October 2012 is going to mark an important event for those involved in Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D). More than 600 people from all over the world will attend the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2), organized by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), in association with CGIAR, the… Read More
Day 1: Pre-Dialogue Sessions Capacity Building Workshops The FANRPAN 2012 Annual High Level Regional Food Security Policy Dialogue is being held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 3-7 September 2012. Prior to the main conference, 3 Capacity Building Workshops were organized on 1st and 2nd September 2012, which were for… Read More
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), in collaboration with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) commissioned 6 Country Case Studies (Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) in November 2011 on current and emerging youth policies and initiatives with a special focus… Read More
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
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