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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.20, November 2004
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N E W S
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- Ein menschenwürdiges Leben dank Fair Trade (Swissaid Spiegel)
- EFTA free trade agreement restricts farmers rights (EvB)
- Focal Point for Rural Development online (SDC)
- New Research Partnership Programme by SNSF and SDC
- Biolandbauforschung im Internet (FiBL)
- Syngenta to donate Golden Rice to Humanitarian Board

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

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Biodiversity - our food supply depends on it,
  Posters of the Symposium (14 October, 2004, ETH Zurich)
- Gene Technology and Developing Countries. A contribution to
  the discussion from an ethical perspective,
  Swiss Ethics Committee on Non-Human Gene Technology (ECNH)
- Topic Paper Micro and Small Enterprise Development,
  Intercooperation
- Clients First! A Rapid Market Appraisal Tool Kit. Theoretical
  background and experiences from various RMA events,
  Stefan Joss / Hans Schaltenbrand / Peter Schmidt, Helvetas
- Public Private Partnerships for Rural Development.
  Some views based on concrete experiences so far,
  Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News
- Marketing Approach to Conserve Agricultural Biodiversity,
  Thomas Bernet et al. in: LBL BeraterInnen News

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

E V E N T S
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- Gentechnologie in der Landwirtschaft - Chronik einer
  programmierten Katastrophe
  (February 10, 2005, Bern, Switzerland)
- NCCR Plant Survival International Conference 2005
  (March 31 - April 3, 2005, Leysin, Switzerland)
- HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Security
  (April 14-16, 2005, Durban, South Africa)
- International Conference on Agricultural Research for
  Development: "European Responses to Changing Global Needs"
  (April 27-29, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland)
  
... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Postdoctoral Fellow,
  IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
- Programmbeauftragte/-r (100%), 
  DEZA, Natürliche Ressourcen und Umwelt, Bern, Switzerland
- Director (4 positions), Deputy Director General (1 position), 
  IPGRI, Rome, Italy
- Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer, 
  FAO, Budapest, Hungary 

... 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
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- Next SFIAR meeting: 16 February, 2005 at ZIL in Zürich

- Minutes of last SFIAR meeting at SHL in Zollikofen
- Presentations of EARD-InfoSys+ and of RISE project 
  
... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  
    (SFIAR members only)

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