IFPRI-TCSP Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 8
August 31, 2004.
In this issue:
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o Announcements
o Institutional Profile
o Network Profile
o Courses/Workshops
o Conferences
o Fellowships, Scholarships, and Competitions
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Announcements
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IFPRI Material
What's Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research
The book What's Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research, published by Johns
Hopkins University Press for IFPRI, examines what economists do and how to
think about valuing their work. The authors believe that careful and
thorough economics research focusing on growth and the needs of the poor has
tremendous potential to impact the policy process and benefit the lives of
people throughout the global community. It is an excellent collection of
papers for academics, policymakers, research institutions, and others
interested in the value of economics research and analysis. For more
information, visit <http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/jhu/economicsworth.htm>.
IFPRI Dataset
Benin Small Farmer Survey
The Benin Small Farmer Survey, covering 899 farm households in 100 villages,
was conducted in 1998 by IFPRI and Laboratoire d'Analyse Régionale et
d'Expertise Sociale, Cotonou, Republic of Benin. The topics addressed in the
survey include household and land characteristics, crop production, main
agricultural activities, use of fertilizers and other inputs, source of
credit, sale and use of crops, storage, consumption, time allocation, and
sources of income, as well as community-level data on transport structure,
marketing of agricultural products, village groups, agricultural production,
extension services, and formal/informal credit. For ordering information,
visit <http://www.ifpri.org/data/benin01.htm>.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched
AGORA in October 2003. It is an initiative to provide free or low-cost
Internet access to over 500 major scientific journals in agriculture and
related biological, environmental, and social sciences. AGORA is available
to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in
eligible developing countries. For more information, visit
<http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/index.php>.
International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and
Technology (AGRIS)
AGRIS was created by FAO in 1974 to facilitate information exchange and
bring together literature on agriculture. AGRIS is a cooperative system in
which participating countries input references of the literature produced
within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by
the other participants. To date, 240 national, international, and
intergovernmental centers participate. For more information, visit
<http://www.fao.org/agris>.
Australian Development Gateway (ADG)
ADG, developed and funded by the Australian Agency for International
Development (AusAID), is a knowledge-sharing website that supports people
working in Asia Pacific countries to reduce poverty and promote
sustainability. ADG allows for more effective collaboration through the fast
sharing of practical knowledge, further empowering users to develop policies
and programs, research issues, form alliances, and work towards sustainable
growth and poverty reduction. For more information, visit
<http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/346>.
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Institutional Profile
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Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
KARI develops and disseminates appropriate agricultural technologies in
collaboration with stakeholders. Its objectives are to develop and validate
appropriate technologies and knowledge; to develop or enhance appropriate
participatory and consultative technology development approaches and
methodologies; to disseminate knowledge and technologies and catalyze the
process of outreach and adoption of agricultural technologies; to contribute
to and influence the development/change of agricultural policy environment;
to strengthen the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of KARI's
institutional capacity; and to establish sustainable funding initiatives.
For more information, visit <http://www.kari.org/>.
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Network Profile
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Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
AgNIC is an alliance of the National Agricultural Library, land-grant
universities, and other agricultural organizations in cooperation with
citizen groups and government agencies. AgNIC focuses on providing
agricultural information in electronic format over the Internet. It aims to
encourage members to take responsibility for small vertical segments of
agricultural information (including basic, applied, and developmental
research; extension; and teaching activities in food, agriculture, renewable
natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences). The
collective AgNIC Web resource benefits members in ways that they cannot
achieve on their own. For more information, visit
<http://www.central.agnic.org/>.
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Courses/Workshops
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Africa
IFPRI is organizing the following courses:
Contact
Cristina Sette
Training Advisor and Workshop Coordinator
IFPRI-ISNAR Program
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
P.O. Box 5689
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone: 251-1-463-215 ext 277
Fax: 251-1-461-252/ 464-645
Email: c.sette@cgiar.org <mailto:c.sette@cgiar.org>/
IFPRI-ISNARLearning@cgiar.org <mailto:IFPRI-ISNARLearning@cgiar.org>
Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Assessment of R&D Investments in
Agriculture
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: November 1-12, 2004
Fees: US ,500
Deadline: October 15, 2004 (fee)
Title: Writing and Presentation of Scientific Research
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: December 2004
Fees: US ,800
Deadline: November 2004 (fee) and October 15, 2004 (application)
Asia
The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines, is
offering the following courses:
Contact:
Monette Pacia/ Angie Poblete-Algo
Education and Training Strategic Team
Regional Center for Asia
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Silang
Cavite 4118
Philippines
Phone: 63-46-414-2417; Fax: 63-46-414-2420/ 2423
Email: Monette.Pacia@iirr.org <mailto:Monette.Pacia@iirr.org>/
Angie.Algo@iirr.org/ Education&Training@iirr.org
<mailto:Education&Training@iirr.org>
Title: Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Extension (PAAEx)
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: September 6-24, 2004
Fees: US ,500
Title: International Course on Community-based Integrated Watershed
Management
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Date: November 8-26, 2004
Fees: US ,700
Organizations: University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia; International
Society for Improving Training Quality (isitQ), South Africa; Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; and University of Illinois/National
Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), United States
Title: 6th International Workshop on Improving Training Quality (ITQ-6)
through Interactive Learning Technologies and Distance Mentoring
Location: Malaysia (phase-2) and Thailand (phase-4)
Date: September 13-October 2, 2004 (phase-1); October 4-16, 2004 (phase-2);
October 2004-April 2005 (phase-3); April 19-23, 2005 (phase-4); and
April-July 2005 (phase-5)
Contact:
Ramli Mohamed/ Yoke Lim Khor
Professor and Dean/ Associate Professor and Deputy Dean
School of Communication
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Penang 11800
Malaysia
Phone: 60-4-653-2929; Fax: 60-4-653-2931
Email: ramli@usm.my/ ylkhor@usm.my; Web:
<http://www.kult-educ.org/wksp/itq-6/index.php>
Europe
Organization: Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Title: Public-Private Partnerships Forum: Education
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Date: September 17-18, 2004
Deadline: August 31, 2004 (abstracts)
Contact:
Luiz Montanheiro
International Public-Private Partnership Study-Group
Stoddart Building
City Campus
Sheffield
S1 1WB
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-0-114-225-5260; Fax: 44-0-114-225-5265
Email: L.C.Montanheiro@shu.ac.uk <mailto:L.C.Montanheiro@shu.ac.uk>
Organization: Capacity Building International (InWEnt), Germany
Title: Sécurité alimentaire et nutritionelle- Outils d'évalution et
strategies d'intervention (course in French)
Location: Feldafing près du lac de Starnberg, Allemagne
Date: October 18-29, 2004
Contact:
Klaus Klennert
Senior Project Manager
Rural Development, Food, and Consumer Protection
Capacity Building International (InWEnt), Germany
Wielinger Straße 52
82340 Feldafing near Munich
Germany
Phone: 49-0-8157-938-304; Fax: 49-0-8157-938-315
Email: klaus.klennert@inwent.org
The International Agricultural Centre, The Netherlands, is offering the
following courses:
Title: Agribusiness Development and Supply Chain Management
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: November 8-19, 2004
Fees: EUR 1,700
Deadline: September 15, 2004 (application)
Contact:
International Agricultural Centre
P.O. Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: 31- 317-495-495; Fax: 31- 317-495-395
Email: training.iac@wur.nl; Web:
<http://www.iac.wur.nl/iac/forms/75_32_brochure_04.pdf>
Title: Design, Analysis, and Management of Urban Agriculture for Resilient
Communities
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: December 6-17, 2004
Fees: EUR 2, 000
Deadline: October 1, 2004 (admission)
Contact:
Hans Schiere
Analysis and Design of Farming Systems
International Agricultural Centre
P.O.Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: 31-317-495-228; Fax: 31-317-495-395
Email: hans.schiere@wur.nl <mailto:hans.schiere@wur.nl>/
r.van.veenhuizen@etcnl.nl <mailto:r.van.veenhuizen@etcnl.nl>
Web: <http://www.iac.wur.nl/iac/index2.htm?courses/urbag_intro.htm>
Online
Organization: University of California at Berkeley, United States
Title: Agroecology: Principles and Practice Course
Location: Online
Date: October 4-November 28, 2004
Fees: EUR 300 (before September 24), EUR 350 (after September 24), (Farmers
and students EUR 200(before September 24), and EUR 250 (after September 24)
Deadline: September 24, 2004
Contact:
Christos Vasilikiotis/ Miguel A Altieri
Professor of Agroecology
Division of Insect Biology
University of California, Berkeley
201 Wellman Hall-3112
Berkeley, California 94720
United States
Phone: 1-510-642-9802; Fax: 1-510-642-7428
Email: agroecology@porfyra.com <mailto:christos@porfyra.com>; Web:
<http://www.agroeco.org/agroecology>
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Conferences
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Africa
Organization: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
Title: First International Ecoagriculture Conference and Practitioners' Fair
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: September 27-October 1, 2004
For more information, visit
<http://www.ecoagriculturepartners.org/pdfs/Updates/EP%20Update%207-03.pdf>
or email Sara Scherr at SScherr@futureharvest.org
<mailto:SScherr@futureharvest.org>.
Organization: National Agricultural Advisory Services Secretariat (NAADS),
Uganda
Title: International symposium on Innovations in Agriculture Advisory
Services in sub-Saharan Africa
Location: Jinja, Uganda
Date: October 10-13, 2004
For more information, contact NAADS Secretariat at ckiisa@naads.or.ug
<mailto:ckiisa@naads.or.ug>.
Organization: International Society for Tropical Root Crops-Africa, Kenya
Title: Advances in root and tuber crop technologies for sustainable food
security, improved nutrition, wealth creation and environmental conservation
in Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: October 31-November 5, 2004
For more information, visit
<http://www.kari.org/New_Events/Events/KARI-ISTRC-SECOND-istrc%20brochure-02
0704.pdf> or email istrcsymposium@kari.org.
Organizations: The Centre de coopération internationale en recherche
agronomique pour le développement, France; Department of Water Affairs and
Forestry, South Africa; The Water Research Commission (WRC), South Africa;
The Embassy of France in South Africa, South Africa; French Research
Consortium on Irrigation Systems; Association Francaise Pour L' Etude Des
Irrigations Et Drainge (AFEID); University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title: Water Resource Management for Local Development: Governance,
Institutions, and Policies
Location: Loskop Dam, South Africa
Date: November 8-11, 2004
For more information, visit <http://wrm2004.cirad.fr > or email Sylvain
Perret at sylvain.perret@cirad.fr.
Europe
The International Agricultural Centre, The Netherlands, is offering the
following conferences:
Title: Agro-food Chains and Networks as Instruments for Development
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Date: September 6-7, 2004
Fees: EUR 50 (professionals) and EUR 20 (students)
For more information, contact Hans Nijhoff at Hans.Nijhoff@wur.nl
<mailto:Hans.Nijhoff@wur.nl> or Lesley Janssens at Lesley.Janssens@wur.nl
<mailto:Lesley.Janssens@wur.nl>.
Title: 76th International Conference on Agriculture and Development (ICAD)--
Global Animal Production: Blessing or Curse?
Date: November 4, 2004
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
For more information, visit
<http://www.iac.wur.nl/iac/index2.htm?courses/global_production.htm>.
Organization: University of Rijeka, Croatia
Title: 3rd International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Macroeconomic
Management
Location: Pula, Croatia
Date: April 28-30, 2005
Fees: EUR 200 (for all participants) and no fees (students)
Deadline: November 15, 2004 (paper)
For more information, visit <http://www.efpu.hr/index.php?id=216>.
North America
Organization: Laval University, Canada
Title: Sustainable Development and Globalization of Agri-Food Markets
Location: Québec, Canada
Date: August 23-24 2004
For more information, visit <http://www.caes-scae.org/wk_glob_call.pdf> or
email Jean-Louis Rastoin at rastoin@ensam.inra.fr
<mailto:rastoin@ensam.inra.fr>.
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Fellowships, Scholarships, and Competitions
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Organization: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka
Title: IWMI Ph.D. Scholarship Program
Eligibility: Ph.D. candidates who satisfy the academic requirements to be
admissible to a Ph.D. program and want to carry out research that fits in
IWMI's research agenda or third party.
Contact:
Capacity Building Officer
International Water Management Institute
P.O. Box 2075
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Phone: 94-1-787404; Fax: 94-1-786854
Email: iwmi@cgiar.org
Web: <http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/about/capacity_building/phd_scholarship.htm>
Organization: Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Uganda
Title: Robert McNamara/East African Development Bank Graduate Scholarship
Eligibility: Applicants must be under 45 years of age and possess a Masters
degree or its equivalent. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to
apply.
Contact:
The Project Coordinator
Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
P.O Box 7110
Kampala
Uganda
Phone: 256-41-256251/2; Fax: 256-41-342007
Email: intervarsity@iucea.org
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