Writing contest for young post graduate and PhD students
August 02, 2006.
The German/English magazine entwicklung & laendlicher raum (e+lr)/agriculture & rural development (a+rd) invites young post graduate and PhD students to enter an article-writing contest focusing on 8 topical issues in the field of agriculture and rural development.
The 7 most outstanding papers will be published in the 1-2007 edition of e+lr and rewarded with € 400.
The winning articles will be selected by a jury of scientists, practitioners, and journalists.
Entry deadline is 6 October 2006.
The eight topics are closely related to the World Bank's World Development Report 2008 (WDR 2008).
Young authors are asked to
- present their own innovative ideas on one of the WDR 2008 topics listed below;
- describe or propose trend-setting best practices in the context of these topics;
- write their articles in a journalistic rather than a “scientific” style.
The overarching question to be addressed is:
“What agricultural policies do we need to reach the poor (MDG 1)?”
Young authors can choose between eight topics:
1) Agricultural price and market policies, subsidies and the WTO system; (How can the poor also benefit from this system?);
2) A new structure of value-added chains (the shifting demand to high value products);
3) A new institutional architecture (producer organizations, financial services, risk and disaster management etc.);
4) The new role of the private sector – where are potentials and limits?
5) Harnessing modern science & technology for pro-poor growth;
6) Agriculture – preserving natural resources such as land and water (MDG 7);
7) New approaches for marginal and food-insecure areas;
8) The future of the “family farm” in view of emerging transformation processes (globalization, supermarkets, small farm vs. agri-business).
The World Development Report (WDR) is the annual flagship of the World Bank and a guide to the economic, social, and environmental state of the world. It provides an in-depth review of a specific theme deemed to be important and topical within the current development agenda. WDR 2008 will focus on agriculture and development.
Language: Articles are to be written in English.
Length: Articles should not exceed 16 000 characters – spaces included.
Structure: Each article should start with a short 5-line leader and be structured by subheadings.
Deadline for submission: 6 October 2006
Please send articles to:
Angelika Wilcke
Redaktion entwicklung + laendlicher raum
DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A.Wilcke@dlg-org
www.rural-development.de
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