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GCARD2010 E-News Update: Getting Ready for the Conference
GFAR | News and Events 20 03 2010
South Africa: Indian Link Boosts Cipla Medpro's Revenue 27 Percent
AllAfrica | S&T 20 03 2010
Nigeria: FG, Burkina Faso Close Ties
AllAfrica | S&T 20 03 2010
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Zunia | Knowledge Economy
Zunia (formerly dgCommunities) is both a place to find knowledge resources focused on development issues and an interactive space to share knowledge, participate in discussions and find people with similar interests.
Developing Biotechnology Innovations Through Traditional Knowledge
11 03 2010
The focus of the paper is to explore the economic benefits that may be derived by the traditional knowledge holder based on biotechnology innovations. The main objective of the paper is to show that holders of traditional knowledge may develop their traditional knowledge through biotechnology based innovation and that the holders of traditional knowledge may use biotechnology to advance their economic position.The traditional debate relating to traditional knowledge and biotechnology mainly disc
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SciDev | Latest news
Latest news on science, technology and the developing world
Ministers promise decade for African science
19 03 2010
African science ministers will stage a 'decade of science' to keep the profile of science and technology high among their leaders.
US Congress eyes science diplomacy programme
19 03 2010
A bill seeking to promote scientific collaboration with the Muslim world has been introduced into the US Congress.
Natural Himalayan 'freezer' to back up Arctic seed vault
19 03 2010
India's Himalayan 'freezer' offers a backup for the country's genetic material stored in the Arctic seed vault in Svalbard, Norway.
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AllAfrica | S&T
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
Nigeria: FG, Burkina Faso Close Ties
20 03 2010
Nigeria and Burkina Faso have held an inaugural bilateral meeting with an agreement by representatives of both countries to boost ties in areas such as culture, economy, and science.
South Africa: Indian Link Boosts Cipla Medpro's Revenue 27 Percent
20 03 2010
Generic pharmaceutical company Cipla Medpro has signed an agreement with Biomab, a division of the Chinese firm Desano Pharma, giving it access to the firm's pipeline of biotech medicines.
Uganda: Scientists Told to Simplify Data
19 03 2010
Scientists have been asked to simplify the information on biotechnology for people to understand better.
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GFAR | News and Events
All the news and events published on EGFAR, the website of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). GFAR is a stakeholder-led initiative that serves as a neutral forum for the discussion of strategic issues in agricultural research for development (ARD). It facilitates and promotes cost-effective partnerships and strategic alliances among ARD stakeholders in their efforts to alleviate poverty, increase food security and promote the sustainable use of natural resources.
GCARD2010 E-News Update: Getting Ready for the Conference
20 03 2010
How Borlaug's dwarfs came to stand tall in India's agronomy
19 03 2010
An article by Samanth Subramanian on liveMint.com of The Wall Street Journal.
Original article:
http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/27235149/greenrevolution.htm.html?h=A1
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 - September 12, 2009)
19 03 2010
It is very sad for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Constituency that Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 - September 12, 2009) is no more with us. Dr. Borlaug was the world’s foremost agricultural scientist and a renowned humanitarian.
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CTA | Knowledge for Development
Observatory on science and technology for ACP agriculture and rural development
Learning agrobiodiversity: options for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa
17 03 2010
Proceedings of a regional workshop, 21-23 January 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
The workshop ‘Learning agrobiodiversity’ for universities in sub-Saharan Africa’ was the first regional workshop of its kind gathered 46 participants from universities and international organizations in 16 African and two European countries. The workshop focused on sharing knowledge and experiences; discussing implications for and feasible approaches to, mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa; and exploring modalities and mechanisms for strengthening agrobiodiversity education and research in Africa through networking and joint learning.
The impact of web 2.0 on research practices
17 03 2010
Special report: Social academia Since the emergence of the web 15 years ago, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable for most researchers. Email and online access to public or restricted databases have become essential tools, allowing academics to keep in touch with their peers and up to date with the latest developments. Widely dispersed research groups can now easily coordinate their work online by means of Skype conference calls.
Within some sections of the academic community there is considerable hesitation to adopt web 2.0 applications for social networking through blogs, wikis, twitter and sites such as Facebook and YouTube. Granted, some academics, including a few professors, now write personal blogs, but in general, researchers seem reluctant to enter the realm of social networks, and to start using web 2.0 tools for producing collaborative reports, sharing work in progress or publishing their results.
There are perhaps three major obstacles. First, the formal system of peer review to guarantee the quality of research is at odds with the informal and much more open ways of communicating via online social networks. The second obstacle is the ‘publish or perish’ rule – researchers must publish in peer-reviewed subscription journals in order to further their academic careers. This does not fit well with philosophy behind social networking that all knowledge should be freely available. Finally, the ambition of all researchers to publish their findings before anyone else, and to secure potentially profitable intellectual property rights, discourages them from sharing work in progress on platforms that are open to all. Rewriting Research A growing number of academics are using web 2.0 tools such as blogs and wikis to share their findings, discuss new developments, and find new ways for collaborative research. How does this open and informal medium fit with traditional academic processes? Although there are still some significant hurdles to be overcome, as well as doubts, web 2.0 represents more than just a new technology. Its widespread use, including by academics, may offer solutions to many existing problems, as well as open up new prospects for communicating research
FARA is seeking consultants
09 03 2010
FARA is seeking consultants for the following: to conduct targeted key informant interviews and coordinate the development of a continental strategy for capacity strengthening for agriculture and natural resources in Africa; and to provide e-consultation for the development of a continental strategy for capacity strengthening for agriculture and natural resources in Africa.
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DFID | R4D Research News
Systematic Reviews - The deadline for submissions approaches
19 03 2010
The deadline for submission of proposals for DFID's systematic review project is 6 April 2010.
DFID-funded RPC contributes to new WHO Malaria Guidelines
18 03 2010
A Cochrane Systematic Review helped to define policies in the new edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria.
Federal Institutions: Provoking or Mitigating Conflict?
16 03 2010
A policy briefing by the DFID-funded Centre of Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity looks critically at how sub-national institutions can both provoke and mitigate conflict
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