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The 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference will be held March 26-28, 2017 in Meliá Sitges, Sitges (near Barcelona), Spain. The conference will focus on the likely impact of climate change on crop production and explore approaches to maintain and increase crop productivity into the future.
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The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), an international organization that links researchers across the globe, is taking proposals for the Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship, to support early-career African researchers who will be selected through competition. The fellowship is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, in…
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The U.S. State Department is looking to hire an agricultural advisor to work in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Agricultural Policy. The advisor will help to coordinate the State Department’s efforts to support the use of agricultural biotechnology to address food security, to keep markets open to…
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The Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PSM) in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University is hiring for an assistant professor position in Seed Systems for International Programs. The successful candidate will work closely with scientists at MSU in diverse fields, including plant genetics, agronomy, food science, agricultural economics,…
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ICRISAT is hiring a Project Coordinator to work in the HOPE II project. The position will be based at ICRISAT, Bamako, Mali with responsibilities at the participating centers and all target countries. The HOPE II project is implemented by ICRISAT with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for a period of five…
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The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CRDF Global are starting a joint research grant program between young Arab female scientists and U.S. researchers in agricultural science. The collaboration – which aims to facilitate research partnerships between American and Arab – will open up new opportunities for Arab women researchers working in the field…
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The African Union Commission (AUC) has wrapped up a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa titled “Mitigating the Health and Nutrition Impacts of Aflatoxins in Africa through Uncommon Partnerships.” The workshop, held March 23-24, brought together stakeholders from the health and nutrition sectors, including representatives from member states, Partnership for Aflatoxin control in Africa (PACA), AMERF Health…