SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland on agricultural research for development. http://www.sfiar.ch ***************************************************************** SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.33, April 2007 ***************************************************************** N E W S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Advanced Studies in Integrated Water Resource Management - Die Suche nach der fairen Banane im Labeldschungel (EvB) - Syngenta Foundation joins the Biocarbonfund - CABI Switzerland Centre's activities in development - Water, an inalienable right but an exhaustible resource (SDC) - Animal Health Research. Editorial in Science by J. Zinsstag ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm P U B L I C A T I O N S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Zugang zu Wasser – ein Menschenrecht dokument 12. Alliance Sud - Participatory research that builds on local innovation in beekeeping to escape poverty H. Araya et al. in: Rural Development News, Agridea - The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007 H. Willer, M. Yussefi (Hrsg.), IFOAM / FiBL - Assessing the potential of organic farming for sustainable livelihoods in developing countries: The case of cotton in India Dissertation by Frank Eyhorn, University of Bern ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/publications.htm E V E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) in Europe: Towards a Shared Vision. ERA-ARD conference (28.-29.06.2007, Brussels, Belgium) - Relevance and impact of research for development Inauguration of ETH Zurich's North South Centre (29.06.2007, Zurich, Switzerland) - Biodiversity, Food, and Culture – Discovering the Diversity of Farm Animals. Exhibition. (01.-04.09.2007, Interlaken, Switzerland) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm J O B V A C A N C I E S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Project leader – livestock systems evolution ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya - Programmkoordinatorin Westafrika und Gender Helvetas, Zurich, Switzerland - Deputy Director General - Research ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria ... 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: October 2007, Zollikofen (SHL) - Minutes of last SFIAR Meeting and workshop on future development of SFIAR - Documents and Presesentations of last SFIAR Meeting (includig results of "SFIAR Fitness Test") ... 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"