The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship Programme awards two fellowships annually to young scientists from developing countries, to enable them to carry out innovative research on the conservation and use of plant genetic resources (PGR).
Archive for November, 2012
In Nepal and Papua New Guinea, media does little to explain REDD+
Mainstream media coverage of REDD+ in the forested nations of Nepal and Papua New Guinea is dominated by government policy makers and experts, while the voices of traditional land owners and local communities are conspicuously absent, two new studies b…
Climate change will recalibrate agriculture
“The leading edge of climate change has arrived” says a new policy brief launched at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development in Uruguay, but the growing of trees by smallholder farmers is offering an “avenue of adapt…
ILRI vacancy: Animal Health Assessment and Product Delivery Scientist (closing 30 November 2012)
ILRI seeks to recruit a Scientist; Animal health assessment and product delivery to identify and prioritize animal health constraints and solutions to improved productivity in smallholder livestock production systems and to facilitate the delivery of a…
As the cooking pot turns: Staple crop and animal foods are being ‘recalibrated’ for a warmer world – ILRI news
In some drying regions, smallholders will be forced to switch from crop growing to livestock raising, and/or from raising dairy cows to raising dairy or other goats. This matters to many. Read new report by CCAFS.