ICRAF seeks to recruit a candidate for the position of Scientist/Uganda Country Representative to be based at its Country Office in Kampala, Uganda. Reporting to the Regional Coordinator-East Africa, the incumbent will seek to build strong partnerships…
Archive for June, 2012
Human Resources Consultant
ANAFE seeks to engage a Human Resources Consultant to review the current operations focusing on the identification and strategic alignment of required competencies, staffing levels and conditions of service for greater organizational effectiveness and …
Mali’s First Woman Seed Entrepreneur Helps Improve Food Security
During last month’s G8 meeting, President Barack Obama announced The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a global partnership highlighting the importance of the private sector in promoting agricultural development.
Mali’s first woman seed entrepreneur helps improve food security (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Impatient Optimists)
Success in the recent G8 commitments to strengthening agricultural development will depend on encouraging entrepreneurs like Mrs Maimouna Coulibaly, the founder of Faso Kaba Seed Company in Mali. She explains her excitement about improved groundnut see…
Worms, water and micronutrients – key ingredients for sustainable farming
“Look at the difference in our papayas,” Jaya-devi says squatting down on the edge of the square pit. Like most of the village women in Rajasthan, in northwest India, she tugs the edge of her sari over her forehead as she speaks. But with so much t…