The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture (University of Mauritius) and the Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC) is organising 2 workshops on Web 2.0 Learning opportunities in Mauritius on 9-13 July and 23-27 July respectively. For each workshop, 25 participants… Read More
Posts in Agriculture
Some tips to new Agriculture Graduates on the job market
Yesterday evening, I opened my Facebook page and could not miss the status updates of my friends of the Faculty of Agriculture who passed their final year exams and are going to graduate soon… My first reaction was happiness for them, since I still remember being in the same situation… Read More
4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20: Focus on youth
The 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) was held on 18th June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ARDD took place in parallel with the United Nation’s Conference on sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20. More than 500 participants attended the event comprising of high level policy makers, scientists, negociators,… Read More
Talk on Climate Change by Professor R. Ellis, University of Reading (UK)
Each year, an external body is invited by the Faculty of Agriculture (University of Mauritius) to assess final year students on their dissertation and also the quality of the programmes being run at the Faculty. This year (2012), Professor Richard Ellis was invited as assessor at the University of Mauritius. … Read More
YPLD Mauritius: Our first steps towards sustainability….
The Young Professionals in Local Development (YPLD), Mauritius, is part of a network envisaged as being a know-how transfer platform between young and experienced professionals in all fields of expertise that relate to international and local development. The mission of YPLD is “Growing Communities, Fostering through Innovation.” YPLD is… Read More