Final meetings of the ERA ARD I Bioenergy Special Event
Country (origin): Germany
The ERA ARD Southern Advisory Group (SAG) is implementing a small consultancy task - Regional Evidence Generation and Policy and Institutional Mapping on Food and Biofuel for the Africa, Asia and Latin American regions which aims to better understand the ...
http://www.era-ard.org/index.php?call=ARDevents&view=event1

As Food Prices Rise, U.S. Support for Agricultural Centers Wilts
Country (origin): Germany
In response to a recent spike in wholesale and market prices for rice, wheat, and maize, U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this week ordered up $200 million in emergency food aid. Behind the scenes, however, the U.S. government is moving to slash fund...
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/320/5874/303a

Guidelines for small grants
Country (origin): Germany
Submission of proposals for small grants in agricultural research
http://www.gtz.de

The CGIAR Cycle 2 Challenge Programs: Call for Pre-Proposals
Country (origin): Germany
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) invites all interested parties to develop pre-proposals on one or more of the following ideas for Challenge Programs (CPs): (a) climate change, agriculture, and food security...
http://www.cgiar.org/impact/challenge/cp_cycle2.html

Civil society organizations and the CGIAR reinforce cooperation on agricultural research for development
Country (origin): Germany
The CGIAR and the Centers it supports work maintain effective partnerships with civil society organizations, governmental agencies and the private sector which are critical for knowledge-sharing and fostering development for impact. The CGIAR has launche...
http://www.cgiar.org/csos/cso_cgiar_grant_program.html

PhD Student, Integrated Aquaculture Systems
Country (origin): Germany
The successful applicant will be responsible for organizing and carrying out field experiments on rice-fish culture at the Bangladesh Agricultural University. The candidate is also expected to publish in peer-reviewed journals and write a PhD thesis. ...
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/atsaf/fr_news.html

Grants within the framework of the Research Training Group “Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in organic agriculture”
Country (origin): Germany
The University of Kassel has 12 grants for doctoral students available within the framework of the Research Training Group (RTG) ‚ Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in organic agriculture (Graduiertenkolleg 1397; funded by the Deut...
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb11/dec/home.html

7 - 10 scholarships for Ph.D. students
Country (origin): Germany
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim is offering at least 7 - 10 scholarships for Ph.D. students in its postgraduate studies. The programme starts on 1st of January 2007. The scholarship is granted normally two years. The...
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/agrar/de/promo/pics/offer_scholarship.pdf

ERA-ARD survey
Country (origin): Germany
Within the frame of the ERA-NET project ERA-ARD, the network launched a survey concerning ongoing ARD-research programmes. Information and the questionnaire are available on www.Garden-Infosys.de (in German).
http://www.garden-infosys.de/garden/era-ard/

VACANCY: Full Professor W3 “Spatial Planning in Developing Countries”
Country (origin): Germany
to be filled by October 1, 2006 at the University of Dortmund/ Faculty of Spatial Planning. The successful candidate promotes the field of spatial planning in developing countries in teaching and research. The main focus is on theory and practice orient...
http://www.raumplanung.uni-dortmund.de/rp/aktuell/stellen/stelle2.pdf

Handling Contract Preparation Forms
Country (origin): Germany
Contract Preparation Forms of the European Comission are provided as CPF file. This format can only be viewed with a special cpf-editor. CONVERTING CPF TO PDF: Load down the cpf-editor at Cordis website (see link) and open the cpf document. Be aware that...
http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/contract-prep.htm

The Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics of Hohenheim University offers a PhD Position (0.5 Bat IIa)
Country (origin): Germany
The Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics of Hohenheim University offers a PhD Position (0.5 Bat IIa)in the framework of its DFG funded research project SFB 564 “Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions o...
http://www.troz.uni-hohenheim.de/research/SFB564_2/Job%20offers/phd%20position%20uhoh.pdf

The world is on the brink of a major flu epidemic
Country (origin): Germany
The world is on the brink of a major flu epidemic - one that could claim more than a billion lives, the head of the Russian Virology Institute, Academician Dmitry Lvov said at a press conference
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/10/28/pandemic.shtml

Bird flu virus has been discovered in migrant birds
Country (origin): Germany
The bird flu virus has been discovered in migrant birds living in Novosibirsk region. Ducks and geese are thought to have brought the virus from South East Asia,
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/10/25/birds.shtml

WHO plans flu pandemic summit
Country (origin): Germany
With increasing signs that bird flu is becoming established in Asia and several worrisome human cases that can't be linked directly to exposure to infected poultry, it's only a matter of time until such a virus adapts itself to spread more easily from per...
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/31/flu.pandemic.ap/

New Toolkit: Integration of Biodiversity Concerns in Climate Change Mitigation Activities
Country (origin): Germany
A new 'Toolkit: Integration of Biodiversity Concerns in Climate Change Mitigation Activities', which is published by the German Federal Environmental Agency is available now. The objective of this toolkit is to provide practical guidance on designing clim...
http://www.umweltdaten.de/medien-e/biodiv.pdf

The understanding of water in the Arab countries of the Middle East - A four country analysis
Country (origin): Germany
The German Heinrich Böll Foundation has published a paper on water as a human right. GFrom the content: Based on the UN concept of water as a human right for selected Arab countries in the Middle East (Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon) it is analysed if...
http://www.boell.de/de/04_thema/2853.html

Job Vacancy: Uni Hohenheim, Post-Doc IIa, EU-Organic Farming Policy
Country (origin): Germany
The unit 'Production Theory and Resource Economics in Agriculture' of the Institute of Farm Management at the University of Hohenheim seeks a Researcher. The incumbent will work within the EU Research project 'Further Development of Organic Farming Po...
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/~i410a/EUCEEOFP/.

ZADI becomes AgroWeb-partner
Country (origin): Germany
In order to improve collaboration and the exchange of knowledge in agricultural research with the new EU member states the German Centre for Documentation and Information in Agriculture ZADI has become part of the AgroWeb-Network. The AgroWeb internationa...
http://www.isicad.org/agroweb-germany/

Master program in International Agribusiness - Application deadline: 30. August
Country (origin): Germany
The M.Sc. Program International Agribusiness is carried out in co-operation between the University of Goettingen, Germany, and the University of Talca, Chile. Students spend their first semester at Talca University and aftersuccessfully passing the course...
http://www.agribiz.uni-goettingen.de/

German-Brazil Cooperation in Marine Sciences
Country (origin): Germany
Within the framework of the German-Brazil co-operation in Marine Sciences, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) invite pre-proposals for joint integrated research projects ...
http://www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/datapool/page/632/Ger_Bra_Marine_Research.pdf

The UFZ, Department of Inland Water Research Magdeburg, Research Group - Microbiology of Interfaces, is offering:Training position for a Marie Curie Fellow
Country (origin): Germany
The position is in the area of interfacial microbial ecology with focus on laser scanning microscopy. The research should concentrate on the structure and function of biofilm systems which are crucial for microbial processes in the environment. Major emph...
http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=3055

OISAT: New information tool on non-chemical pest management in the tropics
Country (origin): Germany
OISAT is a web-based information tool offering trainers, extension workers and farmers a quick access to up-to-date information for their work and for organizing agricultural learning processes in order to minimize pest damage in a safe, effective, and ec...
http://www.oisat.org

The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a Research Training Group on Information Techniques for Precision Plant Protection in Agriculture and Horticulture
Country (origin): Germany
at the Agricultural Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany, for a second period. Doctorate-students will work in an interdisciplinary program covering the fields of Crop Production, Soil Sciences, Remote Sensing, Geo- In...
http://www.landtechnik.uni-bonn.de/kolleg/public_php/title/ausschreibung_english.pdf

Ideas competition: Integrated water resource management
Country (origin): Germany
Ideas competition for the preparation of a BMBF funding programme for integrated water resource management. (Only available in german). For more information please contact: Internationale Büro im Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR...
http://www.internationales-buero.de/foerderung_ib/WTZ/IWRM

University of Hohenheim: New M.Sc. Course: Agricultural Economics
Country (origin): Germany
In October 2004, a new Master Programme will start at the University of Hohenheim. This programme will emphasise a firm foundation in economic analysis and quantitative methods to address real-world problems. Applications are possible for the winter and ...
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/agecon/

PhD position Animal Production
Country (origin): Germany
The Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics (480a) of the University of Hohenheim (Germany) offers a PhD Position (0.5 BAT IIa) for the duration of three years, in the framework of its BMZ funded and ILRI led collaborative project: ...
http://www.runetwork.de/html/en/articles/article.html?article_id=1995

Advertisement of 'Call for Proposals for IPMEurope Domain Task Forces 2004/5'
Country (origin): Germany
IPMEurope, invites members of the European scientific and development community, of NGOs and the private sector to submit proposals for Task Force topics and to form Task Forces around important issues which their institutions are involved in and which re...
http://www.ipmeurope.org

Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics offering a PhD position
Country (origin): Germany
The Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics is offering a PhD position in the framework of its BMZ funded and ILRI led collaborative project "Improving the Livelihoods of Poor Livestock Keepers in Africa through Community Based Manag...
http://www.infosysplus.org/data/PhD_UHOH_ILRI_BMZ-1.pdf

North Korea starving
Country (origin): Germany
In North Korea six and a half million people are in urgent need of food. The WFP (World Food Programme) is calling for donations. At the moment, the ressources of the fund only suffice to feed one hundred thousand people.
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/feea09980304b1cbc1256df9003d5ca3?OpenDocument