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AflaNet, a partnership between the scientific and development communities in German and Kenya/East Africa, is soliciting abstracts for its one-day-conference in Nairobi on 9 October. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists, stakeholders, institutes, farmers and governmental institutions seeking for long-lasting, innovative and practicable ideas to combat aflatoxin from the food value…
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The International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) Africa Chapter and the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) is seeking proposals for papers and workshops to be presented at the 4th IAALD Africa Conference in Pretoria, South Africa, 30 May through 1 June, 2018. Papers should reflect the conference theme – “Agricultural innovations, information…
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GFAR – the Global Forum on Agricultural Research – is holding a webinar on May 30 at 4 p.m. Rome time (3 p.m. GMT, 10 a.m. EST) about how informal and formal seed systems can complement each other to benefit farmers. In the webinar, “Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Seed Systems,” …
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Some 750,000 people die of liver cancer each year, most before age 50, and more 80 percent of them lived in developing countries, according to the National Institutes of Health. Researchers are looking at the way aflatoxin consumption, combined with hepatitis and other factors, are leading to more cancer diagnoses. “Liver cancer is one of…
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The International IFA and IFDC are holding a workshop 26-30 June in London. “Nitrogen Fertilizer: Advances in Technology, Products, Safety and Global Impact” is open for registration at the event webpage. Since 2001, through biennial events, IFA and IFDC have been conducting the Nitrogen Fertilizer Technology workshops to share knowledge and exchange information with representatives…
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The FAO’s information team is holding a webinar about how to use the agency’s free database of agricultural research materials on 11 May at 16:00 Rome Time. (Click here for a time zone converter.) The Agricultural Information Management Standards Community launched a profile system for the AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) database…
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(This is cross-posted from the American Peanut Research and Education Society) RFPs came out last week for the USDA’s 2017 NIFA Agriculture Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants. The purpose of the AFRI is to support research, education, and extension work by awarding grants to solve key problems of local, regional, national, and global importance…
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