FARA weekly update

1.       News and Events

a.       Celebrating International Year of Forests 2011- Event to publicize. April 27-29, 2011

b.       A powerful new partnership in plant science

c.        Guinea-Bissau signs CAADP Compact

d.      Last chance to participate in the MIRA survey

e.      AIAEE-IAALD Namibia Conference Registration – deadline: March 1, 2011

2. Opportunities

a.       Call for Applications for 2011 Fellowships: African Women in Agricultural Research and Development(AWARD)

b.      Ph.D Position (NRM) at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

c.       Scholarship Opportunity: PhD students in wheat or rice plant breeding: Monsanto Beachell Borlaug International Scholars. APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2011

d.      Brown Summer Institute in Climate Change 2011: June 4-11, 2011

e.      WBI COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: Innovation Policy for Inclusive Growth, March 28 - April 1, 2011. Application deadline - February 1, 2011

3.       New Resources

a.       Africa's Food Security; Learning from success  - FAO publication