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March 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. IFPRI Materials
    Communicating Food Policy Research: A Guidebook
    The guidebook Communicating Food Policy Research by Klaus von Grebmer, Suresh Babu, Valerie Rhoe, and Michael Rubinstein aims to help researchers enhance their communication skills and encourages them to think about the potential audiences for and beneficiaries of their research. It also highlights principles and procedures that have proven successful in presenting research results to peers, colleagues, the media, policymakers, and interest groups. It includes both guidelines for targeting and reaching selected audiences as well as exercises for applying those guidelines. It invites researchers, workshop participants, and other readers to use their own recent work to develop immediately useful, usable communication strategies and documents. For more information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/training/material/miscellaneous/Foodpolicycom/Module_web.pdf.

  2. IFPRI Dataset
    Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands Dataset, 1998-2000
    The Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands Dataset was put together by the Environment and Production Technology Division of IFPRI in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute, Mekelle University, the Amhara National Regional Bureau of Agriculture and National Resources, the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, and the Agricultural University of Norway. The primary cross-sectional data were collected at community-, household-, and plot-levels in the highlands of Tigray beginning in late 1998, and the highlands of Amhara beginning in late 1999. The survey covered 500 and 434 households, respectively. The survey includes information on household endowments, land, labor, education, livestock, and other assets; access to factors of production and credit, income sources, and livelihood strategies. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/ethiopia03.htm.

  3. Call for publications by the Journal of the South Pacific Agriculture (JOSPA)
    JOSPA, published by the Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture (IRETA) of the University of the South Pacific in Samoa, is the scientific agricultural journal published in the South Pacific Region. It also adds value to the curriculum of researchers in the Pacific and contributes to disseminating research results among students. It has benefits for both progressive island farmers and fisherfolk, who are the backbone of small island economies. For more information, visit http://www.usp.ac.fj/ireta/publication.htm.

  4. Doing Business with the Poor: A Field Guide
    The guide produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2004 presents a number of practical guidelines for companies intending to engage in business with the poor. It primarily seeks to inform potential partners how to develop and engage in these new business opportunities and how to do well by doing good. The guide highlights that all companies can help stimulate local markets and enable the poor to become active participants in these markets, as customers and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit http://www.wbcsd.ch/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=NDY2Mg.

  5. Gender Tool Kit: Instruments for Gender Mainstreaming
    This tool kit, produced by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, is designed as an instrument to help practitioners ask themselves the right questions at the right moment in order for gender to be integrated at different stages of development programs. The kit contains gender-specific sheets and a reference list. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, definitions, gender strategies, gender analysis, gender in country programs, gender in organizations, and gender and evaluation. To view the took kit online, visit http://www.deza.ch/index.php?navID=2920&userhash=10605712&lID=1.

  6. Call for Submissions for SAIS Perspectives Magazine
    “Perspectives” is an annual publication of the International Development program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. The magazine provides a forum for discussion and debate of critical, cutting-edge topics with the goal of proposing new and innovative ways of thinking about the practice of international development. For more information, visit http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/i-dev/newsletter.html.

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INSTITUTION PROFILE

  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
    ICAR, New Delhi, India, is an autonomous national organization that conducts and promotes research and training in the field of agriculture and allied sciences. It acts as a repository of information and provides consultancy on agriculture, horticulture, resource management, animal sciences, agricultural engineering, fisheries, agricultural extension, agricultural education, home science, and agricultural communication. Its mandate is to coordinate agricultural research and development programs and develop linkages at national and international levels with related organizations to enhance the quality of life of the farming community. ICAR has established various research centers in order to meet the agricultural research and education needs of the country. It is actively pursuing human resource development in the field of agricultural sciences by setting up numerous agricultural universities spanning the entire country. The “Technology Intervention Programmes” also form an integral part of ICAR's agenda, which establishes agricultural schools responsible for training, research, and demonstration of improved technologies. For more information, visit http://www.icar.org.in.

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NETWORK PROFILE

  • Regional Agricultural Informational Network (RAIN)
    RAIN is a network of agricultural information organizations and professionals operating in 10 countries in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA). Funded by the European Union, it is a network of the Association of Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). Its objective is to enhance utilization of information for regional agricultural research and development. RAIN’S mission is to promote the provision and sustainable management of client-oriented agricultural information throughout the ECA region. Its particular emphasis is on the strengthening of regional capacities to access, generate, exchange, package, disseminate, and use this information to further economic growth. RAIN is headquartered in Entebbe, Uganda. For more information, visit http://www.asareca.org/rain.

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COURSES/WORKSHOPS

Asia

  • The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines, is offering the following courses:
    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

  • Title: Managing Learning in Development and Social Change Organization
    Location: Cavite, Philippines
    Date: August 8 -20, 2005
    Fees: US $2,250

  • Title: Participation in Extension: Farmer-led Approaches
    Location: Cavite, Philippines
    Date: September 19-October 7, 2005
    Fees: US $2,500
Europe

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CONFERENCES

Europe

  • Organization: University of Nottingham, England
    Title: 79th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society
    Date: April 4-6, 2005
    Location: Nottingham, England
    For more information, visit http://www.aes.ac.uk/conf_05/reg-form.pdf.

  • Organizations: International Network on Participatory Irrigation Management (INPIM), United States and Coteaux De Gascogne (CACG), France
    Title: Emerging Trends in Public-Private Partnerships in the Irrigation Sector
    Location: Tarbes, France
    Date: May 8-13, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.inpim.org/leftlinks/Seminars/leftlinks/Seminars/EighthSeminar.

  • Organizations: International Public-Private Partnership Study-Group (IPPPS), United Kingdom and the Facultatea de Economie at the University of Iasi, Romania
    Title: The 11th International Public-Private Sector Partnerships Conference on Enhancing Sustainable Development
    Location: Iasi, Romania
    Date: May 25-28, 2005
    For more information, visit www.feaa.uaic.ro/ppp.

  • Organization: World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Finland
    Title: WIDER Thinking Ahead: The Future of Development Economics
    Location: Helsinki, Finland
    Date: June 17-18, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2005-3/poster-2005-3-conference.pdf or email at jubilee@wider.unu.edu.

  • Organizations: African Crop Science Society (ACSS), National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), and Makerere University, all are in Uganda
    Title: The 7th African Crop Science Society Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in transforming African Agriculture
    Location: Entebbe, Uganda
    Date: December 5-9, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.africancrops.net/conference05/acss05.htm or
    email Mateete Bekunda, African Crop Science Society Secretariat at acss@starcom.co.ug.

  • Organization: Institute of Market Analysis and Agricultural Trade Policy (FAL), Germany and Center for Global Trade Analysis at the Purdue University, United States
    Title: 8th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis
    Location: Lübeck, Germany
    Date: June 9-11, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/events/Conferences/2005/default.asp.

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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS

  • Organization: Rothamsted International Consulting Ltd. (RICL), United Kingdom
    Title: African Fellows Programme (AFP) for Research and Training
    Eligibility: African country citizens or whose scientific work has been based in Africa and directed to problems of relevance to Africa. This fellowship is not applicable to students at the start of their career or senior scientists in the later stages of their career - optimum age range is 27-45 years. Applicants should return to their home country in Africa or the African country in which they are based. Women are encouraged.
    Deadline: April 4, 2005 (pre-proposals) and October 2005 (application)
    Contact:
    AFP Coordinator
    Rothamsted International
    Harpenden
    Hertfordshire
    AL5 2JQ
    United Kingdom
    Phone: 44-0-1582 763133; Fax: 44-0-1582 467490
    Email: rothamsted.international@bbsrc.ac.uk/ paresh.shah@bbsrc.ac.uk
    Web: http://www.rothamsted-international.org/HTML/Fellowships/AFP_main_page.html

  • Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE), United States
    Title: 2005 Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) Fellowships
    Eligibility: Academics, researchers, and independent scholars from any country, field or discipline; preference given for Ph.D. scholars or other highest degree; and female scholars and under-represented groups are strongly encouraged.
    Contact:
    Robert Quinn
    Director
    IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships
    809 United Nations Plaza
    Second Floor
    New York 10017
    New York
    Phone: 1-212-984-5472; Fax: 1-212-984-5401
    Email: SRF@iie.org
    Web: http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/Activity/ActivityDisplay.cfm&activityid=399

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