News from Partners
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Posted: 2008-07-02 at 09:04
African Women in Agricultural R&D (AWARD) Fellowships, Round One
The Gender & Diversity program invites applications for the first round of fellowships under the AWARD Program. The fellowship will support African women agricultural scientists from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi,
...Posted: 2008-06-30 at 12:20
Uganda GM banana fails to defeat diseases
A field trial of a Genetically-Modified (GM) banana variety in Uganda has failed to defeat the occurrence of banana diseases. The variety was attacked by Black Sigatoka disease, which can cut a banana tree’s fruit production by half.
...Posted: 2008-06-30 at 09:19
Success will be sweet in latest genome hunt
Posted: 2008-06-26 at 08:25
IITA to boost banana industry in Africa
Posted: 2008-06-25 at 03:28
GlobalHort Secretariat News and Events
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Recent News
- 20th Jun 2008 Online Fruit Encyclopedia "Fruitipedia" Now Available
- 20th Jun 2008 Postdoc Position Available for a Supply Chain Quality Economist in Vietnam
- 11th Jun 2008 New Chair and Vice-Chair Appointed at GlobalHort Board Meeting
- 6th Jun 2008 Employment Opportunities in Arusha, Tanzania
- 6th Jun 2008 Africa Region Vegetable production and Research Training Course, July 3-Nov., 2008
Upcoming Events
13th to 17th Jul 2008
Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning: "Access to Learning for Development"
28th Jul to 1st Aug 2008
APRACA Field Visit Programme in Thailand-2008 "Linking Farmers to International Trade"
4th to 6th Aug 2008
Asia-Pacific Symposium on Assuring Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods
25th to 28th Aug 2008
III International Symposium on Longan, Lychee and Other Fruit Trees in Sapindaceae Family
1st to 5th Sep 2008
I International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species
News from Others
I have a million things to blog about
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 06:54
The deposit of methane carbon in bacterial carbonate in the Black Sea
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 05:06
Orissa introduces farmer's friendly agricultural policy
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 03:55
Sunday
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 02:43
Education Series: Lesson 09
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 02:20
Vedic Farming Produces A Rich Crop
Posted: 2008-07-06 at 01:41