SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland
on agricultural research for development.
http://www.sfiar.ch

*****************************************************************
SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.16, February 2004
*****************************************************************

P L E A S E   N O T E
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- The SFIAR website has a new address: http://www.sfiar.ch
- The Information Services for SFIAR for 2004/2005 are now
  financed by: SDC, SHL, Syngenta Foundation and BLW

N E W S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Zugang zu fruchtbarem Land (Swissaid Spiegel No 1/2004)
- Global Photography Contest "Rice is Life" by FAO
- Bio-Baumwolle aus Kirgisistan für Nike & Co
- New EFARD Chairman elected
- Jubiläums-Förderpreis 2003 der Eiselen-Stiftung Ulm

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

E V E N T S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Dare to Share Fair - Managing Knowledge and Skills for Development
  (March 30 - 31 & April 2, 2004, Bern, Switzerland)
- Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
  (April 1-3, 2004, Kampala, Uganda)
- 1st World Congress of Agroforestry - Working Together Towards 
  Sustainable Land-Use Systems
  (June 27 - July 2, 2004, Orlando, USA)
- Lifelong Learning for the Rural Area - CIEA Seminar 2004
  (August 15-28, 2004, Grangeneuve, Switzerland)
  
... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Scientist with Postdoc experience in behavioural ecology of insects,  
  ETH Applied Entomology Group, Zurich, Switzerland
- Agricultural Economist (farm & agribusiness management),  
  FAO, Rome, Italy
- Impact and Policy Coordinator, 
  IFPRI, Washington, D.C., USA
- Conseiller dans le cadre du programme de promotion du 
  coton biologique au Burkina Faso,
  Helvetas, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/jobs.htm

S F I A R - I N T E R N A L - P A G E S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Next SFIAR meeting: 3 March 2004, 13:00 at FiBL, Frick
- Minutes of SFIAR meeting of 18 September at CDE, Bern
- Presentation about CDE by Hans Hurni
    
... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  
    (sfiar members only)


*****************************************************************
ABOUT THIS NEWS SERVICE:

This news mail is published every 2 months. Its aim is
to keep people informed about news and changes on the
SFIAR website. If you have comments on this service
or on the website, don't hesitate to contact the author:
felix.hintermann@infoagrar.ch

You receive this news mail because you are a participant of
SFIAR, or you have ordered it via the Swiss Node website.

If you prefer not to receive it anymore, please go to:
http://www.sfiar.ch/n_mail.htm, enter your 
e-mail address and select "unsubscribe"