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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.39, May 2008
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SFIAR AWARD
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- Mid April SFIAR has launched its new SFIAR Award.
  Deadline for application is 30 May 2008

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

N E W S
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- Hungerkrise: SP fordert Stopp der Agrar-Exportsubventionen.. (SP)
- Rising food prices: what is the SDC doing? (SDC)
- Syngenta to build biotech research center in Beijing (Syngenta) 
- Using potatoes to alleviate hunger and poverty (SDC)
- Here Comes the Master in Applied Agriculture and Forestry (SHL)
 
 ... more info: http://www.sfiar.ch/news.htm

P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Common Framework on Market-Oriented Agricultural Advisory 
  Services. Neuchâtel Group
- Improving protein content in cassava storage roots
  Dissertation by Martin Stupak, ETH Zürich
- PhD Reader
  PhD Theses within the Framework of the NCCR North-South
- The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging
  Trends 2008 - Summary
  Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi-Menzler, Neil Sorensens (IFOAM/FiBL) 

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

E V E N T S
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- Water for development: Prospects for integrated water resources 
  management. Annual Meeting of the ETH North-South Centre
  (04.06.2008, Zürich, Switzerland)
- Cultivate the Future - 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress
  (18.-20.06.2008, Modena, Italy)
- International Conference on Research for Development
  (02.-04.07.2008, 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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- Robert Bosch Junior Professorship - Research into the
  Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources
  German university or research institution (to be determined)
- Post-doctoral Fellow (Agricultural Economist)
  AVRDC /ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria
- Assistant professor for international economics, with focus
  on trade and development
  WTI, Bern, Switzerland

... 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: Beginning September 2008, venue open

Latest Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 19 March at Syntenta Foundation
- External evaluation of EFARD

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

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