Japan
Hosts Third World Water Forum: New Partnerships Forged
for Averting Water Crisis
Water demand is increasing three times faster than the
world’s population growth rate. By 2025, 30 percent
of the world’s population—a record 2.3 billion
people in 50 countries—will be threatened by water
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New
Leaders for IPGRI and ISNAR
The Board of Trustees of IPGRI have appointed Dr. Emile
Frison as IPGRI’s Director General Designate. Dr.
Cyrus Ndiritu is the new Director-General designate of
ISNAR.
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Biotech
Colloquium Brings Together Diverse Stakeholders
The International Biotechnology Colloquium—Bridging
the Technology Divide: Agri-science alliances and the
new architecture of innovation —held 17–20 March
at ICRISAT’s Patancheru headquarters created a unique
platform that brought together biotech stakeholders from
all over the world. |
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New
Opportunities for Rice Research in Mali
Due to the continuing political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire,
leading rice researchers at WARDA—The Africa Rice
Center (ARC) are exploring new avenues for research cooperation
in Mali, one of the most important rice-growing countries
in Africa. |
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Uzbek
Genebank Renovation Hailed as Partnership Success
The ribbon was cut on a newly renovated genebank at the
Uzbek Research Institute of Plant Industry, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan. Dr. Sherali Nurmatov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture
and Director General of the Uzbek Scientific Production
Center for Agriculture, formally opened the facility. |
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Genetic
Traits for Tomorrow: Uncovering the Diversity of Kenyan
Maize
Mention maize diversity and people conjure up images of
blue, yellow, and white tortillas made from maize grown
by traditional farmers in Mesoamerica. Indeed, the vast
bulk of landraces among the 22,000 accessions found in
CIMMYT’s maize genebank originate from this region. |
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NERICA
Seed for Safeguarding Cote d’Ivoire’s Future
While images of the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
were broadcast widely, little is known about the heartwarming
story of NERICA (New Rice for Africa) seeds, saved by
women farmers, helping jumpstart and rehabilitate agriculture
in the war-torn country.
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ICARDA
Boosts Seed Cleaning Facilities in Afghanistan
Within the framework of the Future Harvest Consortium
to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan, ICARDA supplied
53 tons of foundation seed from its Tel Hadya research
station, Syria. |
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Iberoamerican
researchers meet at CIP
Research collaboration in the Latin America region was
strengthened at the 2nd meeting of the Iberoamerican alliance
held at CIP headquarters in March in Lima. |
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CGIAR
Biofortification Challenge Program—Shared Solutions
to a Global Problem
More than 800 million people, mostly women and children,
lack food that meets their basic energy needs. Far more—an
estimated 3 billion—suffer the insidious effects
of micronutrient deficiencies. |
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New
Consortium is Boosting Information Access
Rapid information access, at computer desktops, is one
of the marvels of the Internet age. The CGIAR’s new
Library and Information Services Consortium (CG-LISC),
a network of Information Managers in the CGIAR is working
to increase efficiency in acquiring, sharing, and disseminating
information to scientists while reducing costs and time
delays. |
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Kenya
to host CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2003
The Republic of Kenya has invited the CGIAR to host its
2003 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Nairobi, Kenya, during
October 29–31. |
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A University
Without Walls
Can you imagine a university without walls, classrooms
and even registered students? In fact, it will not even
have its own faculty but draw from the resources of many
institutions. |
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