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from the EGFAR Open Site:

KIT Bulletin 380 - Outsourcing agricultural advisory services
(Published 15/07/2008)
This bulletin aims to contribute to interactive learning between practitioners and policymakers involved in outsourcing in sub-Saharan African countries.

£3.3 million boost for African science
(Published 14/07/2008)
African science received a boost on 7 July 2008 with the announcement of a £3.3 million partnership between the Leverhulme Trust and the Royal Society to fund collaborations between scientists in Ghana, Tanzania and the UK.

FARA Secretariat looking for an ICT consultant
(Published 27/06/2008)
The FARA Secretariat is seeking an ICT consultant for advice on their information and communication system.

CORAF: Information and Communication Manager Recruitment
(Published 10/11/2008)
Country: Senegal

GFAR Statutory Meetings, July-August 2008, Montevideo  
31/7/2008 - 1/8/2008
Montevideo, URY

from the EGFAR Open Site:

International Symposium on Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Development in Mountain Forest areas  
15/9/2008 - 18/9/2008
Lin'an city, Zhejiang province, CHN

International Banana Conference 2008  
5/10/2008 - 9/10/2008
Mombasa, KEN

9th International Conference on Dryland Development  
7/11/2008 - 10/11/2008
Alexandria, EGY

News
1) A Statement from GFAR to the FAO High-Level Conference - 30/05/2008
2) Publication from PROLINNOVA: "Innovation Africa: enriching farmers' livelihoods" - 29/01/2008
3) Call for nominations for Executive Board of CGIAR GCP - 21/01/2008
4) Dr. Mark Holderness appointed as GFAR Executive Secretary - 13/11/2007
5) New publication: "Proposed Architecture and Workflow for Managing and Sharing Distributed Information on Organizations... - 05/11/2007
6) Communiqué after the GFAR Retreat in Alexandria - 05/04/2007
7) Careers: FARA is seeking a Coordinator for the SSA CP - 22/03/2007
8) ICM4ARD: Application Profile for describing Organizations - 21/03/2007
9) Agreement between NEPAD and FARA - 13/03/2007
10) Minutes of the GFAR Statutory Meetings - 12/03/2007
11) New Executive Secretary ad interim - 08/03/2007
12) GFAR 2006 Triennial Conference Report - 23/02/2007
13) INBAR Training Calendar 2007 - 23/02/2007
14) NARI Papa New Guinea: Vacancies - 05/02/2007
15) COL invites proposals for its PROTEIN programme - 10/01/2007
16) GFAR 2006 Outputs - 22/12/2006
17) The new GFAR Document Repository in AGRIS - 13/12/2006
18) CGIAR: call for ideas for Challenge Programs - 22/11/2006
19) AIDA Conference: call for case studies - 14/11/2006
20) Regoverning Markets call for proposals - 02/11/2006
21) Strategic Framework for Underutilized Plant Species R&D - 02/11/2006
22) Towards a GPP on Linking Farmers to Markets - 15/05/2006
23) GFAR Executive Secretary Vacancy - 10/05/2006
24) AARINENA ad hoc Committee for a GPP on LFM - 03/04/2006
25) CPWF calls for Expressions of Interest - 08/03/2006

from the EGFAR Open Site:

26) KIT Bulletin 380 - Outsourcing agricultural advisory services - 15/07/2008
28) £3.3 million boost for African science - 14/07/2008
31) FARA Secretariat looking for an ICT consultant - 27/06/2008
40) Bio-fuels Research in the CGIAR: A Perspective from the Science Council - 30/05/2008
46) DURAS Project Closing Seminar set on 11-13 June 2008 - 16/05/2008
53) DFID's Research Strategy for 2008-2013 launched - 28/04/2008
80) DURAS Documentation workshops held - 27/02/2008
91) CGIAR GCP Fellowships 2008 - Deadline for applications extended - 13/02/2008
103) APAARI - Vacancy: Executive Assistant (Information and Communication Technology) - 08/02/2008
116) Technical Assistance Specialist - West Africa Regional SPS Advisor - 21/01/2008
145) Position: Director of Finance & Administration at ILRI - 07/01/2008
161) IFAR's Professional Development Program 2008 - 04/01/2008
178) R A I L S implementation workshop, report by FARA - 03/01/2008
196) Dr. Ngongi appointed president of the Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA) - 06/12/2007
235) Agrifeeds, the agricultural news and events aggregator - 13/11/2007
278) 1st CfP: Special Issue of the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies - 31/10/2007
301) African Fellows Programme: 7th Call for Pre-Proposals - 23/10/2007
325) Communications for Sustainable Development Award - Call for nominations for climate change campaign - 26/09/2007
350) Call for Nominations for the 2007 CGIAR Science Awards - 25/09/2007
376) New Chairman for the CST of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) - 11/09/2007
403) Opening Access to CGIAR Research and Knowledge: From Data, Information and Collaboration to Food - 07/09/2007
431) GCP Genotyping Support Service (GSS): 1st call for proposals - 29/08/2007
521) RIU Innovation Challenge Call for Proposals - 10/08/2007
553) WARDA, CIAT, IRRI: Joint Declaration on Programmatic Alignment - 09/08/2007
586) NATURA: Call for proposals from young researchers: Technical innovation in cropping systems - 09/08/2007
655) A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration, by David A. Bainbridge - 23/07/2007
728) International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, Rome, Italy, 3-5 May 2007 - 11/07/2007
766) NEPAD debates vision for African agriculture - 05/07/2007
805) IUCN and FAO: e-conference on the major review for Theme C of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit - 05/07/2007
845) The CGIAR Cycle 2 Challenge Programs: Call for Pre-Proposals - 05/07/2007
886) Report on the Expert Consultation on Regional Research Needs Assessment in Central Asia and the Caucasus - 05/07/2007
928) New guide for conducting research in a network setting - 02/07/2007
971) New FARA website launched at 4th FARA General Assembly - 21/06/2007
1015) First announcement: project for sharing information about agricultural organizations - 30/05/2007
1060) Electronic forum on Horticulture for Development - 30/05/2007
1106) INBAR training events in the second half of the year 2007 - 30/05/2007
1201) UN Assessment of IAASTD - call for experts - 15/05/2007
1250) Practitioner Fellowships provide a non-degree opportunity for qualified mid-level professionals from NGOs - 14/05/2007
1351) Call for Participation/Partners: HIV/AIDS and Agriculture Conference, October 2007 - 16/04/2007
1456) ISHS/ProMusa Symposium: Recent advances in banana crop protection for sustainable production and improved livelihoods - 08/03/2007
1510) CORAF: Information and Communication Manager Recruitment - 10/11/2008

Events
1) GFAR Statutory Meetings, July-August 2008, Montevideo: 31/07/2008 - 01/08/2008, Montevideo, URY
2) DURAS Project Closing Seminar: 11/06/2008 - 13/06/2008, Rome, ITA
3) GFAR Statutory Meetings, Autumn 2007, Beijing, China: 28/11/2007 - 01/12/2007, Beijing, CHN
4) EGFAR Taskforce Meeting during the e-Agriculture Week: 26/09/2007 - 26/09/2007, Rome, ITA
5) Inter-Regional Consultation on ICM4ARD: 26/09/2007 - 26/09/2007, Rome, ITA
6) ERA-ARD Conference: "ARD in Europe: towards a shared vision": 28/06/2007 - 29/06/2007, Brussels, BEL
7) 4th FARA General Assembly & African Agricultural Science Week: 10/06/2007 - 15/06/2007, Johannesburg, ZAF
8) Fourth World Congress of Rural Women: 23/04/2007 - 26/04/2007, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZAF
9) GFAR Retreat March-April 2007: 29/03/2007 - 01/04/2007, Alexandria, EGY
10) RAILS Implementation Workshop: 17/01/2007 - 19/01/2007, Accra, GHA
11) GFAR Statutory Meetings 2006: 30/11/2006 - 03/12/2006, Washington, USA
12) Interactive Forest and Nature Policy in Practice: 27/11/2006 - 08/12/2006, Bogor, IDN
13) International Training Workshop on Bamboo-based Production and Enterprise Management: 20/11/2006 - 29/11/2006, Kudal, IND
14) GFAR 2006 Triennial Conference: 09/11/2006 - 11/11/2006, New Delhi, IND

from the EGFAR Open Site:

15) 9th International Conference on Dryland Development: 07/11/2008 - 10/11/2008, Alexandria, EGY
17) International Banana Conference 2008: 05/10/2008 - 09/10/2008, Mombasa, KEN
20) International Symposium on Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Development in Mountain Forest areas: 15/09/2008 - 18/09/2008, Lin'an city, Zhejiang province, CHN
24) 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
29) CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2007, Bejing: 03/12/2007 - 07/12/2007, Bejing, CHN
35) National Mango Congress in the Philippines: 21/11/2007 - 23/11/2007, Tagaytay City, Province of Cavite, PHL
42) Special Session on Agricultural Metadata & Semantics at the 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research: 11/10/2007 - 12/10/2007, Corfu, GRC
50) 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables: 09/10/2007 - 12/10/2007, Houston, Texas, USA
59) Farmer-led documentation: Local knowledge sharing in an agricultural context: 28/09/2007 - 28/09/2007, Rome, ITA
69) Web2forDev Conference - Participatory Web for Development: 25/09/2007 - 27/09/2007, Rome, ITA
80) e-Agriculture Week: 21/09/2007 - 28/09/2007, Rome, ITA
92) Awareness Raising Conference on Horticulture for Development: 25/06/2007 - 25/06/2007, Brussels, BEL
105) AGROVOC E-Conference: 01/05/2007 - 30/06/2007, -, -
119) Agriscontent Taskforce Meeting: 01/03/2007 - 02/03/2007, Wageningen, NLD