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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.40, July 2008
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N E W S
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- "Erfolgsgeschichten" zu Forschungspartnerschaften... (KFPE)
- Metal Silos: Refrigerators for the Poor (SDC)
- Research Partnerships - Call for Proposals (KFH)
- Kein politischer Wille zur Lösung der Nahrungsmittelkrise (SBV..)
- Rivals in the field - interview in ETH Life with Prof. Lehmann
 
 ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Agrotreibstoffe bedrohen Ernährungssouveränität
  Swissaid Positions- und Hintergrundpapier 2008

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

E V E N T S
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- Creating values for Sustainable Development
  (21.-22.08.2008, Basel, Switzerland)
- Switzerland and the Mekong Region - Development under the Banner
  of Food Security and Globalization. Annual Conference of SDC
  (22.08.2008, Fribourg, Switzerland)
- IDRC International Disaster and Risk Conference 2008
  (25.-29.08.2008, Davos, Switzerland)
- Golden Rice and other biofortified food crops for developing
  countries – challenges and potential. Bertebos Conference 2008
  (07.-09.09.2008, Falkenberg, Sweden)

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

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Research Fellow - Value Chains
  NRI, London, England
- Livestock Development Officer
  FAO, Panama City, Panama
- Director – Biotechnology
  ILRI, 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
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- Next SFIAR Meeting: 17 September 2008 at Agroscope
  Reckenholz-Tänikon ART, Zürich
  Main agenda item: Selection of winner of SFIAR Award 2008

Latest Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 19 March at Syntenta Foundation
- External evaluation of EFARD

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    (SFIAR members only)

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