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1. El Salvador: Social Accounting Matrix, 2000
   The 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for El Salvador was prepared by Carlos Acevedo of the United Nations Development Programme. The data have been made available and documented by the author and IFPRI under the sponsorship of the World Bank. It was constructed following the Central Bank Input-Output Matrix (IOM) for the year 2000 and includes 45 production sectors in the economy. The factors were divided into eighteen groups, namely capital, land, and sixteen categories of labor. The labor force was divided into skilled and unskilled labor, both disaggregated by whether a person works in the tradables or nontradables sector; whether he/she works in an urban or rural area; and by gender. Institutions were comprised of households, the government, an enterprise account, and the rest of the world. Households were divided into four categories according to the degree of urbanization and educational level of the head of household. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/elsalvador01.asp.
2. Participatory Vulnerability Analysis: A Step-By-Step Guide for Field Staff
   This guide, produced by ActionAid International, is written for field staff work in both emergency and development-related programs. It aims to assist field workers and communities in analyzing people's vulnerability; drawing action plans; mobilizing resources; and enacting appropriate policies, laws, and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disaster. For more information, visit http://www.actionaid.org.uk/wps/content/documents/PVA%20final.pdf.
3. South Asia Biosafety Program (SABP): Monthly Newsletter
   SABP, coordinated by Agriculture and Biotechnology Strategies (AGBIOS), Canada, and IFPRI, brings out a monthly newsletter. The topics included in the newsletter cover grants programs, conferences, workshops, roundtable discussions with journalists, stakeholders' meetings, and other relevant topics of the program. To view this monthly newsletter, visit http://www.agbios.com/sabp_main.php?action=NewsPage.
4. King Baudouin International Development Prize
   The Brussels-based King Baudouin Foundation invites nominations for the 2006-2007 King Baudouin International Development Prize. The prize is presented every two years to reward the work of persons or organizations that have made a substantial contribution to the development of countries in the Southern Hemisphere. The prize provides its winners with international visibility and promotion. The 2006-2007 prize (150,000 euros) will be awarded in the spring of 2007 at the Royal Palace in Brussels. The deadline for nomination is February 1, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.kbprize.org.
5. Visiting Lecturership
   The Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) program is a capacity building initiative organized by the African Agricultural Economics Education Network (AAEEN). The CMAAE would like to invite applications from qualified and experienced lecturers for the following courses: Agricultural and Rural Development; Agricultural Policy and Trade; Environmental Resource Management; Agribusiness Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Agribusiness Supply Chain Management; Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis; Environmental Valuation and Policy; Farming Systems and Sustainable Livelihood Analysis; Finance and Risk Management; Food Policy Analysis; Gender and Economic Development; International Trade and Policy; Microfinance; Project Planning and Management; Quantitative Methods in Environment Economics; and Quantitative Analysis of Agricultural Policy. The courses will be taught at the University of Pretoria from July/August to November, 2006. Qualifications for Visiting Lecturership include a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Economics, or a discipline relevant to the specific course; demonstrated expertise in graduate level teaching and research in the applicant’s course of interest; and a commitment of availability for two (2) months in case of shared courses, and four (4) months for those teaching the full course within the semester. For more information, on this innovative initiative, email the Program Director at cmaae@aercafrica.org.

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• Biowatch South Africa
  Biowatch South Africa, established in 1997, is a national nongovernmental organization dedicated to publicizing, monitoring, and researching issues of biological diversity, genetic engineering, and sustainable livelihoods. It aims to protect biodiversity; promote sustainable agriculture; pursue biosafety; and advance social justice. Their areas of work include researching and monitoring the commercialization of biological resources; promoting sustainable livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and food security; monitoring the impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in South Africa; offering expertise and building capacity for the understanding and debate of these issues; and building public awareness on biodiversity issues as a basis for informed participation in policymaking. For more information, visit http://www.biowatch.org.za.

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• UK Food Group (UKFG)
  UKFG is a network of nongovernmental organizations that works on global food and agriculture issues. Its objectives are to advocate sustainable and equitable food security policies to policymakers, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media; to raise awareness of the impacts of globalization on global food security; to document and communicate the impact of food- and agriculture-related transnational corporations on food security, sustainable agriculture, environmental quality, and community sustainability; to document and communicate positive examples of environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable agriculture and local food systems; and to increase the capacity of the UKFG membership to collaborate with civil society organizations in the North and South and thereby contribute effectively to the development of United Kingdom, European Union (EU), and international policies affecting global food security. For more information, visit http://www.ukfg.org.uk.

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• The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), United States is offering the following courses:
  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
  E-Mail: hrd@ifdc.org/ hrdu@ifdc.org
  Web: http://www.ifdc.org/New_Design/Training/2006_training%20_programs.html
  
  
  • Title: The Competitive Agricultural Systems and Enterprises (CASE) Approach
    Location: Sogakope, Ghana
    Date: April 3-7, 2006
    
    
  • Title: Strengthening Market Information Systems
    Location: Abuja Nigeria
    Date: May 15-19, 2006
    
    
  • Title: Strengthening Agricultural Trade Organizations
    Location: Bamako, Mali
    Date: June 19-23, 2006
    
    
  • Title: Challenges in Developing Agricultural Input Markets in Africa
    Location: Arusha, Tanzania
    Date: August 21-25, 2006
    
  
  
• The IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom, is offering the following courses:
  Contact:
  Donna Kelly
  Marketing Co-ordinator
  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/ Donna@imainternational.com
  
  
  • Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
    Location: Nairobi, Kenya
    Date: May 15-26, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (including accommodation)
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/med2006.php
    
    
  • Title: Development Planning and Management
    Location: Nairobi, Kenya
    Date: May 15-26, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (including accommodation)
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/dpm2006.php
    
    
  • Title: Monitoring and Evaluation in Development
    Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    Date: August 14-25, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (including accommodation)
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/med2006.php
    
    
  • Title: Development Planning and Management
    Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    Date: August 14-25, 2006
    Fees: £ 2,950 (including accommodation)
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/dpm2006.php
    

• Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines
  Title: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
  Location: Cavite, Philippines
  Date: March 13-31, 2006
  Fees: US $2,500
  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: 63-2-886-4385
  Email: Education&Training@iirr.org
  
  
• The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), India; United Nations University, Japan; International Nutrition Foundation, United States; International Union of Nutritional Sciences, United States; and Tufts University, United States; are offering the following courses:
  Contact:
  V. Prakash
  Director
  CFTRI
  Mysore 570 020
  India
  Fax: 91-821-2516308
  Email: prakash@cftri.com/ nutrileader@cftri.com
  
  
  • Title: Enhancing the Efficiency of Nutritional Investigations
    Location: Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India
    Date: June 19-22, 2006
    Email: Gary Gleasen and Nevin Scrimshaw (Course Directors) at nsscrimshaw@inffoundation.org
    
    
  • Title: Metrological Concepts for Strengthening Food and Nutritional Measurements
    Location: Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India
    Date: June 26-30, 2006
    Email: Venkatesh Iyengar (Course Director) at venkatesh.iyengar@tufts.edu
    

• Organization: International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria
  Title: Desertification, Poverty, and Agriculture: Building Livelihoods, Saving Lands
  Location: Tunisia, Africa
  Date: June 19-21, 2006
  Contact:
  Training Officer
  Human Resources Development Unit
  International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
  P.O. Box 5466
  Aleppo
  Syrian Arab Republic
  Phone: 963-21-2213433/ 213477/ 2225112/ 225012; Fax: 963-21-2225105/ 2213490
  Email: s.ahmed@cgiar.org
  

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• Organizations: Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), India; United Nations University, Japan; International Nutrition Foundation, United States; International Union of Nutritional Sciences, United States; and Tufts University, United States
  Title: International Symposium on Building Leadership Skills in Food and Nutrition Essential for National Development
  Location: Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India
  Date: June 23-25, 2006
  For more information, email V. Prakash, Director (Central Food Technological Research Institute) and Chair (Organising Committee of the International Symposium on Capacity Building at CFTRI) at prakash@cftri.com or to the general portal at nutrileader@cftri.com.
  
  

• Organizations: Association Internationale de Economie Alimentaire et Agroindustrielle (AIEA2), Italy; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS); United States; and University of Bologna, Bologna
  Title: Competitiveness in Agriculture and Food Industry: The US and EU Perspectives
  Location: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  Date: June15-16, 2006
  Fees: 100 € (AIEA2 members) and 150 € (non-AIEA2 members)
  Deadline: February 20, 2006 (abstract); May 30, 2006 (final Paper); and April 30, 2006 (registration)
  For more information, visit http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/Bologna.pdf or email at aiea2@stat.unibo.it.
  
  
• Organizations: Association for Development, Research and Innovation in Food Processing Industry (ADRIA), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), University for Food Industry (ENITIAA), Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), and French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), all are in France
  Title: IUFoST 13th World Congress of Food Science and Technology on Food is Life
  Location: Nantes, France
  Date: September 17-21, 2006
  For more information, visit http://www.inra.fr/iufost2006/index.html or email Pierre Feillet, Chairman of the congress, at feillet@ensam.inra.fr.
  
  

• Organizations: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), United States; Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA), Japan; International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR), Belgium; European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA), France; International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD); and Pan-American Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (PanAFITA)
  Title: 4th World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  Location: Orlando, Florida, United States
  Date: July 24-26, 2006
  For more information, visit http://www.wcca2006.org/ or email Fedro S. Zazueta at fsz@ufl.edu.
  
  

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• Organization: Rothamsted International, United Kingdom
  Title: African Fellows Programme (AFP)
  Eligibility: Citizen of an African country; scientific work based in Africa and directed to problems of relevance to Africa; applicant plans to return to an African country; candidates who have extensive and/or continuous experience in a developed country are not likely to be awarded a Fellowship; candidates whose current employer agrees to retain their job position for the return will be favored; 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; individual should be someone known to the European partner organization (directly or indirectly), who has met the project leader, or been highly recommended; leading up to submitting the application there should be collaborative contact between the African and European scientists to form a solid basis for a good and well-planned project; and applications from women are encouraged.
  Deadline: March 3, 2006 (pre-proposal)
  Contact:
  Paresh Shah
  Rothamsted International
  Harpenden
  AL5 2JQ
  United Kingdom
  Phone: 44-0-1582-763133 ext. 2810; Fax: 44-0-1582-467490
  Email: paresh.shah@bbsrc.ac.uk / rothamsted.international@bbsrc.ac.uk
  Web: http://www.rothamsted-international.org/HTML/Fellowships/AFP_main_page.html#Applications