FARA weekly update

1.       News and Events

a.      Adapting agriculture to improve human health-new ILRI policy brief

b.      ILRI in the news: Call for new approaches against livestock diseases that
affect human health

c.       JKUAT Selected to host Pan African University’s Science and Technology Theme

 

2.       Opportunities

a.      Call for Participation in the 2011 TEEAL African Student Research Paper Competition

b.      The African Union Commission is seeking proposals for research focusing on the following thematic priorities articulated in Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its Lighthouse Projects: (a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and (c) Water and Sanitation in Africa. Deadline: 30 April 2011

c.       The United Nations University- Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) is initiating a Visiting Scholars Program.