several peasant associations. The survey includes household characteristics, agriculture and livestock information, food consumption, health, and women's activities, as well as community-level data on electricity and water, sewage and toilet facilities, health services, education, NGO activity, migration, wages, and production and marketing. The study was sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Swedish International Development Agency, the United States Agency for International Development, and the World Bank. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/ethiopia02.htm.

3. Agriculture & Industry Survey
   Agriculture & Industry Survey (India), an agribusiness magazine, provides a wealth of news, information, and ideas for entrepreneurs in agricultural businesses. It covers in detail agribusiness success stories and provides answers to many questions: How do entrepreneurs begin? How do they arrange for bank funding? What are their marketing strategies? What are the problems they experience? How do they overcome these problems? What are the new opportunities in Indian agribusiness? For more information, visit http://www.agricultureinformation.com/indiaroom/html/magazine.html.

4. Basic Workbook in Intellectual Property Management
   The Institute of International Agriculture at Michigan State University has launched this new online training handbook on property rights. It provides basic information on the management of intellectual property and answers questions about the types of agreements used in transferring intellectual property from one entity to another. It provides a basis for organizations to develop standard intellectual property transfer agreements that are in accordance with each country's laws. To download the book, visit www.iia.msu.edu/iprworkbook.htm.

5. Global Monitoring Report 2004: Policies and Actions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Related Outcomes
   The Global Monitoring Report 2004 was published in June by the World Bank. The Report assesses the policies and actions needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and how the various parties-developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions-are playing their part under the agreed development partnership. Produced in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and other international partners, the Report highlights progress on the development policy agenda. For more information, visit http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=3877360.

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• Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
  The Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) was established in Hyderabad, India as an autonomous research center in 1980. It conducts interdisciplinary research in analytical and applied areas of social sciences, encompassing socioeconomic and other aspects of development. The center's expertise lies in issues related to rural development and poverty, agriculture and food security, irrigation and water management, public finance, demography, health, and environment. For more information, visit http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/cesshome.asp.

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• East Africa Poverty Analysis and Data Initiative (PADI)
  PADI in East Africa, a recently-launched World Bank network, facilitates links between policymakers, researchers, and data providers to strengthen the empirical basis for monitoring and evaluating poverty reduction strategies and program interventions. It will establish two networks; a network of statistical bureaus engaging in regional initiatives for capacity building and best practice dissemination and adoption and a network of researchers and statisticians working on poverty-relevant issues in East Africa. For more information, visit http://www.worldbank.org/afr/padi/about.htm.

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Africa

• Organizations: IFPRI and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
  Title: Planning, Monitoring, and Impact Assessment of R&D Investments in Agriculture
  Location: Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
  Date: July 26-August 6, 2004
  Email: IFPRI-ISNARLearning@cgiar.org

• Organization: IFPRI
  Title: Writing proposals, Impact assessment, and Strategic Planning
  Date: August 23-September 4, 2004
  Location: Kenya or Uganda
  Email: IFPRI-ISNARLearning@cgiar.org

• Organization: IFPRI
  Title: Planning, Monitoring, and Impact Assessment of R&D Investments in Agriculture
  Location: ILRI campus, Ethiopia
  Date: September 27-October 8, 2004
  Email: IFPRI-ISNARLearning@cgiar.org

• Organization: The Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH (InWEnt), 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.
  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

• Organization: IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom
  Title: Issues, Themes, and Strategies in Development Management
  Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
  Date: September 20-October 1, 2004
  Fees: £ 3,000
  Contact:
  Donna Kelly
  Course Administrator
  IMA International Ltd
  Randolphs Farm
  Brighton Road
  Hurstpierpoint
  West Sussex
  BN6 9EL
  United Kingdom
  Phone: 44-0-1273-833-030; Fax: 44-0-1273-833-230
  Email: post@imainternational.com / Faye@imainternational.com
  Web: http://www.imainternational.com/itsdmuk2004.php

• 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
  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

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Africa

• Organizations: International Water Association (IWA), United Kingdom and Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
  Title: Water and Wastewater Management Conference for Developing Countries
  Location: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
  Date: July 28-30, 2004
  For more information, visit http://www.uz.ac.zw/engineering/civil/wamdec2004/ or email wamdec2004@eng.uz.ac.zw.

• Organization: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda
  Title: Integrated Agricultural Research for Development--Achievements, Lessons Learnt, and Best Practice
  Location: Kampala, Uganda
  Date: September 1-4, 2004
  For more information, visit http://www.naro.go.ug/about/Events.htm or contact the NARO Conference Organizing Committee at naroconf@narosaari.org or at dgnaro@infocom.co.ug.

• Organization: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Switzerland
  Title: First Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Forum
  Location: Dakar, Senegal
  Date: November 22-26, 2004
  For more information, visit http://www.wsscc.org/load.cfm?edit_id=332 or email wsscc@who.int.

• Organizations: World Fish Center, Malaysia; International Rice Research Institute, Philippines; International Water Management Institute, South Africa; People's Committee of Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam; and Can Tho University, Vietnam
  Title: Effective Land-Water Interface Management for Solving Agriculture-Fishery-Aquaculture Conflicts in Coastal Zones
  Location: Bac Lieu, Vietnam
  Date: March 1-3, 2005
  Fees: US $400 (tentatively estimated)
  For more information, visit http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/files/SWIM2%20conference%202005%20announcement.htm.

• Organization: Strategy & International Business Research Unit (SIBRU) at the University of the West of England, United Kingdom
  Title: Shifting Boundaries: Governance, Competence, and Economic Organization in the Knowledge Economy Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
  Date: September 2-3, 2004
  For more information, visit http://www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/research/research/sib/boundaries.shtml.

• Organization: University of Pavia, Italy
  Title: 2nd Ph.D. Conference on Research in Economics: Aims and Methodologies
  Location: Pavia, Italy
  Date: September 23-25, 2004
  Deadline: September 7, 2004 (paper)
  For more information, visit www.debating.it or email to the conference secretariat at paviaconference2004@debating.it.

• Organizations: International Water Association (IWA), United Kingdom
  Title: Wastewater use in Irrigated Agriculture: The Water Chain Approach
  Location: Moscow, Russia
  Date: September 9, 2004
  For more information, visit http://www.iwahq.org.uk/template.cfm?name=irri_agri or email Frans Huibers at frans.huibers@wur.nl.

• Organization: System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)
  Title: Property Rights and Collective Action for Poverty Reduction
  Date: July 1-30, 2004
  For more information and for subscriptions, email CAPRi@cgiar.org.

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• Organization: University of California at Davis, United States
  Title: Katherine Esau Postdoctoral Fellowship
  Eligibility: International candidates are welcome to apply. Preference will be given to candidates who received their Ph.D. from an institution other than University of California-Davis and who have not already spent time on this campus.
  Deadline: November 1, 2004
  Contact:
  Judy Jernstedt
  Chair
  Faculty Advisory Committee
  Esau Fellowship Program
  Department of Agronomy and Range Science
  University of California, Davis
  One Shields Avenue
  Davis, CA 95616
  United States
  Fax: 530- 752-4361
  Email: jjernstedt@ucdavis.edu; Web: http://www.dbs.ucdavis.edu/fellowships/esau/app-info.html

• Organization: Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy
  Title: TWAS Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research and Advanced Training
  Eligibility: Eligible applicants for the fellowships are young scientists, who are citizens of a developing country, under the age of 40, recently earn (or are about to earn) a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, working in the area of natural sciences, and employed by a research institution in a developing country. Preference will be given to young scientists based at institutions that lack adequate research facilities.
  Deadline: October 1, 2004
  Contact:
  Helen Grant
  The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
  c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
  Strada Costiera 11
  34014 Trieste
  Italy
  Phone: +39-040-2240387; Fax: +39-040-224559
  Email: info@twas.org; Web: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/pdf/TWAS_Fellowships.pdf