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SFIAR WEBSITE NEWSMAIL, Issue No.50, April 2010
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S F I A R   A W A R D   2 0 1 0
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- Call for Applications - Deadline 5 July 2010

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N E W S
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- Nachhaltiger Obstbau für Bulgarien (Agroscope)
- Syngenta and CIMMYT establish partnership in wheat research
- Polish-Swiss Research Programm: Call for Proposals
- Perspectives – newsletter by ETH North-South Centre
 
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- Smallholder Agriculture, Sustainability and Syngenta Foundation
  Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
- Post-harvest physiological deterioration in cassava roots
  Dissertation by Judeith Adhiambo Owiti, ETH Zürich
- Fostering innovation networks
  Frank Hartwich, Urs Scheidegger. SHL
- What Became of the Food Price Crisis in 2008?
  Rolf Kappel, Reinhard Pfeiffer, Jutta Werner. NADEL, ETH Zürich

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E V E N T S
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- Berner Umweltforschungstag 2010
  (11.05.2010, Bern, Switzerland)
- 3rd Conference on Sustainable Agriculture "The Art of Farming"
  (11.-12.05.2010, Brussels, Belgium)
- Transnational land acquisitions and rural development
  (18.05.2010, Zurich, Switzerland)
- Vielfalt gegen Hunger - Saatgutkarawane durch die Schweiz
  (25.05.-04.06.2010, various locations, Switzerland)

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J O B   V A C A N C I E S
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- Ressortleiter/in Internationale Zusammenarbeit
  SCNAT, Bern, Switzerland 
- Agricultural Research Economist
  CIAT/IFPRI, Cali, Colombia
- Principal Scientist – Agro-ecosystems/Climate change
  ICRISAT, Nairobi, Kenya

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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: 
- Lindau (Agridea), August 2010

Latest Documents:
- Minutes of the SFIAR Meeting of 18 March at Swissaid in Bern
- Presentations of Swissaid
- Transition to the new CGIAR System
- Survey Report: Swiss expertise and interests in agricultural 
  research for development (ARD) 

SFIAR Members:
- Updated address list

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    (SFIAR members only)

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