A technical ABC based on the book by Fabrice and Valérie Le Bellec, Le verger tropical ? Cultiver les arbres fruitiers.

More than two hundred scientists from six continents converged in Nairobi on 12/08 to discuss ways to apply economics to social and environmental sustainability.
The five day conference, under the theme 'Applying Ecological Economics for Social and Environmental Sustainability', was attended by over 250 scientists and practitioners from a broad range of fields and institutions in six continents.

The next round of United Nations climate change negotiations is taking place in Accra, Ghana, from 21-27 August. The Accra Climate Change Talks will take forward work on a strengthened and effective international climate change deal under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, as well as work on emission reduction rules and tools under the Kyoto Protocol. This is part of a negotiating

The FARA Secretariat is disseminating every 2 months a Bulletin on agricultural research in Africa and related subjects. It includes resources on a specific theme (climate adaptation, the food crisis, the use of ICT in agriculture, fertilizers subsidies, etc), an agenda of upcoming events, the recent activities of the FARA secretariat and many more relevant national/regional & international news

Click to Play Interview with Savitri MOHAPATRA Communications Officer at the Africa Rice Centre (Benin - Togo). Savitri explains: how agricultural rice scientists have become more aware of the importance of communication, how WARDA promotes the use Web 2.0 tools and how the WARDA learning and innovation unit is looking into multi media productions in African languages.

FARA participated at Annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection - IAFP 2008 - August 3-6, 2008 - Columbus, Ohio.
The Annual Meeting has become the leading meeting concerned with the protection of the worldwide food supply. Each meeting is attended by over 2,000 of the top industry, academic and government food safety professionals. This broad mix of attendees includes

In May 2008, FAO approved a project that will provide an upgrade to the FAO Country Profiles Mapping Information System (FCPMIS) launched in 2002. The project aims to enhance users' access to country information on FAO's expertise and increase collaboration among FAO's technical divisions and decentralized offices as well as partners in other organizations.

GFAR aims to improve the global flow of agricultural research information and information and communications management for agricultural research for development through four inter-related actions: Awareness, sensitization and advocacy to National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) leaders and policy makes for increased and improved investment, both financial and human capacities, in

Interview with Savitri MOHAPATRA Communications Officer at the Africa Rice Centre (Benin - Togo). Savitri explains:
how agricultural rice scientists have become more aware of the importance of communication, how WARDA promotes the use Web 2.0 tools and how the WARDA learning and innovation unit is looking into multi media productions in African languages.

Uganda is an example of a country where the media is getting its act together on climate change. But that's mainly thanks to the determination of a small group of journalists who take a personal interest in the issue and have tried to access international opportunities for training and education.
One of the key figures is Patrick Luganda, a veteran journalist who has covered agriculture for