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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.21, January 2005
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N E W S
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- Swissaid verurteilt die Position der UNO zur Gentechnologie
- Starke Zunahme des GVO-Anbaus in Entwicklungsländern (LID) 
- Freie Agrarmärkte gegen die globale Armut (NZZ on worlbank study) 
- Aufbauarbeit für den Reis ("Tagblatt" on impact of year of rice)
- Espresso trinken für die Kaffeebauern (NZZ on coffee crisis)

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

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Improving Impacts of Research Partnerships,
  Daniel Maselli / Jon-Andri Lys / Jacqueline Schmid, KFPE
- Nach der Globalisierung. Entwicklungspolitik im 21. Jahrhundert,
  Contributions to a Swisscoalition Symposium
- After Globalisation - Development Policy in the 21st Century, 
  Peter Niggli, Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations

... 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)
- International Conference on Agricultural Research for
  Development: "European Responses to Changing Global Needs"
  (April 27-29, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland)
- XX International Grassland Congress
  (June 26- July 1, 2005, Dublin, Ireland)
- 2nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods
  (September 12-16, 2005, Davos, 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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- Responsable du programme Tchad (70%),
  Swissaid, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Capacity-Building Officer, 
  IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Regional Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa, 
  International Potato Center (CIP), Nairobi, Kenya
- Technical Officer (Sericulture & Beneficial Insects), 
  FAO, Rome, Italy 

... 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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