SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland on agricultural research for development. http://www.sfiar.ch ***************************************************************** SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.32, February 2007 ***************************************************************** N E W S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Public-private partnership to combat the poverty spiral (SDC) - Young Professionals’ Platform for ARD (YPARD) - Swiss Development Cooperation: Change and Continuity (SDC) - Research Communication Workshop - Results (IDS / KFPE) - 7. FRP: Internationale Zusammenarbeit reorganisiert (Euresearch) - Maize research to benefit poorest honoured (SDC) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm P U B L I C A T I O N S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - New: SFIAR members can recommend publications at: http://www.sfiar.ch/pubrecommend.htm - Where the land is greener. Case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide H. Liniger, W. Critchley (eds.). WOCAT - Wer hat die Maus erfunden? Grundsätzliches zu Patenten auf Leben Swissaid, Erklärung von Bern - Improving Impacts of Research Partnerships D. Maselli, J.-A. Lys, J. Schmid. KFPE - The welfare costs of not being part of the knowledge economy: why rural development needs more creative policy strategies P. Aerni in: ATDF Journal - Development Cooperation at a Crossroads speeches of a Symposium organized by Novartis Foundation ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/publications.htm E V E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - World Biofuels Markets. Congress and Exhibition (11.-14.03.2007, Brussels, Belgium) - Between Tradition and Globalisation. 9th German Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture (20.-23.03.2007, Stuttgart, Germany) - First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources (01.-07.09.2007, Interlaken, Switzerland) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm J O B V A C A N C I E S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Leiter/in Bereich Entwicklungspolitik und multilaterale Zusammenarbeit DEZA, Bern, Switzerland - Wissenschaftliche(n) Mitarbeiter(in) Tropenzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany - Post-Doctorial Scientist–SAKSS International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya ... 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: 29.03.2007, Bern (BLW) - Minutes of last SFIAR Meeting - Presesentations of last SFIAR Meeting ... 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"