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SWISS NODE NEWS MAIL, Issue No.13, June 2003
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N E W S
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- Swiss assistance to developing countries 2004 to 2007
- Director of Syngenta Foundation on "New Age in Agriculture"
- Online Poster Exhibition of ZIL/SFIAR Conference
- Syngenta setzt Gentechweizen in Deutschland nicht frei

... 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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- Helvetas: Position paper on Biotechnology and Genetic 
  Engineering in Agriculture
- The Making of a New Agricultural Research and Extension System. 
  The Case of Bolivia; Walter Nuņez / Peter Pfaumann / Willi Graf
- Experiments in Store - Participatory Action Research with 
  Women Farmers of Nepal; Astrid Bjoernsen Gurung 
- The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Future 
  Prospects - 2003; Minou Yussefi / Helga Willer

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

E V E N T S
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- Rio+11: Towards a New Paradigm in Agricultural Research - 
  The Challenge of Sustainable Development
  (June 6, 2003, Zurich, Switzerland)
- Complexity and Generality in development-oriented Research
  NCCR North-South / KFPE Scientific Symposium
  (June 10-12, 2003, Thun, Switzerland)
- Arnel R. Hallauer International Symposium on Plant Breeding
  (August 17-22, 2003, Mexico City, Mexico)
- Fair Trade Fair - Markt und Symposium
  (September 1, 2003, Bern, Switzerland)
  
... 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 Director - Sustainable Livelihoods, 
  ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Entomology,
  Applied Entomology, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
- Musa Research Project Manager,
  INIBAP programme, IPGRI, Montpellier, France

... 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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- Minutes of SFIAR meeting of 13 March at FAL, Reckenholz
- Trip Report of 2nd GFAR Meeting in Dakar
- Updated address list of all SFIAR participants
    
... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  
    (access for SFIAR members only)


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