Opportunities
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The Biosciences eastern and central Africa – International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, located in Nairobi, Kenya, is soliciting fellowship applications from scientists affiliated (through employment) with an African National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) or university, and conducting research in the areas of food and nutritional security or food safety in Africa. BecA-ILRI Hub’s mission is…
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The International Fertilizer Development Center is holding a week-long training on DSSAT (the Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer, a software application program made up of crop simulation models for over 42 crops) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March 2-9, 2016. The training is held in partnership with the DSSAT Foundation and Washington State University.…
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The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa funds the development of competitive processed food, beverage, fiber, forestry and derivative industry that optimally utilizes and develops local and regional resources to supply domestic demand and increase participation in international trade. This will be achieved by expanding production capacity and promoting value adding expansionary agro processing…
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The Trellis Fund will offer 15 grants, up to $2,000 each, to local organizations for six-month projects that address horticultural challenges in the region. Organizations in Feed the Future countries — including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia — are eligible…
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) requests Expressions of Interest (EOI) for consultancy services to develop the COMESA Aflatoxin Regional Action Plan. COMESA has received funding from the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) towards the cost of Regional Workshop on the Aflatoxin Challenge in Eastern and Southern Africa (conducted in March…
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Universities in Africa and African-born academics in the United States and Canada can now apply for funding to take part in joint projects as part of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP). Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced a renewal grant to the Institute of International Education that aims to support 140 collaborative…
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We are pleased to announce the second round of IMMANA Fellowships, for which we will award six 12-month Fellowships to early career researchers using, developing, or adapting new methodological approaches in low- and middle-income countries. Recruitment and support for IMMANA Fellowships is led by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University,…
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