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Welcome to the FANRPAN website
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The ongoing food crisis presents an opportune moment for Southern Africa to review its policies and put in place long term strategies that will make the region food secure.
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) convened a Board and Partners meeting to update its current and potential partners on its programmes. The one-day stakeholder meeting was held on Friday the 20th of June 2008 at the Lakeview Airport Lodge.
The meeting was attended by FANRPAN's Board of Governors, coordinators of our programmes, members of the Diplomatic Corps, representatives from UN agencies, donors and technical partners. The meeting took the form of short plenary presentations with more time devoted to programme souk- exhibitions.
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Vacancies in the Research Domain "Earth System Analysis" at PIK
Available: Four senior positions to support the development of PIK's next generation of Earth system models, one senior position for the further development of a global land use change model, and two PhD student positions to work on climate change adaptation in African agriculture.
FANRPAN requests that applicants who respond to these vacancies, also inform them at: .
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IISD 2008 African events calendar
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Complete list of upcoming meetings for 2008 - African Regional Coverage.
Date: 2008
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MSc in Climate Change and International Development
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This new course from the University of East Anglia, will cover a range of issues surrounding international and local dimensions, particularly the questions of mitigation and adaptation in resource-poor and vulnerable settings.
Date: 2008
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Grants in water resources
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Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) opens a call for applications for funding of the following types of individual grants: Post Doctoral Grants (BPD) and Doctoral Grants (BD).
This call for applications is open between 12 May and 15 September 2008, and will have two evaluation cycles.
Date: July 2008
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Research grants: Environmental economics
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The Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) is mandated to enhance the capacity of African researchers to conduct environmental economics and policy inquiry of relevance to African problems and increase the awareness of environmental and economic managers and policy makers of the role of environmental economics in sustainable development.
Date: July 2008
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African women in science: Call for nominations
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A Women in Science competition is now being held to identify and recognize women scientists in sub-Saharan Africa who are engaged in innovative and pioneering research and communicating the outputs -- knowledge, technologies, approaches -- for enhancing agricultural performance in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date: 15 August 2008
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Third Regional Conference on AWM in ESA
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The Third Regional Conference on Agricultural Water Management in Eastern and Southern Africa will be hosted by UNECA, with the theme: "Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays".
Date: 15 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
Venue: United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Call for papers: First All Africa Congress on Biotechnology
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The African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF) through its sister network, the Agricultural Biotechnology Network in Africa (ABNETA) and the African Union' (AU) Division of Agriculture and Food Security are pleased to announce the First ever All Africa Congress on Biotechnology.
Date: 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
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Regular visitors to our website will have noticed that we constantly post new items about forthcoming conferences and initiatives. The full list of postings can be accessed by clicking here.
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FANRPAN Board Chair appointed Secretary General for COMESA
An extra-ordinary Summit of the COMESA Heads of State and Government that took place at Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt, on 30 June 2008, has appointed Mr Sindiso Ngwenya of the Republic of Zimbabwe, as the COMESA Secretary General.
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A new partnership to improve food security in Southern Africa
World Vision International (WVI) & FANRPAN have launched a joint project that seeks to enhance the quality of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relief and development programmes in World Vision sites.
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FANRPAN Co-organises Session on Food Security at Global Environmental Change Conference
FANRPAN is co-organising a session on "Interactions between Global Environmental Change, Food System Activities and Food Security in Africa" at the fourth International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Congress in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Salzburg Global Seminar on Africa’s Green Revolution
Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda represented FANRPAN at the Salzburg Global Seminar: Towards a "Green Revolution" in Africa, where she presented a paper on one of the main themes of the conference: Governance and Policy Processes. In her presentation Dr Sibanda referred to the "rainbow revolution" and as reported in the conference blog Salzburg Day 2: Rainbow Revolutions and Silver Bullets, the roundtable discussions picked up on this and a strong message emerged that what is needed instead of a green revolution was a 'rainbow revolution' with a 'green ethic'. Read more on day by day reports on the conference.
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Dr Doug Merrey, FANRPAN's Director of Research, recently addressed two international water policy conferences. He presented a keynote presentation to the International Congress for Irrigation and Drainage Day symposium, hosted by Wageningen University. The symposium was attended by over 100 water policy practitioners and policy researchers. At the Africa Water Week, held in Tunis, he presented a paper in the session dealing with agricultural water management.
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Dr Lindiwe Sibanda has been interviewed recently on the "Living Land" television programme.
