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on agricultural research for development.
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SWISS NODE NEWS MAIL, Issue No.9, June 2002
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N E W S  
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- SDC report on Swiss development cooperation in 2001
- FiBL/FAL paper on field trial published in "Science"
- EvB on upcoming World Food Summit
- Agreement on use of Syngenta's Rice Genome Data
- New research project of SCA and University Ouagadougou
- Documents of ZIL-LiveNet Conference available online
- Swiss Government and Swiss Re dicuss water management
- EvB on Syngenta's pesticide "Paraquat"
- Swiss coffe sellers reject genetically modified coffee

>>>  http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/news.htm
  

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Susette Biber-Klemm: Farmers' Knowledge at Risk: 
  Are Intellectual Property Rights the Solution?
- Anatole F. Krattiger: Public-Private Partnerships for 
  Efficient Proprietary Biotech Management and Transfer...
- Cordula S. Ott: Tackling Gender Issues in 
  Sustainable Land Management.

>>> http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/publicat.htm


E V E N T
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- International Symposium organized by Infoagrar:
  "Protect Knowledge to Feed the World?"

>>> http://www.infoagrar.ch/ipr-symposium


J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Deputy Director ICRA, Netherlands
- International Research Fellow, IRRI, Philippines
- Project Leader, Helvetas, Vietnam
- Policy Officer (3 positions), FAO
- Pasture and Forage Production Specialist,ICARDA, Syira 
- Marketing Specialist, Intercooperation, Switzerland

>>> http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/jobs.htm


I N S T I T U T I O N S 
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- National Centre of Competence in Research "North-South"

>>> http://www.sfiar.infoagrar.ch/institut.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: September or October in Zollikofen:
  Relevant information will be available on:
- SFIAR meeting of March 19 in Stein/AG:
  Minutes of meeting and all relevant documents on:

>>> http://www.webhint.ch/sfiar/meeting.htm  (SFIAR members only)


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