Review 2007
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SFSA joins Council
on Foundations, a Washington DC-based membership organization
of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programmes
worldwide.
SFSA joins World
Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Tranche Two, which supports cost-effective
CO2 emission reductions and promotes biodiversity conservation
and poverty alleviation.
CGIAR’s Generation Challenge Program
and SFSA agree to co-sponsor the development of a Project Delivery Guide
for public sector researchers.
Farmers
Information Communication Management (FICOM) programme in
Uganda becomes self-sustaining, and the Kayunga
District Farmers Association takes over management functions. |
‘Creating
Prosperity Through Investments in Agriculture: What Investments?’
a presentation by Andrew
Bennett, World
Agriculture Forum, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
The Gates
Foundationand SFSA
agree to continue to co-sponsor a manager position for the Golden
Rice Project at the University
of Freiburg, Germany.
Final report, ‘Sharing Science, Building Bridges and Enhancing
Impact Public- Private Partnerships in the CGIAR’
is published by the International
Food Policy Research Institute. Produced with grants from
the Department for International
Development in the UK and SFSA.
SFSA offers partial sponsorship of the 9th
World Congress on Parasitic Plants.
SFSA Board meets in Basel, Switzerland. |
The Syngenta Foundation India (SFI) Board meets in Mumbai.
Symposium ‘New Approaches to Plant Breeding of Orphan Crops
in Africa,’ organized by Dr. Zerihun Tadele and Prof. Dr. Cris
Kuhlemeier, University of Bern. SFSA is one of the event’s co-sponsors.
Scientists from both developed and developing countries discuss
plant improvement research for millet, tef and other cereals.
The Centre for Applied Studies
in International Negotiations (CASIN) office, Geneva, Switzerland
hosts the symposium ‘Investing
Private Capital in Emerging and Frontier Market SME’s,’ with
SFSA among the session’s lead sponsors. |
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