SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland on agricultural research for development. http://www.sfiar.ch ***************************************************************** SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.29, August 2006 ***************************************************************** N E W S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Writing Contest for post graduate / PhD students - Der reiche Reis (ETH Life) - Research Fellow Partnership Programme for Agriculture ... (ZIL) - Call for proposals for id21 insights (ID21) - Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences (UNESCO/L’ORÉAL) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/new.htm P U B L I C A T I O N S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Livestock Production and the Millennium Development Goals. The role of livestock for pro-poor growth LivestockNet - Swiss Network for Livestock in Development ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/publications.htm E V E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Forschung mit Entwicklungs- und Transitionsländern: Welche Politik braucht die Schweiz? KFPE-Jahrestagung 2006 (14.09.2006, Berne, Switzerland) - Investing in Agriculture for Food Security. A conference on the occasion of World Food Day 2006 (13.10.2006, Berne, Switzerland) - 1st Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (23.-24.10.2006, Lucerne, Switzerland) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm J O B V A C A N C I E S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Junior Programme Officer Economist Intercooperation, Berne, Switzerland - PhD Position ZEF, Bonn, Germany - Programme Facilitator (Livestock systems research in support of poor people) ZIL, Zurich, Switzerland ... 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: 25.10.2006, Lausanne (EPFL/ISCB) - Minutes of last SFIAR Meeting - Updated address list of SFIAR members ... available at: http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/sfiarinterndoc.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 SFIAR website. If you prefer not to receive it anymore, please go to: http://www.sfiar.ch/newsmail.htm, enter your e-mail address and select "unsubscribe"