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on agricultural research for development.
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SWISS NODE NEWS MAIL, Issue No.10, August 2002
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N E W S  
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- 2003 IFA International Award - Call for Nominations
- EvB criticises Syngenta in view of IUPAC 2002 conference
- Syngenta files suit to enforce biotechnology patents
- New Executive Director of Syngenta Foundation
- NZZ article on UCTAD's "least developed countries report"

>>>  http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/news.htm
  

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Muhammad Riaz: Optimal Agricultural Land Use Systems 
  for Northern Pakistan
- Bernhard Lehmann: The importance of Agriculture in the 
  Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions
- Strategy 2006 - Department Development and Transition, 
  State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco)  

>>> http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/publicat.htm


E V E N T
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- International Symposium organized by Infoagrar:
  "Protect Knowledge to Feed the World?"

>>> http://www.infoagrar.ch/ipr-symposium


J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Programme Manager, Indo-Swiss Collaboration in 
  Biotechnology (ISCB), ETH Zürich
- Doktorarbeit in Entomologie, ETH Zürich
- Professur für Ökolog. Pflanzenbau und Agrarökosystemforschung
  in den Tropen und Subtropen, University of Kassel
- Research Fellows, Overseas Development Institute, London

>>> http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/jobs.htm


S F I A R - I N T E R N A L - P A G E S
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- All the relevant documents of the next SFIAR meeting in 
  Zollikofen (Sept./Oct. 2002) and of the past meeting 
  in Stein/AG (March 19, 2002) are made available at:
  
>>> http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  

    (access for members only)


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