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SWISS NODE NEWS MAIL, Issue No.12, March 2003
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N E W S
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- Competition Announcment: Ralf Yorque Memorial Prize 2003
- ZIL Research Fellow Partnership Programme: Call for Proposals
- Research Policy of the SDC - New Publication
- Zur Bedeutung von Wald und Bäumen in der Armutsbekämpfung (IC)
- Wachsende Kluft zwischen einzelnen Entwicklungsregionen (NZZ)

... more info: http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Nutztierdichte und Nährstoffbilanzen in Asien;  
  Harald Menzi / Pierre Gerber / Henning Steinfeld
- Genetically Modified (GM) Crops: molecular and regulatory 
  details;  Shirin Bruderer / Katharina E. Leitner, BATS
- Recht auf Freihandel oder Recht auf Nahrung?
  position paper by Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations
- "Protect Knowledge to Feed the World?"
  Symposium report by InfoAgrar

... more info: http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/publicat.htm

E V E N T S
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- Where to get Funds for Research and Technological Development 
  in Switzerland? Event by the Swiss Live Science Forum
  (May 13, 2003, Zurich, Switzerland)
- 11th European Congress on Biotechnology
  (August 24 – 29, 2003, Basel, Switzerland)
- Technological and Institutional Innovations for 
  Sustainable Rural Development 
  (October 8-10 , 2003, Göttingen, Germany)
  
... more info: http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/events.htm

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow,
  IFPRI, USA
- 4 Postdoctoral Fellow Positions,
  Internat. Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria 
- International Research Fellow, Postharvest Development Officer,
  IRRI, Philippines
- Potato Production Specialist
  CIP, Pyongyang, North Korea

... more info: 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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- Updated address list of all SFIAR participants
    
... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  
    (SFIAR members only)


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