ANNOUNCEMENTS
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IFPRI Dataset
Collective Action in Canal Irrigation Systems Management: The Case of Doho Rice Scheme in Uganda , 2001 survey
The objective of this study is to determine the extent of farmers' participation in the collective action of maintaining the Doho Rice Scheme (DRS) canals after the transfer of responsibility from the government to farmers, and to identify factors influencing farmers' participation and compliance with a user-fee payment bylaw. The study was conducted at the DRS in Tororo District , Uganda , through a survey of 411 households that produced rice in the first or second crop seasons in 2001. The dataset contains information on household composition, human and social capital, household assets other than land, factor acquisition, land use, tenure and land markets, income and expenditure, and collective maintenance of the irrigation scheme. These data, originally collected by Dr. Sserunkuuma, Dr. Ochom, and Dr. Ainembabazi of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Makerere University , Uganda , have been made available by IFPRI under its 2020 Vision Competitive Research Grant program. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/uganda02.htm .
- Globalization and the Developing Countries: Emerging Strategies for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation
The book Globalization and the Developing Countries: Emerging Strategies for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation , edited by David Bigman, reviews globalization's impact on economies in developing countries, especially on agricultural sectors. The book includes the effects of changes in global trading rules and regulations, the removal of trade barriers, and the elimination of many country-specific and commodity-specific trade agreements on the economies of developing countries. For more information, visit http://ifpri.catalog.cgiar.org/isnarsearch.htm
- M and E News: Specialist Monitoring and Evaluation Websites
M and E News is a news service focusing on methods for monitoring and evaluating development projects and programs with social development objectives. It provides links to many M&E websites, each specialized in a different area of international development concern, including capacity building, development of evaluation capacity, environmental impact, gender, humanitarian crises, information and communication technologies, micro-finance and enterprise, the Millennium Development Goals, natural resource management, poverty, social impact assessment, sustainability, and website evaluation. For more information, visit http://www.mande.co.uk/specialist.htm .
- Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has a new web portal on the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The web portal offers statistical information on MDG indicators for countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It contains ECLAC´s MDG-related work, with background information and links to major MDG websites. The web portal is available in English and Spanish. For more information, visit http://www.eclac.cl/mdg/default_en.asp .
- National Virtual Academy for Food Security and Rural Prosperity
The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation's National Virtual Academy for Food Security and Rural Prosperity (NVA) was launched in 2003. The Academy seeks to enable farmers' organizations and village women to easily access the scientific and technical knowledge that they need to solve local problems and enhance their quality of life, as well as to communicate their own insights and needs to scientists. The NVA emphasizes the critical role of information and communication technology in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the areas of hunger and poverty elimination, gender equity, and health security. The aim is to build a family of Fellows of the Virtual Academy . For more information, visit http://www.mssrf.org/programmes/e_c_t_c/501/501.htm .
- Women's Political Participation and Good Governance: 21st Century Challenges
The book Women's Political Participation and Good Governance: 21st Century Challenges , by the United Nations Development Programme, highlights the relationship between improving the status of women in governance in developing countries and their contribution to poverty alleviation. For more information, visit http://magnet.undp.org/new/pdf/gender/wpp/women_book.pdf .
- A Wealth of Environmental Information in One Place : Green miniAtlas
With the goal of creating awareness of important development issues in students and youth, the World Bank has launched a new book, Green miniAtlas. The atlas contains easy-to-read maps, tables, and graphs highlighting key environmental data for over 200 of the world's economies. The information in the Green miniAtlas is a quick reference for monitoring environmental performance across countries. It links the environment to the broader development challenges of improving health, raising productivity, and fighting poverty. It is available in English, French, and Spanish. For more information, visit http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=3899069 .
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INSTITUTION PROFILE
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Centre for Arid Zone Studies
The Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS) at the University of Wales at Bangor , United Kingdom , is a semi-autonomous, self-funding center aiming to improve rural livelihoods in Africa, Asia, and Europe . CAZS' expertise includes research, consultancy, and management services. The center offers formal postgraduate and post-experience training courses in c rop establishment, crop protection, molecular biology, participatory plant breeding and agronomy, desertification and soil degradation, environmental socioeconomics, global change, rural resource management, salinity and other abiotic stresses, sustainable development, water resource and soil management, bilateral links and institutional development, capacity building, crop assessment and food security, emergency development in conflict zones, livestock production, and project and research management. For more information, visit http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk .
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NETWORK PROFILE
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PPgis.net: Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies
PPgis.net, an informal development network, serves as a global avenue for discussing issues and sharing experiences and good practices related to community mapping, participatory mapping, counter mapping, Public Participation GIS, Participatory GIS, Community Integrated GIS, Mobile Interactive GIS, and other geospatial information technologies and systems used in participatory settings to support integrated conservation and development, sustainable natural resource management, and customary property rights in developing countries and for indigenous peoples. Its objective is to provide disadvantaged groups in society with added knowledge-based resources in interacting with higher-level institutions, negotiating territorial issues, participating in land- and resource-use planning, management and decisionmaking, and influencing policymaking. In building a community of practice, the network aims at stimulating information exchanges on progress made in bringing the power of spatial information management systems to the community level. The network supports the vision of participatory spatial information management linking different knowledge systems and improving multi-party communication on spatially defined issues. For more information, visit http://www.ppgis.net .
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COURSES/WORKSHOPS
Africa
- Organization: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), United States
Title: Integrated Soil Fertility Management
Location: Accra , Ghana
Date: April 11-14, 2005
Contact:
The Director
Training and 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: hrd@ifdc.org / hrdu@ifdc.org
Asia
- Organizations: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India; CGIAR System-Wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi); Institute for Social and Economic Change, India; University of Agricultural Sciences at Bangalore, India
Title: Natural Resource Management and Institutions: The Links between Property Rights, Collective Action, and Natural Resource Management
Location: Hyderabad , India
Date: Feb 7-11, 2005
Deadline: January 2, 2005 (application)
Contact:
Rupela/ Prasada Rao
Head/ Senior Administrative Associate
Learning Systems Unit
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Patancheru
Andhra Pradesh 502 324
India
Email: CAPRi@cgiar.org/ o.rupela@cgiar.org/ S.prasadarao@cgiar.org
Web: http://www.capri.cgiar.org/wks_nrminst.asp
Europe
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The Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS) at the University of Wales at Bangor , United Kingdom , is offering the following courses:
Contact:
Sandra Hughes
CAZS Short Course Secretary
Centre for Arid Zone Studies
University of Wales , Bangor
Deiniol Road
Bangor LL57 2UW
Gwynedd
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-0-1248-382346; Fax: 44-0-1248-364717
E-mail: CAZS@bangor.ac.uk / azs166@bangor.ac.uk
- Title: Economics of Land Husbandry
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 10-February 18, 2005
Duration: 6 weeks
Fees: £ 2,550 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Economics and Evaluation in Livestock Systems in Dry Areas
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 10-February 18, 2005
Duration: 6 weeks
Fees: £ 2,550 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Environmental Management with Environmental Impact Assessment and GIS
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 10-March 18, 2005
Duration: 10 weeks
Fees: £ 7,500 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Integrated Resource Management
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 10-March 18, 2005
Duration: 10 weeks
Fees: £ 4,250 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Agricultural Water Management in Dry Lands
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 10-March 18, 2005
Duration: 10 weeks
Fees: £ 5,000 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Soil and Water Management in Dry Areas
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: January 31-March 11, 2005
Duration: 6 weeks
Fees: £ 3,000 (excludes accommodation)
- Title: Crop Water Management
Location: Bangor , United Kingdom
Date: February 21-March 11, 2005
Duration: 3 weeks
Fees: £ 1,500 (excludes accommodation)
- Organizations: Human Empowerment Center of Social Planning, Analysis and Administration Consultants (SPAAC/HEC); Institute of Management Development of the American University in Cairo (IMD/AUC); and International Society for Improving Training Quality (isitQ), all are in Egypt
Title: The 4th International Workshop on Innovative Marketing Communications (IMC-4): Promoting and Selling Training and Services in a Competitive Global Market
Location: Cairo , Egypt
Date: February 5-11, 2005
Deadline: January 1, 2005 ( application)
Contact:
Marwa EL Bitar
Project Officer
Institute of Management Development (IMD)
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Jameel Center , Suite 607
11 Youssef El-Guindi Street , Bab El Louk
Cairo
Egypt
Phone: 20-2-797-6721/ 797-6751; Fax: 20-2-792-3847
Email: mbitar@aucegypt.edu ; Web: http://www.kult-educ.org/wksp/imc-4/
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CONFERENCES
Asia
- 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
For more information, visit http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/files/SWIM2_conference_2005_announcement_2.htm.
- Organizations: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), India ; International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States ; Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), India ; and Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing (ISAM), India
Title: South Asia Regional Conference (SARC) on Globalization of Agriculture in South Asia : Has it Made a Difference to Rural Livelihoods?
Location: Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India
Date: March 23-25, 2005
For more information, visit http://www.iaae-agecon.org/positions/conference_SARC.pdf or email sarc2005@cess.ac.in / sarc_2005@yahoo.com .
- Organization: The Department of Economics at the Feng Chia University , Taiwan
Title: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development
Location: Feng Chia University , Taichung , Taiwan
Date: May 28, 2005
For more information, visit http://www.econ.fcu.edu.tw/files/conference.doc or email Fu-Lai Tony Yu at flyu@fcu.edu.tw.
Europe
Middle East
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Organizations: University of Sistan and Baluchestan Zahedan, both are in Iran
Title: 5th International Conference of Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE)
Location: Zahedan , Iran
Date: August 29-31, 2005
For more information, visit http://www.asae2005.com/ or email Yujiro Hayami at hayami@grips.ac.jp .
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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS
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Organization: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
Title: International Graduate Research Awards Program in Urban Agriculture
Deadline: January 31, 2005 (application)
Contact:
Agropolis Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program
International Development Research Centre
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa
Ontario K1G 3H9
Canada
Phone: 613-236-6163 ext. 2098; Fax: 613-563-0815
Email: cta@idrc.ca
Web: http://network.idrc.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=4714&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1036547553
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Organization: International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), France
Title: International Crop Nutrition Award
Deadline: January 31, 2005
Eligibility: Award is for scientists based in developing countries
Contact:
Estelle Brajovic
2005 IFA International Crop Nutrition Award
International Fertilizer Industry Association
28, rue Marbeuf
75008 Paris
France
Phone: 33-1-53-93-05-00; Fax: 33-1-53-93-05-47
Email: ebrajovic@fertilizer.org / ifa@fertilizer.org
Web: http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/award/PDF/Award_2005.pdf
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