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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.38, March 2008
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N E W S
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- Swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2008
- Schweizer Bäuerinnen bei Berufskollegen in Ecuador (Swissaid)
- Second international accolade for T'ikapapa (SDC)
- SDC-Programme 'Jeunes Chercheurs'(KFPE)
- Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences and Developing Countries
 
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Desertification and Global Change
  Proceedings of an International Symposium. CDE
- SDC Guidelines on Green Biotechnology
  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Emmer in Turkey. An ancient cereal maintained by mountain farmers
  Alessandra Giuliani. Bioversity International
- From Common Principles to Common Practice
  Fritz J. Häni, László Pintér, Hans R. Herren. INFASA, IISD, SHL

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E V E N T S
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- The Economics of Agriculture as Source and Victim of 
  Environmental and Climate Change
  (03.-04.04.2008, Rapperswil, Switzerland)
- Soil and Water Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental 
  Sensitivity
  (18.-23.05.2008, Budapest, Hungary)
- Tu das Brot in den Tank… verschärfen Agrotreibstoffe den Hunger?
  (29.05.2008, Bern, Switzerland)

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J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Post Doctoral Fellow - Drought Tolerant Maize Breeding
  CIMMYT, Nairobi, Kenya
- Agribusiness Adviser (International)
  Intercooperation, Pristina, Kosovo
- Postdoctoral Fellow for Crop Physiology
  IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- Genebank Manager
  AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Taiwan

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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 March 2008, Basel (Syngenta Foundation)

- Provisional agenda of next SFIAR Meeting
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 3 October at SHL in Zollikofen
- Draft Guidelines of SFIAR Award

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