SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland on agricultural research for development. http://www.sfiar.ch ***************************************************************** SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.43, February 2009 ***************************************************************** R S S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - RSS Feed: SFIAR Website - Latest Additions http://www.sfiar.ch/sfiar.xml N E W S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Is the human right to food an illusion? (WEF) - Leading Food Producers Say No to Syngenta Bestseller (EVB) - Die sichtbare Hand des Chaoskapitalismus (WOZ) - 4th Call for Proposals for applied research projects ...(KFH) - Aus der Wüste Nahrung wachsen lassen (ART) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm P U B L I C A T I O N S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Wohin schwingt das Pendel in der Agrarforschung? Bruce McDonald in: Agrarforschung ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/publications.htm E V E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - 10. Wissenschaftstagung zum ökologischen Landbau (11.-13.02.2009, Zurich, Switzerland) - Wasser – Quelle von Konflikten (06.03.2009, Bern, Switzerland) - 5th World Water Forum (16.-22.03.2009, Istanbul, Turkey) - Master in Applied Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (25.03.2009, Zollikofen, Switzerland) ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/events.htm J O B V A C A N C I E S ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Deputy Director General for Research and Partnerships CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico - Senior Agricultural Officer FAO, Rome, Italy - Regional Economist IFAD, Rome, Italy - Cropping Systems Agronomist 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: - Frick (FiBL), 31 March 2009 Addresses of SFIAR members updated 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) ***************************************************************** 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@bfh.ch You receive this news mail because you are a member 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"