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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.37, January 2008
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N E W S
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- No patents on conventional seeds and animals (Berne Declaration)
- Importförderungsprogramm SIPPO um vier Jahre verlängert (seco)
- Neue Hoffnung dank Bio-Baumwolle (Swissinfo)
- Syngenta and the RSC launch African science initiative (Syngenta) 
- ... agriculture needs to resume the offensive (SDC)
- Iranischer Forscher an Forschungsanstalt Changins – Wädenswil  
 
 ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Die kleine Knolle mit der weltweiten Bedeutung. 
  Zum Internationalen Jahr der Kartoffel. Paul Egger

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

E V E N T S
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- Natur Kongress 2008
  (22.02.2008, Basel, Switzerland)
- Compost and digestate: sustainability, benefits, impacts...
  CODIS 2008 - International Congress
  (27.-29.02.2008, Solothurn, Switzerland)
- Potato Science for the Poor – Challenges for the New Millennium
  organized by International Potato Center (CIP) and FAO
  (25.-28.03.2008, Cuzco, Peru)

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

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Senior scientist/lecturer in sustainability
  Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Spezialist/in Wissensmanagement in internationaler Landwirtschaft
  Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Zollikofen, Switzerland
- Senior Officer (Agricultural Research)
  Secretariat of the Science Council to the CGIAR, 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: March 2008, Basel (Syngenta Foundation)

- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 3 October at SHL in Zollikofen
- All the latest meeting documents
- Address list of all SFIAR members


... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/intern/sfiarinterndoc.htm  
    (SFIAR members only)

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