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The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD)  
28/3/2010 - 31/3/2010
Montpellier, FRA

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26/4/2010 - 26/4/2010
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IAALD XIIIth World Congress, organized by Agropolis International in Montpellier, France  
26/4/2010 - 29/4/2010
Montpellier, FRA

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News

1) "Dedication: Norman E. Borlaug. The Humanitarian Plant Scientist Who Changed the World", Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28 - 18/12/2009
2) Pre-registration for GCARD 2010 is now open! - 18/12/2009
3) Chair-elect announced for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research - 23/11/2009
4) New Summary Briefings on Economic and Social Issues from FAO - 12/10/2009
5) How Borlaug's dwarfs came to stand tall in India's agronomy - 28/09/2009
6) Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 - September 12, 2009) - 25/09/2009
7) Want to know all about GCARD 2010? - 17/09/2009
8) Contribute to shaping the future of agriculture - 04/09/2009
9) Get ready for the GCARD 2010 regional e-Consultations - 26/08/2009
10) Investment in AR4D - 23/07/2009
11) ICTs and Agricultural Research: Some observations from recent meetings - 16/07/2009
12) Registration for receiving GCARD 2010 updates is now open - 14/07/2009
13) The L'Aquila Statement on Global Food Security - 10/07/2009
14) Short report from the ICT Workshop at the Science forum 2009 - 09/07/2009
15) The Science Forum 2009: connecting advanced science with development - 01/07/2009
16) ICT Workshop at Science Forum 2009 Pushes the Envelope - 16/06/2009
17) Enhancing Development Impact from Research: GCARD 2010 - 20/05/2009
18) The winners for the Science Forum 2009 Poster Competition have been chosen! - 14/05/2009
19) The G-8 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting: The critical role of agricultural research in development - 20/04/2009
20) Inside Africa's First Global Horticulture Congress - 09/04/2009
21) GFAR e-news launched - 11/03/2009
22) Call for Proposals for the Poster Exhibition at Science Forum 2009 - 26/02/2009
23) Deadline extended for submitting abstracts for the ISHS-ProMusa symposium (China, September 2009) - 26/02/2009
24) Blog "social report" of the GFAR/CGIAR KEL workshop in Maputo - 09/12/2008
25) New document: Advocacy for ICM by GFAR and the Regional Forums - 19/08/2008
26) A Statement from GFAR to the FAO High-Level Conference - 30/05/2008
27) Publication from PROLINNOVA: "Innovation Africa: enriching farmers' livelihoods" - 29/01/2008
28) Call for nominations for Executive Board of CGIAR GCP - 21/01/2008
29) Dr. Mark Holderness appointed as GFAR Executive Secretary - 13/11/2007
30) New publication: "Proposed Architecture and Workflow for Managing and Sharing Distributed Information on Organizations... - 05/11/2007
31) Communiqué after the GFAR Retreat in Alexandria - 05/04/2007
32) ICM4ARD: Application Profile for describing Organizations - 21/03/2007
33) Agreement between NEPAD and FARA - 13/03/2007
34) Minutes of the GFAR Statutory Meetings - 12/03/2007
35) New Executive Secretary ad interim - 08/03/2007
36) GFAR 2006 Triennial Conference Report - 23/02/2007
37) GFAR 2006 Outputs - 22/12/2006
38) The new GFAR Document Repository in AGRIS - 13/12/2006
39) Strategic Framework for Underutilized Plant Species R&D - 02/11/2006
40) Towards a GPP on Linking Farmers to Markets - 15/05/2006
41) AARINENA ad hoc Committee for a GPP on LFM - 03/04/2006

from the EGFAR Open Site:

44) CGIAR Reform: News Update - 11/12/2009
47) Agropolis Fondation launches its 2010 Call for Proposals “Grand Federative Projects” - 07/12/2009
51) The Louis MALASSIS International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food - 12/11/2009
56) The role of ovum for gender preselection in farm animals - 25/10/2009
62) New issue of the YPARD newsletter - 12/10/2009
96) The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Internship Awards - 11/08/2009
161) Final Report of the Science & Technology Europe-Africa Project Workshop - 28/07/2009
194) ICRISAT Genebank- Conserving Biodiversity for Food Security - 03/07/2009
212) CIAT - Program Officer - 18/06/2009
231) AWARD Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator - 28/05/2009
251) AWARD Communications Manager - 28/05/2009
272) The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL): new subscription prices - 14/05/2009
294) Research Fellow in Agriculture, Science and Policy at IDS - 08/05/2009
341) OECD - Head, Enterprise Business Systems - 04/05/2009
366) IFAD - Special Advisor to the President - 04/05/2009
392) IFAD - Director, Office of the President - 04/05/2009
419) OECD - Wiki Platform Developer - 04/05/2009
447) OECD - Regulatory Reform Analyst - 04/05/2009
476) OECD - Policy Analyst on Aid Effectiveness (Transparent and Responsible Aid) - 04/05/2009
569) African Fellows Programme: 9th Call for Pre-Proposals - 09/04/2009
707) African Journal of Biotechnology - 08/04/2009
744) Impact Assessment Officer Position at CIAT - 08/04/2009
782) Concept Notes for the East Horn of Africa CoP of the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) - 08/04/2009
821) Summary Report of the Consultation Workshop on Identifying Supplementary Indicators, Entebbe 2009 - 08/04/2009
902) Multimedia web based publication on Food Sovereignty - from IIED - 03/04/2009
987) Future Agricultures International Conference "Seasonality Revisited": call for papers - 23/03/2009
1031) New Policy Briefs on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from the DFID RIU Programme - 23/03/2009
1076) CIAT vacancy: Resource Mobilization Officer - 17/03/2009
1122) UK Parliamentary Inquiry into the Global Food Crisis: Call for Evidence - 17/03/2009
1169) Vacancy - Advisor for inclusive business development - 13/03/2009
1217) Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science: Call for Papers - 09/03/2009
1266) Synthesis paper on 'Conservation tillage in East and Southern Africa: yields and rain water productivity from on-farm action reserach' - 05/03/2009
1316) AWARD 2009 Fellowship Announcement (Round Two) Available to women agricultural scientists from: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia - 26/02/2009
1367) Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment (JENE): call for papers - 17/02/2009
1419) IFAR's professional development program 2009 - 19/01/2009
1472) GlobalHort call for project concept notes - 08/01/2009
1526) Inventory on innovative farmer advisory services or systems in Africa - 05/01/2009
1581) Innovation Asia-Pacific Symposium: first call for contributions - 08/12/2008
1637) Input Fairs - 21/11/2008
1752) APAARI - Vacancy: APARIS Coordinator [DEADLINE EXTENDED] - 17/11/2008
1811) 3rd Call of the FP7 Theme - Food Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology - 17/11/2008
1871) MEASURING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INVESTMENTS. A Revised Global Picture - 03/11/2008
1932) Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries - 03/11/2008
1994) Recent developments for the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research - 06/10/2008
2057) ICRISAT Library has developed the web-enabled SAT e-library - 06/10/2008
2121) EC Call for proposals on Non-CGIAR Global ARD funded from the Food Security Thematic Programme consultation with SAG - 06/10/2008
2252) FARA RAILS consultation: inventory of farmer-based information systems using voice and audio - 03/10/2008
2319) A new series of the GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM starting on 1st October - 29/09/2008
2387) Latest issues of the Newsletter of the AVRDC, the World Vegetable Center - 26/09/2008
2456) News from the CGIAR Generation Challenge Program (GCP) - 25/09/2008
2669) KIT Bulletin 380 - Outsourcing agricultural advisory services - 15/07/2008
2742) £3.3 million boost for African science - 14/07/2008
2816) FARA Secretariat looking for an ICT consultant - 27/06/2008
2967) Bio-fuels Research in the CGIAR: A Perspective from the Science Council - 30/05/2008
3044) DURAS Project Closing Seminar set on 11-13 June 2008 - 16/05/2008
3122) DFID's Research Strategy for 2008-2013 launched - 28/04/2008
3362) DURAS Documentation workshops held - 27/02/2008
3444) CGIAR GCP Fellowships 2008 - Deadline for applications extended - 13/02/2008
3527) APAARI - Vacancy: Executive Assistant (Information and Communication Technology) - 08/02/2008
3611) Technical Assistance Specialist - West Africa Regional SPS Advisor - 21/01/2008
3782) Position: Director of Finance & Administration at ILRI - 07/01/2008
3869) IFAR's Professional Development Program 2008 - 04/01/2008
3957) R A I L S implementation workshop, report by FARA - 03/01/2008
4046) Dr. Ngongi appointed president of the Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA) - 06/12/2007
4227) Agrifeeds, the agricultural news and events aggregator - 13/11/2007
4412) 1st CfP: Special Issue of the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies - 31/10/2007
4506) African Fellows Programme: 7th Call for Pre-Proposals - 23/10/2007
4601) Communications for Sustainable Development Award - Call for nominations for climate change campaign - 26/09/2007
4697) Call for Nominations for the 2007 CGIAR Science Awards - 25/09/2007
4794) New Chairman for the CST of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) - 11/09/2007
4892) Opening Access to CGIAR Research and Knowledge: From Data, Information and Collaboration to Food - 07/09/2007
4991) GCP Genotyping Support Service (GSS): 1st call for proposals - 29/08/2007
5294) RIU Innovation Challenge Call for Proposals - 10/08/2007
5397) WARDA, CIAT, IRRI: Joint Declaration on Programmatic Alignment - 09/08/2007
5501) NATURA: Call for proposals from young researchers: Technical innovation in cropping systems - 09/08/2007
5712) A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration, by David A. Bainbridge - 23/07/2007
5927) International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, Rome, Italy, 3-5 May 2007 - 11/07/2007
6036) NEPAD debates vision for African agriculture - 05/07/2007
6146) IUCN and FAO: e-conference on the major review for Theme C of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit - 05/07/2007
6257) The CGIAR Cycle 2 Challenge Programs: Call for Pre-Proposals - 05/07/2007
6369) Report on the Expert Consultation on Regional Research Needs Assessment in Central Asia and the Caucasus - 05/07/2007
6482) New guide for conducting research in a network setting - 02/07/2007
6596) New FARA website launched at 4th FARA General Assembly - 21/06/2007
6711) First announcement: project for sharing information about agricultural organizations - 30/05/2007
6827) Electronic forum on Horticulture for Development - 30/05/2007
6944) INBAR training events in the second half of the year 2007 - 30/05/2007
7181) UN Assessment of IAASTD - call for experts - 15/05/2007
7301) Practitioner Fellowships provide a non-degree opportunity for qualified mid-level professionals from NGOs - 14/05/2007
7544) Call for Participation/Partners: HIV/AIDS and Agriculture Conference, October 2007 - 16/04/2007
7791) The Forum FARA is seeking a Coordinator for the Sub Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA CP) - 22/03/2007
7916) ISHS/ProMusa Symposium: Recent advances in banana crop protection for sustainable production and improved livelihoods - 08/03/2007
8042) INBAR Training Calendar 2007 - 23/02/2007
8297) NARI Papa New Guinea: Vacancies - 05/02/2007
8556) COL-PROTEIN deadline for proposals: 15 January 2007 - 10/01/2007
8952) CGIAR is now accepting ideas for Challenge Programs - 22/11/2006
9086) FARA, CTA, CIRAD: a call for case studies for the first International Conference of the AIDA Project
(Accra, Ghana, 22-24 January 2007)
- 14/11/2006
9221) Regoverning Markets call for proposals - 02/11/2006
9357) CPWF calls for Expressions of Interest (EOI) and for "Offers of Partnerships" - 29/04/2010

Events

1) Information Access Marketplace at IAALD XIIIth World Congress in Montpellier: 26/04/2010 - 26/04/2010, Montpellier, FRA
2) The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD): 28/03/2010 - 31/03/2010, Montpellier, FRA
3) International Consultation on Agricultural Research for Development and Innovation: Addressing emerging challenges and exploiting opportunities through Information and Communication Technologies: 07/12/2009 - 11/12/2009, Hyderabad, IND
4) Science Forum 2009: 16/06/2009 - 17/06/2009, Wageningen, NLD
5) Science Forum 2009 Workshop: ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation: 16/06/2009 - 17/06/2009, Wageningen, NLD
6) GFAR Statutory Meetings, 26-28 November 2008: 26/11/2008 - 28/11/2008, Maputo, MOZ
7) Workshop and Sessions on "Adoption of ICT Enabled Information Systems for Agricultural Development and Rural Viability" (at IAALD-AFITA-WCCA 2008): 24/08/2008 - 27/08/2008, Atsugi (Tokyo), JPN
8) GFAR Statutory Meetings, July-August 2008, Montevideo: 31/07/2008 - 01/08/2008, Montevideo, URY
9) DURAS Project Closing Seminar: 11/06/2008 - 13/06/2008, Rome, ITA
10) GFAR Statutory Meetings, Autumn 2007, Beijing, China: 28/11/2007 - 01/12/2007, Beijing, CHN
11) EGFAR Taskforce Meeting during the e-Agriculture Week: 26/09/2007 - 26/09/2007, Rome, ITA
12) Inter-Regional Consultation on ICM4ARD: 26/09/2007 - 26/09/2007, Rome, ITA
13) ERA-ARD Conference: "ARD in Europe: towards a shared vision": 28/06/2007 - 29/06/2007, Brussels, BEL
14) 4th FARA General Assembly & African Agricultural Science Week: 10/06/2007 - 15/06/2007, Johannesburg, ZAF
15) GFAR Retreat March-April 2007: 29/03/2007 - 01/04/2007, Alexandria, EGY
16) RAILS Implementation Workshop: 17/01/2007 - 19/01/2007, Accra, GHA
17) GFAR Statutory Meetings 2006: 30/11/2006 - 03/12/2006, Washington, USA
18) GFAR 2006 Triennial Conference: 09/11/2006 - 11/11/2006, New Delhi, IND

from the EGFAR Open Site:

19) IAALD XIIIth World Congress, organized by Agropolis International in Montpellier, France: 26/04/2010 - 29/04/2010, Montpellier, FRA
21) The 3rd African Congress for Scientific Research & Technology: 01/11/2009 - 03/11/2009, Cairo, EGY
24) CABI Global Summit - Food Security in a climate of change: 19/10/2009 - 21/10/2009, London, GBR
28) Phosphate Fertilizer Production Technology Workshop: 19/10/2009 - 23/10/2009, Marrakech, MAR
33) International seminar on the "Role of the media in agricultural development in ACP countries: 12/10/2009 - 16/10/2009, Brussels, BEL
39) INBAR-UBFDB International Training Workshop on Bamboo as a Modern Construction Material: 05/10/2009 - 14/10/2009, Dehradun, Uttarakhand State, IND
46) The Africa Arab Agro-Invesment Conference 2009: 28/09/2009 - 30/09/2009, Zanzibar, TZA
54) 15th Annual Meeting of the Neuchâtel Initiative hosted by the Research and Extension Unit of FAO: 18/09/2009 - 22/09/2009, Rome, ITA
63) Joint annual conference of the North-South Centre and the Energy Science Centre: "Competing Claims on Energy 09: Access and benefit sharing": 10/09/2009 - 11/09/2009, Zurich, CHE
73) 1st All Africa Horticulture Congress "Grown under the sun": 31/08/2009 - 03/09/2009, Nairobi, KEN
84) 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry (WCA2): call for abstracts, deadline 30 November 2008: 23/08/2009 - 28/08/2009, Nairobi, KEN
96) TERI program 2009-2010: three-week course on 'Application of Bio-technology and its regulation': 04/08/2009 - 21/08/2009, Delhi and TERI regional centers in India, IND
109) Course: Facilitating multi-stkeholder processes and social learning: 22/06/2009 - 26/06/2009, Wageningen, NLD
123) IAMO Forum 2009: 20 Years of Transition in Agriculture: What Has Been achieved? Where Are We Heading?: 17/06/2009 - 19/06/2009, Halle (Saale), DEU
138) Course: Climate change adaptation in agriculture and natrual resources management: 15/06/2009 - 26/06/2009, Addis Ababa, ETH
154) Joined Conference of EUROGI, INSPIRE, PROGIS, CAGI: 12/05/2009 - 13/05/2009, Prague, CZE
171) International Seminar on 'G'localization of Food Trade: 17/04/2009 - 17/04/2009, Brussels, BEL
189) Food and Nutrition Security Course, Wageningen International: 30/03/2009 - 12/06/2009, Wageningen, NLD
208) Final Report of the Science & Technology Europe-Africa Project Workshop: 26/03/2009 - 27/03/2009, Nariobi, KEN
228) 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture: 04/02/2009 - 07/02/2009, Delhi, IND
249) 9th International Conference on Dryland Development: 07/11/2008 - 10/11/2008, Alexandria, EGY
271) International Banana Conference 2008: 05/10/2008 - 09/10/2008, Mombasa, KEN
294) International Symposium on Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Development in Mountain Forest areas: 15/09/2008 - 18/09/2008, Lin'an city, Zhejiang province, CHN
318) World Conference on Agricultural Information and IT (IAALD AFITA WCCA 2008): 24/08/2008 - 27/08/2008, Atsugi (Tokyo), JPN
343) 1er Atelier International d'Ecologie et Gestion des Communautés de Nématodes Phytoparasites dans les Ecosystèmes Sud-Méditerranéens: 17/03/2008 - 19/03/2008, Sousse, TUN
369) CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2007, Bejing: 03/12/2007 - 07/12/2007, Bejing, CHN
396) National Mango Congress in the Philippines: 21/11/2007 - 23/11/2007, Tagaytay City, Province of Cavite, PHL
424) Special Session on Agricultural Metadata & Semantics at the 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research: 11/10/2007 - 12/10/2007, Corfu, GRC
453) 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables: 09/10/2007 - 12/10/2007, Houston, Texas, USA
483) Farmer-led documentation: Local knowledge sharing in an agricultural context: 28/09/2007 - 28/09/2007, Rome, ITA
514) Web2forDev Conference - Participatory Web for Development: 25/09/2007 - 27/09/2007, Rome, ITA
546) e-Agriculture Week: 21/09/2007 - 28/09/2007, Rome, ITA
579) Awareness Raising Conference on Horticulture for Development: 25/06/2007 - 25/06/2007, Brussels, BEL
613) AGROVOC E-Conference: 01/05/2007 - 30/06/2007, -, -
648) Fourth World Congress of Rural Women: 23/04/2007 - 26/04/2007, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZAF
684) Agriscontent Taskforce Meeting: 01/03/2007 - 02/03/2007, Wageningen, NLD
721) Interactive Forest and Nature Policy in Practice: 27/11/2006 - 08/12/2006, Bogor, IDN
759) International Training Workshop on Bamboo-based Production and Enterprise Management: 20/11/2006 - 29/11/2006, Kudal, IND


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