SFIAR Website: the information platform of Switzerland
on agricultural research for development.
http://www.sfiar.ch

*****************************************************************
SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.46, August 2009
*****************************************************************

R S S 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- RSS Feed: SFIAR Website - Latest Additions
  http://www.sfiar.ch/sfiar.xml


N E W S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Syngenta Foundation launches public-private partnership (SF)
- Call for Nominations for the 2009 CGIAR Science Awards (CGIAR)
- Call for Proposals - 2009-2010 Global Programme on ARD (EC)
- Von den Kleinen lernen - Die Landwirtschaft der Zukunft (WOZ)
- Schwellenländer setzen auf gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen (NZZ)
 
 ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Biodiversity and microbial safety of artisanal Malian sour milk
  fènè and development of adapted starter cultures for controlled 
  production
  Dissertation by Stephan Markus Wullschleger, ETH

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

E V E N T S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Tag der offenen Tür bei Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART
  (06.09.2009, Tänikon, Switzerland)
- Competing claims on energy: Access and benefit sharing
  (10.-11.09.2009, Zürich, Switzerland) 
- From Fashion to Sustainability. World Congress on Organic
  Cotton organized by Helvetas
  (21-25.09.2009, Interlaken, Switzerland)
- Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for Sustainable
  Management of Land Resources and Water Bodies
  (06.-08.10.2009, Hamburg, Germany)

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

J O B   V A C A N C I E S
-----------------------------------------------------------------
- Regional Leader - Sub-Saharan Africa
  CIP, Sub-Saharan African (SSA)
- Secretary, Commision on Genetic Resources for Food and
  Agriculture (CGRFA), FAO, Rome, Italy
- Executive Director, CGIAR Science Council
  FAO, Rome, Italy
- Principal Scientist-Agronomy / System Agronomist
  ICRISAT, Niamey, Niger

... 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: 
- Bern (CDE), September/October 2009

Latest Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 31 March at FiBL in Frick
- Presentation of FiBL
- SDC’s Global Programme Food Security
- SDC CGIAR Reform Update

... 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"