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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.22, April 2005
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N E W S
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- ICIPE Marks New Era (News by ICIPE)
- Oxfam: Reiche Länder stark unter Kritik (Schweizer Bauer)
- Evaluating the risks of Bt maize on non-target insects (NCCR) 
- Gen aus Mais verhilft zu mehr Provitamin A (Internutrition)
- Success for cassava research (ETH Life)
- Mehr als 26 Millionen Öko-Hektar weltweit (FiBL, IFOAM, SÖL)

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

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Participatory Market Chain Approach; 
  Thomas Bernet et al. in: LBL BeraterInnen News
- The Rural Services Franchise Company - an Idea for Providing
  Services with a Commercial Potential in Rural Areas? 
  Ueli Scheuermeier in LBL BeraterInnen News
- The role of information acquisition in the adoption of dairy
  related technologies in Tanzania; 
  dissertation by Jacques Gerber, ETH
- Analysis of methods for efficient biodiversity conservation
  with focus on African cattle breeds; 
  dissertation by Sabine Beatrice Reist-Marti, ETH 

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

E V E N T S
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- Welcher Handel nützt den Armen? Zehn Jahre WTO: 
  die Sicht des Südens
  (June 1-2, 2005, Berne, Switzerland)
- Frutic 05 - Information and Technology for sustainable fruit
  and vegetable production
  (September 12-16, 2005, Montpellier, France)
- 2nd International Conference on Greenhouse Gases and
  Animal Agriculture - GGAA 2005
  (September 20-24, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland)
- Poor health, food insecurity and poverty -
  How to break a vicious circle?
  (October 13-14, 2005, Berne, 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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- Agricultural Research Officer (NARS),  
  GFAR, Rome, Italy
- Regional Director, The Americas, 
  IPGRI, Cali, Columbia
- Researchers/Editors - ecological agriculture,  
  ILEIA, Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Senior Animal Production and Health Officer, 
  FAO, Santiago, Chile

... 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: 19 October, 2005 at CABI in Delémont

- Minutes of last SFIAR meeting at ZIL in Zürich
- Document: Swiss contribution to ERA – ARD
- Documents on CGIAR Performance Measurement System  
  
... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  
    (SFIAR members only)

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