Latest additions to the website of the Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research (SFIAR) http://www.sfiar.ch Research Science/Agriculture/Organizations Copyright 2011 SFIAR en felix.hintermann@bfh.ch (Felix Hintermann) Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://www.snf.ch/D/Aktuell/agenda/Seiten/default.aspx?NEWSID=2708&WEBID=04f828bf-8cd5-4edd-818c-cf6af9adcf50 http://www.snf.ch/D/Aktuell/agenda/Seiten/default.aspx?NEWSID=2708&WEBID=04f828bf-8cd5-4edd-818c-cf6af9adcf50 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are creating the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (short: r4d.ch). An information and networking event for interested researchers and development co-operation experts will be held at the SNSF on 8 March 2012. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/ESA-762-12-PRJ.pdf http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/ESA-762-12-PRJ.pdf Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome, Italy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://www.kfpe.ch/news/index.php?id=2213 http://www.kfpe.ch/news/index.php?id=2213 The project "Remote sensing-based information and insurance for crops in emerging economies" (RIICE) uses remote sensing technology to observe the growth of rice and provides an independent and transparent tool to ascertain rice information in developing countries. The information is linked to insurance solutions to improve food security of small-holder farmers in developing countries in Asia. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Big_business_pushes_for_higher_cocoa_yields.html?cid=31992152 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Big_business_pushes_for_higher_cocoa_yields.html?cid=31992152 An article released in swissinfo.ch describing the controversy of social programs offered by food companies trying to boost up the cocoa production in developing countries in order to satisfy the demand of chocolate in developed countries. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_jobboard&view=job&id=434&catid=&lyt=table http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_jobboard&view=job&id=434&catid=&lyt=table International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Los Banos, The Philippines Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200 http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_jobboard&view=job&id=432&catid=&lyt=table http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_jobboard&view=job&id=432&catid=&lyt=table International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Myanmar Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0200