CTA partners: newsletters
Nuance newsletter - UbuntuNet Alliance - Vol 2: Issue 9: January 2010
NUANCE is a monthly e-newsletter published by UbuntuNet Alliance. Key content is news from, about, or of interest to National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa.
4/02/2010
ACCID weekly news digest
Please visit the following website for pdf versions of the weekly news digests of ACCID.
15/10/2009
Partnerships: A quarterly newsletter of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation
Nigeria to carry out first confined field trials (CFT) for transgenic cowpea in Africa Nigeria will carry out the first confined field trials of transgenic Maruca-resistant cowpea in Africa during the second half of 2009 after the Federal Government granted approval for the trials to the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR),Samaru, Zaria. Reduced cost of tissue culture banana can help control spread of Banana Bacterial Wilt in Great Lakes region The cost of tissue culture banana plantlets can be reduced by up to 60% through effective and efficient banana tissue culture practices that will increase affordability and accessibility of materials by smallholder farmers who currently have to pay an average of US$1 per plantlet.In brief: WEMA (Water Efficient Maize) for Africaholds workshop on permit application procedures for confined field trials Training in confined field trials compliance for cowpea scientists Nigeria to use IR maize to fight Striga in maize fields The Open Forum on AgriculturalBiotechnology (OFAB) in Africa opened its Tanzania chapter
18/08/2009
RUFORUM monthly newsletter - June 2009
Wikipedia describes ‘Web 2.0’ as the second generation of web development and web design. It is also often described as ‘the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform’. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) seeks to use emerging technologies and opportunities offered by ICTs , and particularly Web 2 Tools, to hasten achievement of her mission. RUFORUM’s mission is to strengthen capacities of universities to foster innovations responsive to demands of small-holder farmers.
21/07/2009
The CAAST-Net Bulletin - Volume 2 Issue 3
The CAAST-Net Bulletin brings you recent news and reports from the Africa -Europe science and technology cooperation landscape.
3/07/2009
RUFORUM monthly Volume 3 Issue 5 - May 2009
The Monthly Brief of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, Volume 3 Issue 5 - May 2009. Featuring Women in Science and Young Professionals Competitions and The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Training Workshop.
19/06/2009
ACCID News Digest - Week ending 15 May 2009
Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID) News Digest - Week ending 15 May 2009
22/05/2009
CAAST-Net Bulletin Volume 2 / Issue 2
The CAAST-Net Bulletin is the official bulletin of the network for the coordination and advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Cooperation. Inside this April 2009 Volume among others a feature on Euro-Africa ICT Cooperation Forum Exploiting synergies between projects.
6/04/2009
Issue 23 of African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)
Issue 23 of African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is here with us. We plan to publish an issue every two months, so long as our reviewers continue to be as committed as they are. Our authors are very active and there is no shortage of manuscripts. We only urge that every author goes carefully through the instructions to authors which can be found on the website and examines already published articles for style and format before sending us an article. Ruth Oniang'o wrote the editorial on Nutiriton has come of age? What is Nutrition? In this issue articles on Food security measures during uncertain climatic conditions in Nigeria (Adeniyi Mojisola et al.) and Effects of storage conditions and storage period on nutritional and other qualities of stored yam (Dioscorea spp) tubers (Osunde Zanish and BA Orhevba).
30/03/2009
CIRAD Newsletter no. 38
The March 2009 CIRAD Newsletter feautures besides articles on Global change: what impact is it having on diversity in the forests of the Congo Basin? and Agrofuels: vegetable oils are on a par with diesel an article on Agrimonde: scenarios and challenges for feeding the world in 2050. It should not be impossible to feed the world in 2050! However, research should be looking again at how it is tacking this issue. This is the conclusion of a report by the Agrimonde foresight study on agriculture and food worldwide by the year 2050, published in February 2009. The study has been conducted by CIRAD and INRA since 2006.
30/03/2009
FARA Bi-monthly Bulletin, August - September 2008, vol 3. no5
In 2007 and 2008, the role of input subsidies in stimulating growth and addressing food security and poverty alleviation objectives has re-emerged as an important agricultural policy debate. The sharp increases in world food and fertilizer prices created a sense of urgency in meeting productivity and social welfare goals. It put fertilizer subsidies high on the list of options for government and donor responses to the crisis.
27/10/2008
FARA Bi-monthly Bulletin, April - May 2008, Volume 3, no3
From this month's bulletin: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues are being debated among academics, policymakers and NGOs. Particularly with a view to answering the following type of questions; ‘Who does what kind of research or development?’; ‘How can smallholder farmers benefit, with increasing number of players and opportunities, as well as changing roles of different actors and institutions?’
22/10/2008
African Journal on Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), 2008, Vol 8 no 1
The articles in this issue includes: Socio-demographic <http://www.ajfand.net/Issue18/PDFs/Hassan_1835.pdf> variables associated with AIDS epidemic: Evidence from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the African countries.
24/04/2008
FARA Bi-monthly Bulletin, February - March 2008, Volume 3, no2
This issue of FARA's bulletin tries to highlight the importance of indigenous knowledge and farmer innovation, as a challenge in responding to the present overwhelming debate on climate change, the utilization of fertilizers, and biofuels. FARA has long been an advocate of innovation systems approach where innovations are not limited to scientists. We are glad to note that international as well as regional initiatives are moving forward in highlighting their increased awareness of the potential of indigenous knowledge and farmer innovation. Farmer’s themselves are getting more organized and ready to engage with private sector and research. In October 2008 in Mozambique, there will be a gathering of Via Campesina’s global federation of farmers’ organizations representing more than 100 million small farmers.
24/04/2008
ANAFE Newsletter: no 4 October-December 2007
From the newsletter: Dr Aissétou Dramé Yayé joined the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) as the new Executive Secretary in November 2007. Her main tasks involve restructuring the network, raising funds and reinforcing cooperation with World Agroforestry Centre and other research and training institutions.
23/01/2008
African Journal on Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), 2007, Vol 7 no 6
The articles in this issue of AJFAND include: Changes in physicochemical and sensory characteristics of smoke-dried fish species stored at ambient temperature (by John Daramola et al.); Proximate and nutritient composition of three types of indigenous edible wild mushrooms grown in Tanzania and their utilization prospects (by Anthony Mshandete and Joyce Cuff); Price transmission between supply and demand markets for cassava-based products: A cointegration analysis for gari in Enugu State, Nigeria (by Ifeanyi Ojiako and Chuma Ezedinma) and more.
22/01/2008
UNU-MERIT: LINK - Learning INnovation Knowledge News Bulletin (December 2007)
In this month’s LINK LOOK, inspired by a glass or two of Christmas spirit, Andy Hall and Jeroen Dijkman share their own personal fantasies about howthey would spend their billions if they were 21st century philanthropists.
10/01/2008
UNU-MERIT: LINK - Learning INnovation Knowledge
LINK has recently launch of two periodic bulletins — the LINK News Bulletin and the LINK Research Bulletin — detailing UNU-MERIT's research and other activities on rural innovation as well as news and views on the spread and application of innovation perspectives in development. These bulletins will be posted to LINK's website as well as sent out in an email.
30/10/2007
CIRAD newsletter, October 2007, no. 22
Bluetongue has been in Corsica since the year 2000. The vector midge primarily develops in the far South of the island, in fragmented landscapes with extensive transitional areas. This was demonstrated by a study by CIRAD and its partners, the results of which have just been published.
5/10/2007
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