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SFIAR NEWSLETTER, Issue No.53, October 2010
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S F I A R   A W A R D   2 0 1 0
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- and the winner is ...

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


N E W S
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- Kinderarbeit auf Kakaofarmen bleibt Riesenproblem (EvB)
- Call: Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation  (DFID)
- Stipendien für angehende Forscher (CSRS)
- Research cooperation with non-European priority countries (SER)
- Biolandbau in Tropen: Pionierleistung mit Langzeitversuch (FiBL)
 
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Effects of international legal regimes and policy measures aimed
  at the protection of human, animal or plant life or health on 
  animal genetic diversity
  Susette Biber-Klemm et al., NCCR Trade Regulation
- Making Research Relevant to Policy-makers, Development Actors, 
  and Local Communities
  Claudia Michel et al., NCCR North-South

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

E V E N T S
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- Macht Handel satt? Das „Recht auf Nahrung“ zwischen Agrarfrei- 
  handel und Ernährungssouveränität
  (22.-23.10.2010, Brugg, Switzerland)
- Climate Change and Development Cooperation. SDC training course
  (09.-10.11.2010, Rüttihubelbad, Switzerland)
- Promoting Innovation - How can Switzerland strengthen its 
  contribution to rural development in the international context?
  (17.11.2010, Bern, 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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- Country Programme Manager (3 positions)
  IFAD, Rome, Italy 
- Coordinator - Network for Improved Agricultural Management
  IWMI Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or Pretoria, South Africa 
- Leader of the International Maize Improvement Consortium for 
  Latin America
  CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico 

... 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: 
- Zurich (ETH), March/April 2011

Meeting Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 24 August at Agridea Lindau
- Presentation of Agridea
- Presentation of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services
- EFARD proposal for the GCARD Roadmap 

Addresses of SFIAR Members:
- Updated address list

EFARD Documents:
- New section with all the relevant document from the 
  European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD)

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

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