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[ADDIS ABABA] African leaders have designated 2007 as the 'year for scientific innovations'. It is hoped that the declaration will raise the profile of Africa's innovative capacity.The year will be formally launched in July at an extra-ordinary summit in Accra, Ghana to discuss advanced science such as nuclear technology and space science.
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'Kenya improves access to finance' -IFC
Nairobi - The International Finance Corporation on Thursday lauded recent amendments of Kenya's banking act that would encourage credit reporting as an important step toward stimulating improved access to finance for small enterprises in the country. The changes were the result of collaboration within the government of Kenya, the Central Bank, and other players in the financial sector that worked to develop an appropriate legal framework
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Sanya, Hainan, China, March 23-27,2007
The 2nd International Conference on Plant Molecular Breeding (ICPMB), will be held in Sanya city, Hainan province, P. R. China on March 23-27, 2007. This event will focus on Applied plant genomics and molecular plant breeding in view of the increasing need to use new molecular approaches and mine novel gene resources. All important aspects of plant molecular breeding and related transgenic ecological risk and intellectual property right (IPR) will be covered in several sessions and satellite workshops .
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Working Group Supports Genetic Manipulation of Grain Crops
A working group examining options in Finnish agricultural policy says that Finland needs to start producing genetically modified crop plants. The working group, headed by top Finance Ministry official Raimo Sailas, submitted its final report on Thursday to Minister of Agriculture Juha Korkeaoja
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Finding Dennis Okelo used to be easy. The old woman and most other people in a village outside of Lira, the provincial capital of northern Uganda went directly to Mr. Okelo's fields. He was always in one of his “gardens,” with his slacks rolled up above his calves and a short hoe close by. Or he was seated outside of his mud-brick house under a banana tree.
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Dr. Eugene Terry joins the Board
The Syngenta Foundation's Board today announced the appointment of Dr. Eugene Terry as a new Director.
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New joint OECD-FAO report
4 July 2006, Paris/Rome - Production and consumption of farm products are expanding faster in developing countries than in developed economies. But a new joint report by the OECD and FAO says productivity growth in the world's poorest nations is not keeping pace with the food needs of their rising populations.
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Bringing life to the continent's soil
Today more than 204 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition they lack the food necessary to live healthy and productive lives. Children are especially vulnerable as malnutrition early in their lives compromises their full mental and physical development.
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International Scientific Conference on Desertification
and Drylands Research Commemorating 50 Years of Drylands
Research Tunis, Tunisia 19 - 21 June 2006.
This conference focused on drylands research, conservation,
policy and sustainable drylands development. Organized
by UNESCO in partnership with several international
organizations, the conference was held within the context
of the United Nations International Year of Deserts
and Desertification (2006) as part of our collective
efforts to reach the millennium Development Goals. The
conference also marked 50 years of drylands research
within the UN system.
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Food Security and Food Policy information Portal in Africa
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Fellowships for East African women scientists Available to female scientists of East African (Kenyan, Ugandan, Tanzanian) NARIs and universities / other research institutions working in the fields of crop science and crop biotechnology
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Desertification, in the words of the former UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan, is one of the world’s most alarming processes
of environmental degradation. The issue is often obscured,
however, by a common misperception: that it’s a natural
problem of advancing deserts in faraway developing countries.
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