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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.41, October 2008
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N E W S
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- Winner of SFIAR Award 2008 is ...
- Dossier "Agrotreibstoffe" der Arbeitsgruppe Schweiz-Kolumbien
- Syngenta's tropical sugar beet receives Award (Syngenta)
- EvB fordert Moratorium für industrielle Agrotreibstoffe (EvB)
- Principles and criteria for sustainable biofuels (EPFL)
 
 ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Dossier Nahrungsmittelkrise
  ETH GLOBE - Das Magazin der ETH Zürich, Nr. 3/September 2008
- Research Partnerships for Sustainable Development
  National Centre of Competence in Research North-South. 2008
- Understanding the Research-Extension Interface
  L. Plüss, U. Scheidegger et al. Rural Development News 2/2008

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

E V E N T S
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- Der Weltlandwirtschaftsbericht - was tut die Schweiz?
  (21.10.2008, Bern, Switzerland)
- 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment
  in the Agri-Food Sector 2008
  (12.-14.11.2008, Zürich, Switzerland)
- How to ensure food security today and tomorrow?
  (12.12.2008, Zürich, Switzerland)

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

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Programme Management Assistant (50%)
  ISCB, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Postdoctoral Fellow
  IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- Programme Director – ‘Commodities for Livelihoods’
  Bioversity International, Montpellier, France

... 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: 
- Frick (FiBL), between mid March and early April 2009
  
Latest Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 17 September at ART in Zürich
- Presentation of Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon (ART)

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

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